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House Capitulation on FISA?
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Feature
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Viewpoint
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Viewpoint
The New Permanent Campaign
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Feature
The New Cartographers
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Feature
Why Have Latinos Started Voting For Obama?
Connecticut, the first state where they did, provides some instructive clues.
Melinda Tuhus
Breaking: Contempt plans
Brian Beutler, Media Consortium

Women Behind Bars
War on drugs leads to explosion of female incarcerations
Silja J.A. Talvi
Viewpoint
Getting the Strait Story
Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium
Kate Sheppard is on a roll
Adam Doster
Survivng the recession, one bulk item at a time
Adam Doster
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.