The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Don’t Mine What’s Ours

How a public-lands populism can fight Trump and the GOP.

Dayton Martindale

Culture

How the Threat of Apocalypse Justifies American Empire

A new book argues that in the military's hands, warnings of world's end become self-fulfilling prophecies.

Chris Lehmann

Feature

Puerto Rico’s Longest-Held Political Prisoner Just Walked Out of U.S. Prison

Oscar López Rivera was welcomed home by large crowds in the Chicago neighborhood where he once lived.

Martín Xavi Macías

Rural America

Four Academics from Texas Give Us the Lowdown on Energy Markets

The Conversation

Feature

The Surprising Cross-Partisan Appeal of Single-Payer Healthcare

Where Trump voters and socialists agree.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Anti-Corporate Protesters Drown Out Democratic Party Chair Tom Perez with Chants of “Liar!”

Fault lines in the party were on full display as the California Democratic convention got off to a dramatic start.

Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Viewpoint

As Tensions Flare Between Turkey and the Kurds, the U.S. Backs Both Sides

Negotiations, not more U.S. weapons, are needed to resolve the decades-long conflict.

Patrick Lewis

Feature

A Very Cautious Left Case for Impeachment

Trump must go--and progressives can harness his exodus to build a movement.

Kate Aronoff

Feature

Roger Ailes Is Dead, But the Damage He Did Lives On

The founder and longtime CEO of Fox News helped make U.S. politics more dishonest and cowardly.

Mark Dunbar