The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

As Development Destroys Habitat, Wildlife Finds Refuge on Battlefields

Todd Lookingbill and Peter Smallwood

Feature

How the Leader of the OAS Became a Right-Wing Hawk—And Paved the Way for Bolivia’s Coup

The Organization of American States is not a neutral arbiter. Just looks at its secretary general, Luis Almagro.

Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint

Want More Proof of Corporate Media’s Anti-Bernie Bias? Look at MSNBC’s Democratic Debate.

During the debate and in the spin room, Sanders was treated more like an outsider than a front runner. It’s part of a broader anti-Bernie slant in the “liberal” network’s coverage.

Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint

Why “High Hopes” Is the Perfect Dance Song for the Buttigieg Campaign

It’s a meritocratic fantasy.

Dayton Martindale

Feature

$44,000 for Air Ambulances, Hour-Long Rides to an ER—The High Cost of Healthcare in Appalachia

Rural hospitals are closing or downgrading at an alarming rate. That could be fatal.

Mason Adams

Rural America

Getting Stuck Is a Rural Rite of Passage

Joseph Bullington

Labor

Why 15,000 Indiana Teachers Just Walked Off the Job

Jeff Schuhrke

Dispatch

Southern Workers Unite Around Medicare for All: “A Tremendous Liberation From Your Boss”

Workers from across the South converged in Charlotte, N.C., on September 21 to kick off a Medicare for All campaign.

Jonathan Michels

Viewpoint

With Net Neutrality Axed, Local Governments Are Racing To Save the Open Internet

Cities and states are leading the way in defending the internet from corporate control.

Victor Pickard and David Elliot Berman