The Wisconsin Idea

Labor
How Privatization Sparked the Massive Oklahoma Teacher Uprising
Valerie Vande Panne

Culture
From Harriet Tubman to Black Panther
An artist speaks on heroism in the Black community.
Madiha Hussaini

Feature
Bombs Aren’t the Answer: A Case for Vigorous Diplomacy in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen
The latest escalation in Syria underlines the need for political, not military, solutions.
Stephen R. Weissman

Rural America
In the American West, Arbitrary Poverty Designations Are Shortchanging the Rural Poor
Elizabeth Zach

Feature
We Must Stop John Bolton From Escalating War in Syria
Trump's threats to escalate military intervention could open a new, dangerous front in the ongoing conflict.
Phyllis Bennis

Feature
Ta-Nehisi Coates Made the Case for Reparations—Here’s Who Is Making the Plan
Black scholars and organizers are thinking beyond just a check.
Dayton Martindale

Culture
An Ode to Sharp-Tongued Women, From Dorothy Parker to Susan Sontag
Michelle Dean’s new book Sharp profiles brilliant and creative women who fought sexism, but, by and large, did not identify with the feminist movement.
Laura Tanenbaum

Culture
Barbara Ehrenreich Calls BS on the Immortality Industry
In her new book, Natural Causes, the author reminds us that we can't cheat death -- although we can die trying.
Jane Miller

Labor
The Federal Attack on Sex Workers’ Rights Is a Threat to Everyone’s Free Speech
Carrie Weisman
