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Jacob Wheeler

Jacob Wheeler is an assistant editor at In These Times.

A Danish-American fluent in four languages, Wheeler started at the magazine in February 2007. His international interests include Central America, where he lived while writing a book on the Guatemalan adoption industry, and Scandinavia, as he was born in Denmark.

Wheeler received his MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College in 2006 and his B.A. in Comparative Literature and German from the University of Michigan in 2000. He is the founding editor of the Glen Arbor Sun, a seasonal, northern Michigan-based magazine, and translates for the Copenhagen daily Borsen. His freelance work has appeared in Utne Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Christian Science Monitor, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Detroit Free Press and the websites WorldPress.org, AlterNet.org and WorldChanging.com.

Most Recent Articles view all 12

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- 02 Oct 08
More U.S. Meddling in El Salvador?

As El Salvador prepares for elections next year, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador worries the Bush administration might interfere to sway results.

vol. 32, iss. 10 el salvador, elections
- Features
- 27 Aug 08
Was Hillary’s speech a turning point?

Many Clinton supporters in Denver swallow doubts, support Obama

web only democratic convention 2008, hillary clinton
- Features
- 27 Aug 08
Bringing Baghdad to Denver Streets

DENVER -- "This is not street theater! This is real!" shouted a man wearing a baseball cap into… more

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- News
- 04 Aug 08
Don’t Tase Me, GOP!

The St. Paul Police Department is arming itself with Tasers. Local activists and media say that the department… more

vol. 32, iss. 08 election 2008, policing, republicanism, technology, weapons
- Features
- 28 Mar 08
Caricaturing Danish Muslims

In early 2006, violence across the Islamic world rocked the quaint Scandinavian country of Denmark after one of… more

vol. 32, iss. 04
- Features
- 17 Mar 08
The War That Never Ends

Iraq Veterans Against the War's 'Winter Soldier' hearings revealed the awful truths of the occupation and the ongoing struggle for those who have returned home.

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