The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Why the Corporate Media Loves a Bombing

From Syria to North Korea, the press is growing hungry for war.

Bill Berkowitz

Feature

Mélenchon’s Campaign To Transform French Politics From the Left

The Bernie Sanders of France offers a progressive populist program to remake the Republic.

Cole Stangler

Labor

The Looming Writers Strike Is About Much More Than What’s On TV

David Dayen

Viewpoint

Should Democratic Socialists Be Democrats?

Democratic Socialists of America members debate how—and to what extent—socialists should engage with electoral politics.

Chris Maisano and Jessie Mannisto

Labor

The Upcoming May Day Strike Could Be the Biggest In Over a Decade. Organizers Explain Why.

Sarah Aziza

Rural America

Peas in a Pod: The “Inner City” and 21st Century Rural America

Steven Conn

Viewpoint

Single Payer in the Golden State

The fight for Medicare for all goes to California.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

How Barnard Contingent Faculty Won Their First Contract

Gerard Di Trolio

Culture

Hulu’s Brilliant Adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Says More About Our Present Than Our Future

For many marginalized women, dystopia is already here.

Jessica Stites