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Displaced After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans Face Awful Conditions in NYC Shelters

People who left Puerto Rico for New York didn’t know about FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, which offers temporary hotel rooms. Instead, they wound up in homeless shelters.

Joel Cintrón Arbasetti

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If Democrats Want the Support of Millennials, They Should Cut Ties with the Fossil Fuel Industry

The Lawmakers elected in 2018 must lead one of the biggest government projects in history—a rapid transition to a 100-percent renewable energy economy.

Varshini Prakash and Stephen O’Hanlon

Feature

The Specter of Reagan Haunts the GOP’s New Tax Plan

A brief history of how the GOP taxes the poor to reward the rich.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

“You’re Taking Our Homes”: Ben Carson Shouted Down by Angry Chicago Residents

Tanner Howard

Labor

Florida Prisoners Are Preparing to Strike Against Unpaid Labor

Michael Arria

Culture

Best Books of 2017: In These Times Staff and Reader Picks

From Naomi Klein to Roxane Gay, the reads that made 2017 bearable.

In These Times Staff

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Fire and Fury Signifies Nothing

We must not pretend this book will solve anything, especially the problem of the Trump presidency.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

HR Has Never Been on the Side of Workers. #MeToo Is More Proof.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

Centrist Think Tanks Won’t Save Our Cities

Economic democracy must come from below.

Gar Alperovitz

Rural America

Can Hunters and Activists Team Up to Phase Out Lead Bullets?

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Viewpoint

Democrats Can’t Win By Courting Conservative White Voters

It’s time to follow the lead of Black grassroots organizers.

James Thindwa

Rural America

Ag-Gag Update: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Idaho’s Ban on Private Surveillance

Dan Flynn

Feature

The War on Drugs Is an Abject Failure. Jeff Sessions Just Ramped It Up.

The tide is finally turning against marijuana criminalization. But Sessions just took a giant leap backwards.

Jesse Mechanic

Feature

How Wisconsin’s Progressive Revival Could Help Randy Bryce Unseat Paul Ryan

A surge of grassroots organizing mixed with anger at Trump and the GOP could pave the way for Bryce to take down the House Speaker.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

We’re Number One! America Leads the Way in CEO-Worker Income Gap

Jessica Corbett

Feature

Move Over, Corporate Democrats. A New Wave of Left Populists Is on the Rise.

It's 2018. Candidates don't need the establishment anymore.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Trump and the Neocons Are Exploiting an Iran Protest Movement They Know Nothing About

Iranians are protesting conditions worsened by U.S. policies, but Washington's hawks see only an opportunity for regime change.

John Feffer

Labor

Here’s Why These 3 Rank-And-File Union Members Are Running for Maryland Public Office

Bruce Vail