The Wisconsin Idea
Viewpoint
Why the Corporate Media Loves a Bombing
From Syria to North Korea, the press is growing hungry for war.
Bill Berkowitz
Feature
Mélenchon’s Campaign To Transform French Politics From the Left
The Bernie Sanders of France offers a progressive populist program to remake the Republic.
Cole Stangler
Labor
The Looming Writers Strike Is About Much More Than What’s On TV
David Dayen
Viewpoint
Should Democratic Socialists Be Democrats?
Democratic Socialists of America members debate how—and to what extent—socialists should engage with electoral politics.
Chris Maisano and Jessie Mannisto
Labor
The Upcoming May Day Strike Could Be the Biggest In Over a Decade. Organizers Explain Why.
Sarah Aziza
Rural America
Peas in a Pod: The “Inner City” and 21st Century Rural America
Steven Conn
Viewpoint
Single Payer in the Golden State
The fight for Medicare for all goes to California.
Joel Bleifuss
Labor
How Barnard Contingent Faculty Won Their First Contract
Gerard Di Trolio
Culture
Hulu’s Brilliant Adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Says More About Our Present Than Our Future
For many marginalized women, dystopia is already here.
Jessica Stites