The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

84 House Democrats Say ‘No’ to Austerity

The Congressional Progressive Caucus' budget may have failed, but it failed well.

Cole Stangler

Feature

Is Life Without Parole Any Better Than the Death Penalty?

Maryland is poised to be the 18th state to abolish capital punishment, in favor of lifetime imprisonment.

Rebecca Burns

Palestinians Unwelcome Obama; $1 Million in Medical Debt Abolished; ‘Persepolis’ Protests in Chicago

Ben Lorber

Feature

Call It What It Is: A Class War

The GOP's budget is a naked assault on the poor.

David Sirota

Labor

Penny and Me: UNITE HERE Campaigns for Housekeeper To Join Hyatt’s Board

David Moberg

Comics

Explaining the Iraq War

Jeff Danziger

Pencils Down: Faced With Mass Closings, Chicago School Activists Mull a Testing Revolt

Rebecca Burns

Video

Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn’t Minimum Wage $22?

Ian Becker

Labor

Could New York Be the Next Chicago?

James Cersonsky