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Joel Bleifuss

Joel Bleifuss is the editor and publisher of In These Times, where he has worked as an investigative reporter, columnist and editor since 1986. He is on the board of the Institute for Public Affairs, which publishes In These Times.

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Bleifuss has worked at In These Times for 23 years, including as managing editor and senior editor. He tackles the state of national and international events with a blend of critical insight and humor, and over the years has developed a niche for investigative reporting.

His reporting on environmental health issues, national security scandals and the Iran Contra affair has landed in newspapers and magazines around the country, including the New York Times, the Utne Reader, the Capital Eye and many others.

He is the co-author of the book “Was The 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?,” with Steven F. Freeman.

Before joining In These Times, Bleifuss was director of the Peace Studies Program for the University of Missouri, a features writer for the Fulton Sun in Fulton, Missouri and a freelance journalist in Spain.

Bleifuss currently serves on the advisory board of The Public Square , a program of the Illinois Humanities Council.

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- 09 Jul 09
Block ’Em, Sock ’Em

Across the country progressive groups are mobilizing to support legislative initiatives, but to what effect? On the climate change… more

vol. 33, iss. 08
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- 11 Jun 09
Buy Back Our Government

Porn rentals, duck islands and moat-cleaning are among the frivolities British members of Parliament have charged to their expense… more

vol. 33, iss. 07
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- 12 May 09
A Specter is Haunting Dems

Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) had every reason to free himself from the wing nuts that bind the rusty Republican… more

vol. 33, iss. 06
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- 16 Apr 09
Bailout Bandits

In these days of "bank stablization plans" (bailouts for fat cats) and "overseas contingency operations" (wars), Americans who celebrated… more

vol. 33, iss. 05 economy
- Culture
- 13 Apr 09
Building Utopia

A new documentary profiles the rise and fall of a Depression-era utopian experiment in the Bronx. more

vol. 33, iss. 05 movies
- Features
- 30 Mar 09
To Boycott Israel…or Not?

Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East. more

vol. 33, iss. 04 activism, international, middle east

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- 01 Jul 08
- 12:33 pm
Martha Biondi and James Thindwa have responded to Ken Brociner in a column titled "Earth to Ken Brociner" which went up on InTheseTimes.com today. http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3783/earth_to_ken_brociner/ Check it out.

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