The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

BREAKING—Andrew Puzder, Trump’s Pick for Labor Secretary, Is Out

Bruce Vail

Feature

Meet the U.S. Nonprofit That Funds the Israeli Guards Who Terrorize Palestinians

Settlements in the West Bank are illegal, but equipping their guards is tax-deductible.

Alex Kane

Feature

Mike Pence, Betsy DeVos and the Klan’s Long Shadow

The extremism of their agenda contains the seeds of its undoing.

Theo Anderson

Rural America

The Next Farm Crisis is Here and Farmers Can No Longer Afford to Be Ignored

Jim Hightower

Feature

The “Identity Politics” Debate Is Splintering the Left. Here’s How We Can Move Past It.

We must redefine “identity politics,” because the debate about it is mostly wrong. We can start by recognizing that Clintonian identity politics aren't intersectional—they're racist.

Thea N. Riofrancos and Daniel Denvir

Labor

The Volkswagen Defeat Wasn’t Inevitable—and Labor Can Still Win in the South

Chris Brooks

Culture

How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare

Whites, angered at blacks and immigrants receiving "government handouts," forget they were lifted out of poverty through racially exclusive welfare programs in the 30s.

Margaret Garb

Feature

Trump’s Israel Envoy Pick Funds West Bank Settlements. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

A U.S. network of pro-settlement non-profits aids in the displacement of Palestinians.

Alex Kane

Labor

Boeing Workers Face “Constant Barrage of Misinformation” Ahead of Union Vote

Mario Vasquez