The Wisconsin Idea

People Who Can’t Teach, Write About Teachers

Bhaskar Sunkara

Labor

Letter from CTU President Karen Lewis: ‘Students Suffer in Low-Performing Charter Schools’

Karen Lewis

Labor

Strong Local Support—And National Labor Allies—Lend Chicago Teachers Negotiating Clout

David Moberg

Is Breaking Bad Racist?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Housing Activists Take Aim at Fannie and Freddie

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Charter Schools Stay Open During Strike, But Solidarity Lurks Inside

Rebecca Burns

Feature

Why the Uproar Over Naomi Wolf’s Vagina?

We need to stop castigating "bad" feminists for everything they do--even when they write silly books

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

Sickened South African Mine Workers Seek Justice in Courts

Michelle Chen

Labor

After Battle with Mining Giant Peabody, Willow Lake Coal Miners Win Union

Bruce Vail