The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

How Private Equity Killed Toys “R” Us

Private equity firms bled the company dry to turn a profit, and now mass layoffs are imminent.

Mark Dunbar

Feature

To End Mass Incarceration, We Must Rethink How We Respond to Violence

Using restorative justice techniques as an alternative to prison has a surprising group of supporters: victims of violence

Sophie Bandarkar

Culture

Yanis Varoufakis: Confessions of a Troika Dropout

Greece’s former finance minister and “inconsistent Marxist” discusses his new tell-all from his time in Europe’s halls of austerity.

Sarah Leonard

Rural America

Is the Biotech Industry Transforming a Natural Pesticide into a Super Toxin?

Jonathan R. Latham

Feature

A Cyclical Crisis: Why Trump’s Crackdown on Central American Migrants Will Only Mean More Violence

Trump’s promises to “decimate” Central American gangs and close the border to child migrants fuel a cycle of transnational brutality.

Laura Weiss

Viewpoint

Puerto Rico Is a Symptom of America’s Rotting Democracy

We need to rebuild the island and our government.

Jessica Stites

Labor

What the Revival of Socialism in America Means for the Labor Movement

Shaun Richman and Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Culture

The Art of Disobedience

From the Black Panthers to Ferguson, finding a U.S. history we can be proud of.

Abby Lynn Klinkenberg

Feature

Racist Blowback Against Colin Kaepernick Isn’t Just About Him: It’s Aimed at Black Resistance Itself

We refuse to apologize for fighting for our freedom.

Keedra Gibba