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Alternative Press Center

Georgia Court Affirms That Life is Not a RomCom
Lindsay Beyerstein

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Corporate Death Star
Help fight the secretive, corporate-sponsored Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Jacob Marshall

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In $7-Per-Day Fight, Haitian Workers Call for North American Support
David Wilson

Dispatch
Parks and Referendum
A fight to save a local park taps into the global movement for public space.
Theo Anderson

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Enemy of Rupert
An interview with independent media's white knight, Craig Aaron
Kenneth Rapoza
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‘Deport Piers Morgan’ Creator Loses It Completely On CNN Over Gun Control
Miles Kampf-Lassin

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GOP Uses Government to Hurt, Not Help
Republicans are stingy when it comes to disaster relief, but spend big to fund discrimination.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Comics
Collateral Damage
Eric Garcia

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Executioner-in-Chief
Obama's drone attacks and the pathology of presidential power.
Elizabeth Sanders

Demonstrators Throng Steubenville to Protest Collusion in ‘Big Red Rape’ Case
Anthony Mangini

The Best Thing Elizabeth Wurtzel Has Written About Depression (Hint: Not “Prozac Nation”)
Lindsay Beyerstein

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Chiquita Republic
United Fruit's heir has again been linked to paramilitary abuses in Colombia.
James Bargent

Labor
Bullets Poison Firing Range Workers; First Signs of PTSD in Newtown; UAW Conspired with Ford
Mike Elk

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The Gravest Threat to World Peace
Not everyone agrees it's a nuclear Iran.
Noam Chomsky
Vital Signs: Hong Kong Defies Jackie Chan; Global Demonstrations to End VAW
Ben Lorber

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Guns and Drugs
We can curb gun violence by ending the War on Drugs.
Michelle Chen

‘We Are Here’: Zapatistas Send Silent Message With the Return of the PRI
Gloria Muñoz Ramírez
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 UnionWU, 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.