The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The GOP Made Kansas a Test Case for Faith-Based Economics. The Results Aren’t Pretty.

Many of the same policies that blew a hole in the state budget are headed to the White House.

Theo Anderson

Culture

Dissident-Poet on the Lam: A New Film Captures Pablo Neruda’s Year as a Fugitive

Pablo Larrain's Neruda follows the love-poet-cum-Communist-dissident in a cat-and-mouse chase with the Chilean government.

Michael Atkinson

Labor

“Si se Pudo!”: Hotel Workers Win Union in Santa Monica, California

Samantha Winslow

Feature

Did Trump Retaliate Against Twitter Because It Refused to Help Him Build a Muslim Registry?

The official explanation for why CEO Jack Dorsey didn’t get an invite to Trump’s tech meeting leaves a lot to the imagination.

Kate Aronoff

Feature

The Saudi-Led War on Yemen Has Been Devastating. Why is the U.S. Helping?

Despite Tuesday's announcement they'd cut some arms sales, the U.S. is continuing to assist a bombing campaign that has killed and injured thousands, and exacerbated famine and cholera outbreaks.

Rebecca Gordon

Feature

The Democrats Need a Shadow Cabinet

If Hillary Clinton had learned anything from the election, here's what she would say.

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

Rural America

West Virginia, “Identity Decline” and Why Democrats Must Not Look Away From the Rural Poor

Lauren Kaori Gurley

Feature

“People Power Works”: What’s Next for Standing Rock’s Water Protectors

The fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline is far from over. But the victories against it offer lessons for resisting Trump.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

Troubled Human Celebrates Coal Miners Losing Health Insurance

Adam Johnson