Inside ITT
Caging the Iran Hawks
Adam Doster

Feature
Banana Republic to Baby Republic
Guatemala could shut down its massive adoption industry
Jacob Wheeler
Congratulations Chris Hayes!
Anna Schneider

Culture
Suffering Secondary Trauma
Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind explores the complexity of Chang's psychology as it formed around the demands of her profession and her personal struggles stemming from her writing about The Rape of Nanking
Silja J.A. Talvi
Viewpoint
Examining the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act
Harman doesn't believe homegrown terrorism is a major threat to U.S. security today, but that it is important to learn from experiences in other countries like Britain and Canada, where citizens have been inspired to commit terrorism at home by Islamic propagandists reaching out over the Internet
Lindsay Beyerstein
Last-Minute Halloween Costume Ideas
Anna Schneider
Can You Hear Me Now, or Should We Throw Another Fundraiser?
Intern
Lead Toys for Tots
Sanhita SinhaRoy
Fake Vampire Teeth May Actually Poison your Blood
Intern

Dispatch
Transgendered Behind Bars
A recent study by the San Francisco-based Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project on rape in California prisons found that 59 percent of transgender people reported being sexually assaulted in prison in 2006, compared to 4 percent of the general prison population
Lewis Wallace
Viewpoint
E-Wasting Away in China
While the media ride their new lead-painted hobbyhorse--the danger of Chinese wares--spare a thought for Chinese workers dying to dispose of millions of tons of our toxic crap
Terry J. Allen
More Mieville
Brian Cook
F.E.M.AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! RUN FOR THE HILLS!
Anna Schneider

Feature
Pirates of Private Equity
An insanely lucrative investment strategy finally faces public scrutiny
Adam Doster
Combatting—Not Dismissing—Racism
Intern

Feature
Harry Potter and the Muggle Activists
Harry Potter is filled with a childlike magic that plays out in a world whose "dark and difficult times" often mirror those of our society
Andrew Slack
Raging Bulls
Erin Polgreen

Remembering Paul Wellstone
David Moberg
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.