The Wisconsin Idea

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Donna Brazile’s DNC Revelations Are a Sign the Left Is Winning the War in the Democratic Party

The centrist establishment is discredited—and party insiders like Brazile can tell which way the winds are blowing.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Calif. Just Passed Landmark Law to Stop Bosses From Discriminating Against People with Convictions

Michael Arria

Rural America

Out-Going NOSB Member Calls Out Corporate Agribusiness and Organic Fraud

Francis Thicke

Labor

Joe Ricketts Is a Walking Case for a $1 Million Maximum Income

Kate Aronoff

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If Berniecrats Were British: How Jeremy Corbyn’s Momentum Won the Soul of the Labour Party

Momentum continues to play a central role in organizing the Left in the U.K.’s Labour party.

Sarah Jaffe

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Rahm Emanuel’s Tribute to the World’s Richest Man Is Bad News for Chicago

The city's $2.25 billion offer to Amazon shows that the mayor puts the needs of tech profiteers over city residents.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Rural America

The United States of Toxins in Graphic Relief

Rural America In These Times

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This Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Wants To Disarm and Demilitarize Police—And He’s Winning

Raymond Dehn's progressive policies on criminal justice, housing and more are resonating across the city.

Valerie Vande Panne

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In 1979, This Economist Predicted Puerto Rico’s Modern-Day Financial Crisis

The dominoes that led to the collapse were set up decades ago.

Alex V. Hernandez