The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

America Wasn’t a “Gun-Loving Country” Until a $13.5 Billion Industry Made It So

Historian Pamela Haag’s The Gunning of America refocuses the gun debate on the moguls who made America into the land of guns -- and mass shootings.

Steve Ryfle

Culture

Top Four Reads for the Red Centennial

Books about Bolsheviks.

In These Times Staff

Labor

The Trump Administration’s Backdoor Plan to Erode the Rights of Workers to Act Collectively

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

We Still Don’t Know How Many Have Died In Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria

There could be hundreds more dead than is currently being reported in the official tally.

Omaya Sosa Pascual

Labor

SCOTUS Is on the Verge of Decimating Public-Sector Unions—But Workers Can Still Fight Back

Shaun Richman

Labor

Hugh Hefner Wasn’t Just a Creep—He Was Also a Shitty Boss

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

What’s Worse Than Airline Food? The Catering Companies Selling It.

s.e.smith

Rural America

Foreign Control of U.S. Farmland has Recently Doubled, And the USDA Doesn’t Know Who Owns What

Johnathan Hettinger

Labor

Robert Reich: Trump and the GOP’s New Tax Plan Is a Giant Gift to the 1%

Robert Reich