The Wisconsin Idea
Feature
Slavoj Zizek: Lessons From the “Airpocalypse”
On China's smog problem and the ecological crisis.
Slavoj Žižek
Viewpoint
Diane Ravitch: Trump’s Nominee for Secretary of Education Could Gut Public Ed
Billionaire Betsy DeVos will be great for private, religious and charter schools—and bad news for students and teachers.
Diane Ravitch
Feature
To Defeat Trump, We Must Make Ourselves Ungovernable
A grassroots organizer on noncompliance with Trump and how to build an eco-socialist alternative from the ground up.
Sarah Lazare, AlterNet
Labor
Only Organized Labor Can Save Illinois from Crisis
Tyler Zimmer
Feature
Rex Tillerson Could Be America’s Most Dangerous Secretary of State
The former Exxon Mobil CEO spent his entire adult life working for a company that has left a trail of carnage in its ruthless pursuit of oil.
Antonia Juhasz
Labor
Anti-union Effort in Kentucky Is Ripped Straight from the Koch Playbook
Mary Bottari
Feature
The GOP Is Trying to Kill You
With Donald Trump at the helm, Republicans are readying to unleash holy hell through public policies.
Kate Aronoff
Rural America
The Food Movement Has People and Can Make the World a Better Place…But It Will Need Land
Rural America In These Times
Labor
Breaking the Chains: Can Labor Unions Organize Retail Workers?
Seth Kershner