The Wisconsin Idea

Culture
Arthritic Docs
Documentaries are everywhere, but they've become stale and clichéd.
Michael Atkinson
Labor
Are Senate Democrats to Blame for Blocking Union Election for 10,000 American Airline Workers?
Mike Elk

Home Birth in the Netherlands Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Means
Lindsay Beyerstein

Viewpoint
The Deadly Addiction to Cheap Meat
How the overuse of antibiotics on livestock is making us sick.
Terry J. Allen
Supreme Court Reaffirms Corporate Personhood, Rejects State Campaign Spending Limits
Isaac Dalke

Labor
Pennsylvania Politicians Push Broad Privatization Agenda, But Unions Are Pushing Back—Hard
Bruce Vail

Students Protest Austerity in Sudan
Bhaskar Sunkara
Is Single-Payer Dead? Meet the Congressional Candidate Who Doesn’t Buy It
Theo Anderson

Labor
Nuns on Bus Give Yardstick to Paul Ryan on Catholic Economic Justice
Roger Bybee
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.