The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The Hidden Costs of “National Security”: 10 Ways Your Tax Dollars Are Paying for War

In government terms, make no mistake about it, the Pentagon & Co. are the 1%.

William D. Hartung

Feature

Locked Up for Being Poor? Chicago Just Took a Big Step Forward in Bail Reform

Activists are lauding a new court order while continuing to push for the end of money bond.

Abby Lynn Klinkenberg

Feature

This Left Challenger Is Showing How to Use Progressive Economics to Flip Trump Country

Congressional hopeful Jess King is bringing an anti-poverty agenda to the working-class community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Kate Aronoff

Culture

At the Bullfrog, Those Left Behind by the Global Economy Find Relief—and a Place to Talk Trump

In a Jamestown, N.Y., hotel and bar, down-and-out former factory workers seek solidarity and camaraderie—often expressed in shared rants about immigrants or liberals.

Kari Lydersen

Labor

NPR Workers Just Showed Us Why Journalists Need to Organize

Michael Arria

Rural America

4 Ways the Biotech Industry is Taking Over GMO Regulation from the Inside

Jonathan R. Latham

Culture

The White-Supremacist Roots of America’s Libertarian Right

The history of Koch-style libertarian economics is steeped in racism.

Chris Lehmann

Feature

To Resist the GOP’s Attack on Healthcare, We Must Transform Our Political System

The Moral Movement is connecting the dots between racist voter suppression, poverty and lethal federal policies.

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

How New Jersey Workers Made Chris Christie Blink and Saved the State from a Disastrous Shutdown

Jim McAsey