The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Amazon Is One Step Closer To Taking a Cut on Literally Every Economic Transaction

In a $5.5 billion sweetheart deal, Amazon has inserted itself between local businesses and local governments.

David Dayen

Labor

For Many Undocumented Workers, There’s No Such Thing As Minimum Wage

Sebastián González de León

Rural America

Quality Over Quantity: Shrinking Towns Can Thrive

B.A. Morelli

Labor

“No More Racist Bosses”: Why Workers at a Suburban Target Store Are Protesting

Bruce Vail

Feature

Scott Pruitt’s Replacement at the EPA, Andrew Wheeler, Could Be Even Worse

Wheeler might be able to navigate his way around the agency more effectively than Pruitt—and therefore do more damage.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

What the Supreme Court’s Week of Hell Means for People of Color

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Self-Driving Cars Are Coming. Will They Serve Profit or the Public?

We can reclaim our cities from the auto industry—or we can spend all our lives in traffic.

Angie Schmitt

Feature

Tammy Duckworth Seems To Have Forgotten That Not All Midwesterners Are White

Duckworth said that while left politics are popular in the Bronx, they can't win in the Midwest. She's wrong in more ways than one.

Eli Day

Rural America

Rural Illinois’ Stake in the Poor People’s Campaign

Holly Ann Stovall