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Weekly Round-Up: SEIU Protests Arnold’s Order, Port Workers Fight Outsourcing
Audrey McLain
Viewpoint
A New Deregulatory Push In the Energy Heartland
David Sirota

Labor
Obama’s Visit to the Heartland: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly (Part 1)
Roger Bybee

Labor
Welfare: A Worsening Deal for Nearly Everyone Involved
Stephen Franklin

Labor
Rite Aid Workers Rally at Calif. Distribution Center for Good Contract
Rand Wilson

Culture
The Great Trans-Frontier
Trinidad, Colo., is the 'sex change capital of the world.' A documentary now out on DVD explains why.
Jakob VanLammeren

Labor
After Failed Mexican Mining Strike—and NAFTA—A Push for New North American Union
Rose Arrieta
Will the BP Oil Disaster Upend America’s Energy Regime by Triggering Real Reform in Washington
Andrew Kaspar

Labor
Kleen Gas Explosion Culprit Obvious: Gas Purging Needs to Stop
Lindsay Beyerstein
Weekly Diaspora: Obama to Congress: It’s Time to Support Immigration Reform
Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger
Viewpoint
BP: The Case for Public Ownership
Billy Wharton

Labor
Senate Stiffs Jobless Again—3 Million Could Lose Benefits in July
Art Levine
Labor
Minnesota Nurses Strike Shows Emergence of Unions in Healthcare Industry
Akito Yoshikane

Labor
Calif. Union Rebels Demand Biggest Labor Board Vote In Seven Decades
Steve Early
Ralph Reed Redux: Will GOP’s Old Tricks Work in New Era of Diversity?
Theo Anderson
Weekly Pulse: Kagan Hearings: Gags, Guns, God, and Gays
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
Public Worker Union Leader William Lucy Steps Down, Speaks Out [UPDATED]
David Moberg

Feature
Among Cousins
Four days behind the wall in Palestine.
Louis Nayman
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.
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