The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Katniss: Heroine of the Great Recession

The Hunger Games is about overcoming poverty in a starkly unequal world. Sound familiar?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Why America Needs the Left

The fight for true equality since 1776.

Eli Zaretsky

Spurned By Planned Parenthood, Tucker Max Throws Tantrum

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

The Great Training Wreck: Job Skills Deficits and Corporate-Backed Tech Schools

Roger Bybee

Labor

Unrest in Indonesia’s Mines: Local Chaos and Global Injustice

Michelle Chen

Viewpoint

The Assault on Public Education

One of America's greatest achievements is being defunded and degraded by the dictates of the marketplace.

Noam Chomsky

Meet Bahrain’s Best Friend in Congress

Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Labor

2 Years After Upper Big Branch Disaster, Coal Baron Blankenship Is Gone. What Else Has Changed?

Bruce Vail

The Demonization of Trayvon Martin

Lindsay Beyerstein