The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Is Your Job Bullshit? David Graeber on Capitalism’s Endless Busywork

In his new book, the anarchist and anthropologist looks at why almost 40 percent of us think our jobs are meaningless.

Dayton Martindale

Labor

What Today’s Anti-Trump Resistance Can Learn From a Progressive Who Won in Reagan Country

Larry Cohen

Labor

Workers Just Organized the First Federally-Recognized Fast Food Union in the U.S.

Shane Burley

Labor

50,000 University of California Workers Are Still on Strike. One Key Reason: Outsourcing.

Sarah Lahm

Labor

Bernie Sanders Has a Sweeping Plan to Expand Union Rights and Workplace Democracy

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature

How Russia-Obsessed Democrats Set the Stage for Trump’s Disastrous Violation of the Iran Deal

Leading Democrats have bundled their push for a tough stance on Russia with escalation towards Iran.

Michael Arria and Sarah Lazare

Rural America

Two Conversations About “Sustainable Capitalism” and “The Art of Work”

Rural America In These Times

Feature

What the Deployment of Green Berets to the Saudi-Yemen Border Tells Us About America’s Dirty War

The U.S. tries to distance itself from Saudi war crimes in Yemen—but it's always been America's war too.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

Viewpoint

Say It Ain’t Joe: Why Anointing Biden for 2020 Is a Terrible Idea

When will the Democrats learn that Americans don’t want centrism?

Joel Bleifuss