The Wisconsin Idea

Labor
A Message for CUNY Members: Don’t Take the Money
Sigmund Shen

Rural America
How Electrifying Railroads Could Help Us Transition from Fossil Fuels and Power Rural Economies
Bill Moyer

Culture
James Baldwin’s Many Heirs
In the essay collection The Fire This Time, a new generation of Black writers keeps Baldwin's flame alight.
Erin Aubry Kaplan

Labor
So Long, Uber: Could Co-op Apps Change the Way We Catch Rides?
Vic Vaiana

Feature
The Two Faces of Obama’s Immigration Policy
The relief that never happened and the raids that did.
Annie Hylton

Labor
A New Path to Progressivism: An Interview with Vermont House Candidate Mari Cordes
Victoria Albert

Rural America
Organic Farmland Regulations Unintentionally Encourage Use of Pristine Land for Food Production
Marie Burcham

Feature
Crowd Reactions at the Democratic Convention Point To a Coming Party Realignment
As Democrats scramble to unify a divergent party under one roof, there’s a new kind of unity on the horizon.
Kate Aronoff

Feature
At the DNC, Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Shack Up With the Fourth Estate
Corporations, politicians and the media get cozy in Philadelphia—and face pushback.
Kate Aronoff
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.