The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

Campouts, Not Shootouts: Chicago Youth Take Back Their Streets

We talked to the teenagers occupying Chicago street corners.

Carlos Ballesteros

Labor

Heather Heyer Picked Her Side

Russell Rickford

Labor

The Future of the Low-Wage Worker Movement May Depend on a Little-Known New York Law

Max Zahn

Feature

Drawing Equivalencies Between Fascists and Anti-Fascists Is Not Just Wrong—It’s Dangerous

We must be very wary of any attempts to excuse or normalize white supremacy.

Stanislav Vysotsky

Rural America

For Low-Income Residents, the Economic Benefits of Amazon’s New Wind Farm are Up in the Air

Amanda Abrams

Feature

One Rural County’s Battle to Stop a Pipeline From Slicing Through Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, Penn. is rising up against the $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.

Michael Deibert

Labor

Silicon Valley’s Techno-Capitalists Have a Low-Wage Worker Revolt on Their Hands

Julianne Tveten

Feature

“Not Here, Not in My Town”: Charlottesville Black Lives Matter on Why We Must All Resist Fascism

A member of Black Lives Matter argues we must not ignore white supremacy: We must actively oppose it.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

Sword-and-Sorcery Into Plowshares: Game of Thrones’ Anti-War Message

The hit HBO drama makes a carefully constructed argument for the futility of war.

Sean T. Collins