The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Asghar Farhadi Is One of the Most Important Directors Working Today—And Trump Has Banned Him

The Iranian filmmaker's masterful, Oscar-nominated The Salesman shows the futility of progressives trying to tolerantly endure repressive regimes.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

Robert Reich: Why Putting Steve Bannon on the National Security Council Is So Terrifying

The dangers of "America First."

Robert Reich

Viewpoint

Voting Doesn’t Have To Be Winner-Take-All

To get people engaged in politics, we need an electoral system based on proportional representation.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

Interviews for the Resistance: Live From the Spontaneous Protests at JFK Airport

Hundreds gather to protest Donald Trump's refugee and Muslim bans, and to demand the release of those held at the airport.

Sarah Jaffe

Rural America

Farm Policy Watchdog Stands by Organic Farmers. Will Secretary of Agriculture Perdue?

John Collins

Labor

New Congress on Track to Block Long-Sought Workplace and Public Health Protections

Elizabeth Grossman

Feature

Chiquita Made a Killing From Colombia’s Civil War. Will Their Victims Finally See Justice?

A long-running case against the banana giant is moving forward in U.S. court.

Matt Kennard and Nick MacWilliam

Culture

Neoliberalism, Cranked up to 11

Jonathan Coe's Number 11 offers a bleak portrait of what Britain has become.

Chris Lehmann

Feature

Why Is the GOP Obsessed with Two 1950s Russian Expat Thinkers?

Mike Pence and Paul Ryan look to the past for inspiration.

Theo Anderson