The Wisconsin Idea

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Bernie Sanders Started the Revolution. The Rest Is Up to Us.

Sanders has laid a path to take on corporate power and win democratic socialism.

Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht

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A Scholar of Pandemics and Inequality Peers Into America’s Future

If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, "all bets are off," says scholar Walter Scheidel.

Hamilton Nolan

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Time to Redirect the Military Budget to Public Health

America's addiction to war, by the numbers.

Indigo Olivier

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Hospital Food Workers and Janitors Are Stuck In a “Death Trap”

Overlooked workers are risking their lives to keep the healthcare system running. Now, they're fighting back.

Kari Lydersen

Labor

Exclusive Transcripts Show Disgraced UAW President Strongarmed Board To Pick His Own Successor

Chris Brooks

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The Wisconsin GOP Is a Death Cult

Wisconsin Republicans show they hate democracy and Wisconsinites.

Emma Roller

Labor

Striking McDonald’s Workers Say Their Lives Are More Essential Than Fast Food

Hamilton Nolan

Rural America

The EPA Sidestepped the Normal Public-Comment Process to Approve a Cancer-Linked Herbicide

Johnathan Hettinger

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As the World Economy Grinds to a Halt, the U.S. War Machine Churns On

Weapons manufacturers get a life raft while the rest of us drown.

Sarah Lazare