The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Why History From Below Matters: An Interview with Howard Zinn

In this 2005 interview, Zinn explained his approach to writing history: “I am going to write about what I think is impor­tant: the social strug­gles of peo­ple, the class struc­ture in the Unit­ed States, the racial prob­lem, the prob­lem of sex­u­al equal­i­ty, the prob­lem of war. Those are the things that are going to guide me.”

Aaron Sarver

“You Know It Makes Sense”

Emily Udell

Dispatch

Light and Solidarity

Erin Mosely

Chutes and Ladders

Phoebe Connelly

Feature

Democracy’s Death

Haitian dissidents find themselves the targets of massive repression

Ben Terrall

Culture

The Horror, The Horror

James Parker

Culture

The Uses and Abuses of Race

Phyllis Eckhaus

Culture

A Brooding Calm

Alix Rule

New episode of Fire on the Prairie

Aaron Sarver