
Stephen Lerner is the architect of the Justice for Janitors campaign. Lerner is a labor and community organizer and helped found the Bargaining for Common Good network.

Labor
For Labor, Caution Is Fatal
The riskiest course is to stay the course.
Stephen Lerner

Feature
Take the Fight to the Streets
To build a just society, we must make America’s plutocrats very, very uncomfortable.
Stephen Lerner
Viewpoint
This Can Be Our Moment
Stephen Lerner
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.