The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Why Labor Is Fighting to Save Veterans’ Healthcare

Suzanne Gordon and Ian Hoffmann

Feature

After Maria, Vulture Firms Are Trying to Bleed Puerto Rico Dry. They Must Be Stopped.

Jonathan Westin of New York Communities for Change discusses why Puerto Rico's debt needs to be canceled.

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Birmingham’s New Mayor Randall Woodfin on How to Win the Political Revolution Down South

In an exclusive interview, Woodfin discusses his victory, how he plans to redefine progress in Alabama’s biggest city, and how other progressive challengers can win.

Katherine Webb-Hehn

Rural America

Rural Americans and the Language Too Many People Use to Talk About Them

Nora Mabie

Feature

The Absolute Buoyancy: Why Corbyn and Labour Are Up and the Conservatives Are Down

The message from recent party conferences was clear: Labour is ascendant, while UK voters are tiring of Theresa May and the Tories.

Richard Seymour

Feature

Rahm Emanuel Wants $95 Million for a New Police Facility. Chicago Activists Have Other Ideas.

Organizers with the #NoCopAcademy campaign are taking to the phones, streets and trains to get out their message that Chicago communities need more resources, not more cops.

Charles Preston

Feature

How the “Fake News” Scare Is Marginalizing the Left

Unaccountable tech companies are defining the parameters of acceptable discourse.

Julianne Tveten

Dispatch

Hurricane Relief, in the Spirit of Ella Baker

These volunteers are rebuilding northeast Houston, with a dose of transformative justice.

Eesha Pandit

Feature

Elon Musk Is Not the Hero Puerto Rico Needs

The island needs a revamped electric grid and fast, but privatization is not the answer.

Kate Aronoff