The Wisconsin Idea

Feature
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

Feature
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

Feature
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

Feature
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
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.