The Wisconsin Idea

Labor
How Can We Make Restaurant Jobs Into Good Jobs?
Seth Kershner

Labor
The Verizon Strike Shows that Average Workers Can Still Beat Corporate Giants
Dan DiMaggio

Rural America
Why Philanthrocapitalism, Technology and Good Intentions Have Failed to End Hunger
David Rieff

Culture
The Case Against Using the GDP as a Measure of Economic Health
The GDP has always been a bitterly contested yardstick, explains Ehsan Masood in a new history.
Chris Lehmann

Rural America
The War Prayer
Mark Twain

Feature
In God We Don’t Trust: Growing American Secular Movement Rallies in D.C. This Week
The "Reason Rally" features Bill Nye, Margaret Cho, Wu-Tang Clan and others as secular groups borrow playbooks from the LGBTQ movement and the Religious Right.
Art Levine

Viewpoint
The Case for a One-Person, One-Vote National Primary To Nominate Our Presidential Candidates in 2020
State contests would be held first to reduce the field.
Rob Richie

Labor
The Power of the NYC Teachers Union’s Rank-and-File Caucus MORE Is Growing
Kevin Prosen

Labor
New Survey Reports Uber Drivers Are Investing Big in the Company But Get Little Stability
Spencer Woodman
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.