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Labor
On the Defensive, Chicago Teachers Try to Shake Up Their Union
Matt Muchowski

Labor
Living Wage Fight Revitalized in New York City
Michelle Chen
Weekly Mulch: Obama’s Responsibility for the BP Oil Spill
Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

Dispatch
Occupied, D.C.
The military-industrial complex invades the capital's subway system.
Stephanie Westbrook

Labor
Oil Spill Clean-up Workers: We’re Getting Sick From Lack of Protective Gear
Lindsay Beyerstein
Comics
chicken
August Pollak
What ‘Peak Water’ Means for Mankind
Sara Peck
Labor
Labor Pushes for House Passage Today of Jobs Bill, New Wall Street Taxes
Art Levine
Weekly Diaspora: Obama Deploys Troops to Border Amid Rising Civil Disobedience
Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger
Viewpoint
Campaign 2010: Where to Put Blame
Robert Parry
Labor
Hotel Workers Stage ‘Wildcat’ Strike in Chicago
Jeremy Gantz
One Year Later, Should Honduras’ Neighbors Befriend an Isolated Regime?
Daniel Celvi

Labor
Unions Battle European Leaders Over Austerity Measures
Akito Yoshikane
Pop Stars Battle for Sexiest, Weirdest Video; Feminists Cringe
Sara Peck

Labor
Uncritical Thinking: Texas Conservatives Seek to Miseducate Students; Teachers Push Back
Michelle Chen
Weekly Pulse: Prostate Health is Girly and Other Health Care Paradoxes
Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture
Plight of the Living Dead
The strange longevity of George A. Romero's zombies.
Michael Atkinson

Labor
Consumer Spending Driven by Reassured Rich, Hopeless Homeowners
Roger Bybee
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.