The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Want a Radical Alternative to Trump’s Immigration Agenda? Try Open Borders.

It's not just a pipe dream.

Dayton Martindale

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Pruitt Is Removing Science Advisers Who Have Received EPA Funding, But He’s OK With Industry Funding

The EPA administrator called for scientific independence while drowning in fossil fuel money.

Kate Aronoff

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The Mueller Indictments Aren’t Stopping the GOP From Pursuing Its Craven Agenda

Trump is in hot water, but Republicans are still pushing forward his plans to cut taxes on the rich and defang the EPA.

Theo Anderson

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The Breitbart-Fueled War on Leftist Academics

Some universities are failing to defend scholars when they are targeted by right-wing smear campaigns

Devyn Springer

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Why the Minneapolis Political Establishment Is Scared of Ginger Jentzen

The socialist city council candidate is running on a platform of rent control and reducing inequality—and she’s massively outraising her opponents.

David Duhalde

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The Twisted Logic Behind the GOP’s Latest Assault on Abortion Rights

You can't exercise your reproductive rights if you don’t know you are pregnant.

Michelle Chen

Rural America

Earth to Trump & Co.: Two Basic Reasons Why Coal Isn’t Making a Comeback

Steven Conn

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Repulsed by Whitefish Energy? Maybe You Also Hate Capitalism.

Following public outrage, the company's power contract in Puerto Rico was canceled. But the company still reveals a great deal about the banal evils of capitalism.

Kate Aronoff

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Why the Weinstein Story Has Been So Huge

Until we confront rape culture as a whole, the #MeToo testimonies will continue.

Susan J. Douglas