The Wisconsin Idea

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

InvestigationGoodman Institute
Behind Janus: Documents Reveal Decade-Long Plot to Kill Public-Sector Unions
The Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME is poised to decimate public-sector unions—and it’s been made possible by a network of right-wing billionaires, think tanks and corporations.
Mary Bottari

Feature
The FBI Questioned a Black Man About Racist Extremists in Charlottesville—Now He Could Go to Prison
Authorities are arresting and charging anti-racist demonstrators for events connected to the Unite the Right rally, even though it was white supremacists who unleashed violence on the town.
Michael Arria