The Wisconsin Idea
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Viewpoint
How Ranked Choice Voting Could Make the 2020 Election More Democratic
The landmark voting reform is quickly spreading across the country—and could have a major impact on contests in 2020.
Adam Eichen
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Labor
With the Help of Teachers Unions, the Climate Strikes Could Be Moving Into Phase 2
Rachel M. Cohen
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Feature
This Isn’t the First Time the United States Has Abandoned the Kurds
In 2014, the United States used Kurdish fighters to beat back ISIS, at great human cost, then left them behind.
Dayton Martindale
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Rural America
As Local News Outlets Shutter, Rural America Suffers Most
April Simpson
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Labor
Chicago Teachers Didn’t Win Everything, But They’ve Transformed the City—And the Labor Movement
Rebecca Burns
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Feature
Any Good Climate Plan Must Address Poverty and Racism
Why climate justice advocates have been demanding this since long before the Green New Deal.
Dayton Martindale
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Dispatch
When Unions Save Lives
The threat of fines doesn't always make mines safer. But unions can.
Austyn Gaffney
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Dispatch
The Underground Migrant Support Network
Meet the Chicago chapter of the "aboveground railroad" providing assistance to asylum seekers.
Eleanor Colbert
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Labor
Chicago Teachers Are Carrying the Torch of Decades of Militant Worker Struggles
Sarah Lazare