The Wisconsin Idea
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Lindsay Beyerstein

Breaking Bad Recap, Season 5, Episode 5: “Dead Freight”
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Labor
Chinese Labor Activists Get Shut Out, But Won’t Shut Up
Michelle Chen

Feature
‘We Want To Elect Champions’
An interview with SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina, the highest-ranking Latino in the labor movement
David Moberg

Could Paul Ryan Move the Race to the Left?
Bhaskar Sunkara

Labor
Walmart, Right-Wing Media Company Hold Star-Studded Benefit Promoting Education Reform Film
Josh Eidelson

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The Bain Legacy
Will Mitt Romney’s job-destroying past be our future?
David Moberg
Labor
Boss Shoots Worker For Demanding Back Pay, Brazilian Metalworkers Win & Pilots Dump Union Prez
Mike Elk

Chicago Communities Demand Eviction Moratorium
Miles Kampf-Lassin
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.