The Wisconsin Idea

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It’s Still Their Party: What the DNC Purge Means for the Democrats’ Left Flank

By removing Ellison and Sanders backers from DNC leadership, the Democratic establishment is ruthlessly tightening its grip on the party. Progressives should take a lesson.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Workers Say NAFTA’s Neoliberal Foundations Need to Be Dismantled from the Left—Not the Right

Jeff Schuhrke

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Shackles Aren’t “Bracelets”: Why We Should Be Concerned About the Marketing of Punitive Technology

Electronic monitors are devices of unfreedom—not decoration.

James Kilgore

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White Lawmakers Are Using Alabama’s Racist State Constitution To Keep Black Wages Down

Alabama wrote its 1901 constitution to “establish white supremacy.” Workers in a majority-black city say it’s Jim Crow all over again.

Bryce Covert

Labor

What Taxi and Uber Drivers Really Think About the Ride-Sharing Boom

Teke Wiggin

Labor

Harvey Weinstein Revelations Force the Question: Where Was the Screen Actors Guild?

Morgan Spector

Rural America

How Much Nitrate Is in Rural America’s Water?

John Collins

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In CNN’s Tax Debate, Bernie Sanders Showed How Democrats Can Win with Socialism

By offering a bold vision of policies to help working families, Sanders voiced a popular alternative to Ted Cruz and the GOP's barbarism.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

A Case Study in How NAFTA Undermines Strikes

Gerard DiTrolio and Doug Nesbitt