The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

Sorry, Charter Boosters: Record Numbers of Teachers at Chicago Charter Schools Are Organizing Unions

Unionized teachers can help keep charter administrations accountable to their workers—and to students.

Micah Uetricht

Labor

Trump’s Policies Are Already Making Workplaces More Toxic

Elizabeth Grossman

Labor

Interviews for Resistance: IBM Workers Tell Company To Practice What It Preaches

Sarah Jaffe

Rural America

Are Charter Schools the Solution to Rural School Closings?

Karen Eppley

Culture

The Elusive Emily Dickinson

A new film explores the poet's restless mind and lonely life.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

Some Jewish Voice for Peace Members Worry About Workplace Reprisal

At the group's biannual gathering—which the Israeli government condemned as a “hate conference”—some attendees are concerned about retaliation for their Palestinian solidarity work.

Eli Massey

Feature

Resister’s Digest: Want to Fight Trump? Upcoming Special Elections Could Hand Him Defeats

"Tax Day" marches and rallies for immigrant rights are also planned this week.

Theo Anderson

Culture

Our New Philanthropic Overlords

Why the donor class loves charter schools—and themselves.

Chris Lehmann

Rural America

Undocumented in Vermont: The Hidden Life of a Migrant Farmworker​

Terry J. Allen