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Inside the Farm Bill
January 10, 2024
Will Congress Do Its Job and Pass a Farm Bill This Year?
More than a trillion dollars are at stake for vital food, farm, conservation and rural development spending programs in 2024
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Agriculture
January 8, 2024
Federal Investigations into Labor Law Violations by Farm Employers Fall to Record-Low
In the face of lax enforcement by Biden’s Labor Department, labor organizations have stepped up to protect farmworkers
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Culture
January 4, 2024
The Shrinking Mississippi Delta County Where Getting a Degree Means Leaving Home Behind
In Issaquena County, Mississippi, the entangled history of race, segregation and education raise hard questions about the county’s future
Molly Minta, Mississippi Today; photography by Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today
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Environment
January 2, 2024
Nine Times More ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Water Near Sludge-Spread Fields
New York State and waste management entities promote the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer, but recent tests show high levels of PFAS pollution in water near sludge-spread fields
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Culture
December 28, 2023
Our Readers’ Favorite Books of 2023
The books—old and new—that our readers and staff enjoyed this year
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