The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
China’s Militant Workers Embrace Collective Action
Michelle Chen
Pentagon Proposes Military Reductions to Pre-WWII Levels
Alex Wolff

Feature
The Billionaires’ Scheme to Destroy Democracy
The 1% are advocating a campaign for a one-dollar-one-vote plutocracy.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Dispatch
Stamp of Disapproval
Activists and union workers fight to stop the U.S. Postal Service from shedding buildings and jobs.
Theo Anderson

Labor
Does Steve Early’s ‘Save Our Unions’ Have a Message for Chattanooga?
Bruce Vail

Labor
Pete Camarata, Teamsters’ ‘Best-known Insurgent,’ Had a Resolve of Steel
Stephen Franklin

Labor
AFL-CIO To Put ‘Laser Focus’ On Raising Wages
David Moberg

Comics
Sinning in Arizona
Matt Bors

Dispatch
For Once, Workers Win Over Walmart
Walmart has signed onto a contract that guarantees Floridian tomato pickers fair treatment.
Alex Wolff

Labor
Minimum Wage Raised in D.C. and Surrounding Counties
Katie Ashmore and Monica Kamen

New York’s Curbs on Solitary Confinement Could Signal National Sea Change
Alex Wolff
U.S. Failing to Protect Temp Workers
Sarah Berlin
Ugandan President Defies West, Signs Anti-Gay Bill
Danayit Musse

Feature
China’s Green Movement
Environmentalists cut through the smog of state repression.
Michelle Chen

Feature
Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 8: Dear Abbey, What’s to Become Of Us?
One writer's advice for Downton's plot-twist-beset heroes and heroines.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature
Anti-Fracking Fight Heats Up in Maryland
Baltimore's march against the proposed Cove Point project was the largest environmental protest in the city's history.
Bruce Vail

Labor
The U.S. Military’s Assault on Overseas Labor Rights
Michelle Chen

Feature
Free Contraception Is in Danger Again
A Supreme Court case may prioritize employers' religious freedoms over women's health.
Ruth Rosen
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.