Joel Bleifuss is an American journalist. He is the editor and publisher of In These Times, a Chicago-based news magazine founded in 1976 by James Weinstein. During Bleifuss's tenure, the magazine has published articles and columns by members of the U.S. Congressional Progressive Caucus, Arundhati Roy, and Slavoj Žižek, as well as long-time writers Susan Douglas, David Moberg, and Salim Muwakkil.