The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Ossoff’s Loss Is Further Proof: Democrats’ Path to Power Is Through Moving Left, Not Center

The results in Georgia show that the Trump resistance can show up to the polls, but centrism isn’t a strategy to win.

Theo Anderson

Rural America

Federal Judge: Environmental Law was Broken in Rushed Review of Dakota Access Pipeline

Joseph Bullington

Culture

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: Examining Britain’s Populist Revolt

David Goodhart's The Road to Somewhere goes nowhere worth following.

Jane Miller

Culture

The Return of Nunsploitation

Jeff Baena’s The Little Hours is a clever update on Boccaccio's The Decameron.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

How Black Communities Across the Country Are Retaking Land and Demanding Reparations

A conversation with Chinyere Tutashinda of the BlackOUT Collective.

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Trump’s Dangerous Love Affair With the Saudi Royal Family

How our new commander in chief is intensifying the U.S.-Saudi "special friendship" that's destabilizing the Middle East.

William D. Hartung

Feature

Shutting Out the Public from the Senate Healthcare Bill Isn’t Just Antidemocratic: It’s Deadly.

These lethal policies would never pass through an accountable, participatory public process.

Ben Palmquist

Feature

Greek Squatters Transformed a Deserted Hotel Into a Sanctuary for Refugees. Now, They Face Eviction.

The left-wing Syriza government is cracking down on squats that house thousands of migrants in Athens.

Patrick O. Strickland

Rural America

Understanding the True Cost of American Food (Part I)

John Ikerd