The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Labor
Hate Crimes Are Just One Threat Facing New York City Cabbies
Michelle Chen
Comics
welcomehome
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Feature
Barely a Teenager and Marked for Life
Federal law requiring juvenile sex offenders to register as predators for life does more harm than good
Caitlin Dickson
Labor
Labor, Congressional Progressives Attack Simpson, GOP on Social Security
Art Levine

Labor
Coalition Calls on OSHA to Regulate Medical Residents’ Work Hours
Lindsay Beyerstein
Viewpoint
China and the New World Order
Noam Chomsky
Weekly Diaspora: The High Cost of Cheap Labor
Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger
Labor
Gearing Up for Elections, AFL-CIO President Trumka Calls For ‘Economic Patriotism’
David Moberg
Labor
Overworked and Underpaid? Productivity Increases, But Wage Growth Declines
Akito Yoshikane

Labor
The Long Trail North Turns Deadly for Migrants Hungry for Work
Stephen Franklin
Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on SexEd
Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture
Once Upon a Time, in America…
The right has one fundamental advantage over its opponents: storytelling.
Michael Atkinson
Video
Beckapalooza
Jeremy Gantz

Labor
To Deny Corporate Demands, Harley Workers Need HOGs to Rev Engines
Roger Bybee

Labor
What LIUNA’s Return to AFL-CIO Means for Federation’s Building Trade Unions
Joseph Riedel
Weekly Audit: Why Do Deficit Hawks Hate Social Security?
Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger
Comics
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Viewpoint
The Cruel Irony of Organic Standards
Terry J. Allen
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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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.