The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Is Neoliberalism Making Our Depression and Anxiety Crisis Worse?

How capitalist culture is making us sick.

Johann Hari

Feature

INVESTIGATION: The Troubled History of the Fund Tapped for Rahm’s Controversial Cop Academy

$20 million in West Side TIF money for job creation has sat unspent, and another $36 million was "ported" to other districts. Now more than $10 million is being used for a police academy that will create only 100 temporary jobs.

Rebecca Burns

Labor

West Virginia Teachers Are Staging a Statewide Strike. Here’s Why.

Michael Arria

Viewpoint

The Arc of History Doesn’t Bend Toward Justice On Its Own.

It’s been 50 years since the Kerner Commission report was released, and institutional racism still pervades our society.

Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch

The Muslim “Bernie Clone” Running for Governor in Trump Country

A 33-year-old progressive is building grassroots support in red areas of Michigan.

Darren A. Nichols

Culture

The Essential Ursula K. Le Guin

Don't know where to begin? Here are her masterworks.

In These Times Staff

Rural America

Trump on America’s Hungry: Let Them Eat “Harvest Boxes”

Matthew Gritter

Feature

Beyond Hollywood: Domestic Workers Say #MeToo

Ai-jen Poo on how a new women’s movement is building—from house cleaners to Hollywood stars

Jessica Stites

Culture

Black Panther Engages with Decades of Black Liberatory Theory—And Is Also a Great Movie

The film, in no uncertain terms, considers the possibility and necessity of revolution for Black people across the world.

Nate Marshall