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Culture
Beta Testing Fascism: How Online Culture Wars Created the Alt-Right
Angela Nagle's "Kill All Normies" charts the ideology's emergence from the internet's darkest corners.
John Michael Colón

Culture
Okja: The Veggie-Prop Children’s Film You Really Need to See
The director of Snowpiercer is back with a kiddie film that meets vegetarian propaganda, with surprising success.
Michael Atkinson

Rural America
The FCC’s New Chairman Plans to Take the “Local” Out of TV News in Rural America
Christopher Ali

Labor
Meet the Mom-and-Pop Company That Went from Union-Friendly to Union-Busting
Teke Wiggin

Feature
How Middle Schoolers Forced Their Administration to Stop Celebrating Indigenous Genocide
Students say their school should not be named after Alexander Ramsey, a historical figure who called for the extermination of Native Americans.
Sarah Lahm

InvestigationGoodman Institute
How Chicago’s Police Union Contract Ensures Abuses Remain in the Shadows
Activists are calling on the city to represent victims of police violence in upcoming contract negotiations.
Adeshina Emmanuel

Labor
When Anti-Poverty Programs for Immigrants Are Used to Bolster the Surveillance State
Waqas Mirza

Rural America
Rethink This Iowa: Do Not Gut the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
John Collins

Viewpoint
The Senate GOP Healthcare Bill Is Lethal for the Poor and Elderly. The Answer Is Medicare-for-All.
The fight against the Senate's deadly healthcare bill must also include the demand for a single-payer system.
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
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.
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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.