The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Joe Ricketts Is a Walking Case for a $1 Million Maximum Income

Kate Aronoff

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If Berniecrats Were British: How Jeremy Corbyn’s Momentum Won the Soul of the Labour Party

Momentum continues to play a central role in organizing the Left in the U.K.’s Labour party.

Sarah Jaffe

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Rahm Emanuel’s Tribute to the World’s Richest Man Is Bad News for Chicago

The city's $2.25 billion offer to Amazon shows that the mayor puts the needs of tech profiteers over city residents.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Rural America

The United States of Toxins in Graphic Relief

Rural America In These Times

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This Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate Wants To Disarm and Demilitarize Police—And He’s Winning

Raymond Dehn's progressive policies on criminal justice, housing and more are resonating across the city.

Valerie Vande Panne

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In 1979, This Economist Predicted Puerto Rico’s Modern-Day Financial Crisis

The dominoes that led to the collapse were set up decades ago.

Alex V. Hernandez

Viewpoint

Trump Must Go

We can’t have an out-of-control president with a finger on the button.

Joel Bleifuss

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The Revolution Will Not Be Business Casual—and Other Takeaways From the Women’s Convention

The convention in Detroit was great on diversity and energy, but light on systemic analysis.

Jordan Sarti and Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Labor

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Hate Is Galvanizing Hotel Workers to Fight Back

Bruce Vail