The Wisconsin Idea
 
  
      
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        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                  
            
     
  
      
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        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                  
            
     
  
      
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        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                  
            
     
  
      
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        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                  
            
    