The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America
Why Progressives Need to Rethink the Rural-Urban Divide and Build a Coalition
Sarah van Gelder

Dispatch
Cooperative Banking for Black Lives
After facing decades of disinvestment and targeting by powerful financial institutions, African-American-owned credit unions could offer a way to build economic power and grow black wealth.
Valerie Vande Panne

Feature
Chicago’s Far South Side Is Finally Getting a Train—And It’s Thanks to Decades of Organizing
Residents hope the transit extension will shorten commutes and bring much-needed jobs.
Patrick Corley

Labor
5 Reasons Mexican Workers Would Cheer the Demise of NAFTA
Manuel Perez Rocha

Labor
West Virginia Teachers Are Showing How Unions Can Win Power Even If They Lose Janus
Lois Weiner

Rural America
With the USDA’s Blessing, CAFOs Are Driving Organic Dairy Farmers Out of Business
Jim Goodman

Feature
When It Comes to the Fake News Scourge, Russia Doesn’t Hold a Candle to U.S. Conservative Media
The panic over Russian interference obscures the fact that fake news has always been with us—it’s just been pushed by the American Right.
Branko Marcetic

Feature
While Democrats Call for Gun Control at Home, They Push Deadly Arms Deals Abroad
To seriously address the scourge of gun violence, we must oppose U.S. militarism around the globe. Many leading Democrats haven’t gotten the message.
Adam Johnson

Rural America
Standing Rock Felony Defendants Take Plea Deals, Still Face Years in Prison
Joseph Bullington
