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Labor
Labor Organization Tries to Stir up Restaurant Worker Solidarity
Kari Lydersen

Labor
Wake-Up Call for GOP’s “Values” Hypocrites: Unions Are Pro-Family, Report Finds
Art Levine
Weekly Mulch: Urban Farming ‘Mushrooms’ During Recession
Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

Culture
Why David Sometimes Wins
Barack Obama is indebted to Cesar Chavez's trailblazing community organizing strategies.
Ethan Porter
Comics
gonewiththewind3
Paul Peterson and Yul Tolbert
Labor
Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Hangs in the Balance
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
What Has the Crisis Taught America’s Bankers?
Roger Bybee

Labor
Congress Unveils Healthcare Reform Plans
Michelle Chen
Viewpoint
What the NAACP Means to Me
Rinku Sen
Labor
Around the Country, Unions Battle City Governments
Akito Yoshikane
Weekly Immigration Wire: The Morality of Reform
Nezua
Comics
gonewiththewind2
Paul Peterson and Yul Tolbert

Culture
Queer Prehistory
The gay-rights movement did not begin with the Stonewall riots in 1969.
Doug Ireland

Labor
No Legal Relief for Coal Miner Suffering Black Lung
Emily Udell

Labor
13 Years After ‘Welfare Reform,’ Former Recipients Face Recession
Melinda Tuhus

Labor
Amid Global Financial Turmoil, Cooperatives Show Resilience
Akito Yoshikane
Weekly Pulse: The Bill the House Built
Lindsay Beyerstein
Comics
gonewiththewind
Paul Peterson and Yul Tolbert
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.