The Wisconsin Idea
Dispatch
When Prisons Are Toxic to Both Humanity and the Environment
Activists are taking aim at mass incarceration, environmental pollution and the toxic prisons where the two problems meet.
John Washington
Culture
Donald Trump’s Fingers Were Always Short
In business as in politics, there's never been much behind the splashy surface.
Chris Lehmann
Viewpoint
Elie Wiesel Denounced Oppression of Jews—But Didn’t Do the Same for Palestinians
How should we remember the Nobel Peace Prize recipient who also provided cover for the devastation of the Middle East?
Max Blumenthal
Labor
Judge’s Ruling Re-Opens a Major Loophole that Allows Union Busters To Remain in the Shadows
Moshe Z. Marvit
Labor
Labor Organizing Across Israel’s Apartheid Line: An Interview with Israeli Labor Activist Yoav Tamir
Benjamin Balthaser
Labor
As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer
Elizabeth Grossman
Labor
VIDEO: Frances Fox Piven on the Importance of Social Movements Being ‘Unruly’
Jamie K. McCallum
Feature
What I Saw at the Summit
The People’s Summit wasn’t perfect—but it was a start.
Bhaskar Sunkara
Viewpoint
Puerto Rico Can’t—And Shouldn’t—Pay Its Debts Just to Enrich Wall Street Profiteers
With interest rates of 785 percent, the island got stiffed by the municipal equivalent of a payday loan
Saqib Bhatti