The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin General Council Votes to Add “Rights of Nature” to Tribal Constitution

Rural America In These Times

Feature

Robert Reich: The Real Scandal of Trump Paying No Taxes

It’s not just that Trump worked the system—it’s that it was all perfectly legal.

Robert Reich

Feature

The United States Isn’t an “Idiocracy.” It’s an Oligarchy.

In Mike Judge’s 2006 comedy Idiocracy, America kills itself with its own stupidity. But in 2016, our dystopic future looks more like Mad Max.

Kate Aronoff

Culture

The Hairdresser of Plaistow

The happy, often glamorous life of the man who cuts my hair.

Jane Miller

Labor

Hedge Funds Have Cost Workers Billions. This is How They’re Fighting Back.

Spencer McAvoy

Rural America

Toxic Algae Blooms are Occurring More Frequently and Lasting Longer

Lorraine Chow

Labor

Contract for Disaster: How Privatization Is Killing the Public Sector

s.e. smith

Feature

On National Security, Trump and Clinton Found Plenty To Agree On

And it's all terrifying.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

UPS Has a Racism Problem

Joe Allen