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Feature
Mexico’s Labor Law Reform Sparks Massive Protests
A plan to gut labor protections has spurred unrest in Mexico’s streets.
David Bacon

Comics
Bye Bye, Big Bird
Eric Garcia

Fighting for the Right to Remember with National Day of Solidarity for Ethnic Studies
Imani Altemus-Williams

Treme Recap, Season 3, Episode 4: The Greatest Love
Lindsay Beyerstein
Video
Koch Brothers Among U.S. Billionaires Pressuring Thousands of Employees to Vote GOP on Election Day
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Labor
Live From Battleground Ohio: Japan Comes Calling
Louis Nayman

Feature
Koch Sends Pro-Romney Mailing to 45,000 Employees While Stifling Workplace Political Speech (Update)
The billionaire Koch brothers have found a new way to influence the 2012 election: preaching to employees.
Mike Elk

Labor
$950,000 Win for NYC Workers Invigorates Supply-Chain-Justice Movement
Michelle Chen

Feature
Big Money Can’t Buy You Memes
Can a grainy, amateur video, zooming through social media, trump slickly produced TV ads?
Susan J. Douglas
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.