The Wisconsin Idea

Michelle Goldberg on Home Birth Backlash
Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature
The Misruling Class
Meritocracy worship bedevils America.
Christopher Hayes
Labor
Farm Workers Go On Strike, 21 Casino Workers Suspended, 98 Year Old To Run Against Trumka
Mike Elk

Labor
Saunders Wins AFSCME Presidential Election, But Big Questions Remain
Mike Elk

Labor
Nuclear Power Workers Vote Down Contract As Safety Questions Mount
Mike Elk
Labor
Miners and Manufacturing Workers Unite to Form IndustriALL Global Union Federation
Eric Lee

Labor
Ground Zero Workers May Get Cancer Coverage, But the Health Disaster Remains
Michelle Chen
Feature
The Potential Upside of Captivity
Despite what the industry would have you believe, higher taxes on fossil fuel production won't drive companies (and jobs) elsewhere.
David Sirota

Anne-Marie Slaughter Has It All
Lindsay Beyerstein
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.