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Will Arizona Hold ALEC Accountable?
Proposed legislation would treat corporate-backed American Legislative Exchange Council like what its critics say it is: a lobbyist organization.
Beau Hodai

Labor
Labor Readies Goal-Line Stand Against Right-to-Work in Indiana
Roger Bybee

Labor
Struggle for Immigrants’ Rights Highlights Split Within Organized Labor
Michelle Chen
Video
It’s Viral! Anti-Citizens United Movement Swamps Internet
Jeremy Gantz
Labor
Workers Have Right to Class-Action Lawsuits Against Bosses: NLRB
Mike Elk

Iconoclast Lee Siegel Breaks Taboo, Says Marilyn Monroe was Sexy
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
Republic Windows Redux? Chicago Bakery Faces Class Action Suit for Pre-Christmas Closure
Kari Lydersen

Occupy Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Elimination Triggers Massive Protests, Deadly Violence
Alyssa Meza
Occupy Returns To Zuccotti
Allison Kilkenny
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 UnionWU, 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.