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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

Feature
Puerto Rico’s Isolated Mountain Communities Are Rapidly Running Out of Food And Water
The federal, national and municipal governments have still not cleared the way into at least nine neighborhoods in Utuado, the third largest municipality in Puerto Rico.
Eliván Martínez Mercado
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