The Wisconsin Idea

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Why Are Federal Workers Selling Oil Drilling Rights in the Midst of a Shutdown?

Any Green New Deal has to address the Department of the Interior's role in fueling climate change.

Ryan Driskell Tate

Viewpoint

After 3 Decades, Privatization Has Been Proven a Failure. Let’s Bury It for Good.

Handing public assets and services over to the free market has been a boon for corporate America and a disaster for the working class.

Jeremy Mohler

Dispatch

Millennials Are Ruining Trust Funds

Through the organization Resource Generation, wealthy young people are giving away their money to advance systemic change.

Andrew Schwartz

Feature

Native Americans Take Power

The new wave of indigenous elected officials.

Stephanie Woodard

Feature

10 Years After Israel’s Brutal War on Gaza, The UN Is Still Failing Palestinians

The United Nations has a dangerous history of failing to uphold Palestinian rights -- but pressure inside and out of the institution can change that.

Phyllis Bennis

Feature

We Won Clemency for Cyntoia Brown—Now Let’s Free all Survivors

Courts are punishing Black girls and women for surviving. These four women, and so many more, should be free.

Brit Schulte

Feature

The Stealthy Corporate Scheme to Privatize Pittsburgh’s Water System

When private companies take over public water systems, service often deteriorates. Pittsburgh could be next.

Doug Shields

Feature

“Welcome to the Revolution”: LA Teachers Strike Pits Working-Class Power Against Privatization

Over 30,000 Los Angeles teachers are out on a historic strike to beat back austerity and pro-charter school forces.

David Dayen

Labor

Here’s Why LA Teachers Are Walking Out in a Historic Strike

Julianne Tveten