The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

CNN’s New Book Is a Master Class in How Not to Cover an Election

The news network's instant retrospective on the Trump-Clinton race is as vacuous as their initial coverage was.

Chris Lehmann

Feature

Keith Ellison and Bernie Sanders: How To Remake the Democratic Party

The two congressmen discuss Donald Trump, Ellison's bid for DNC chair and how progressives can actually win.

Keith Ellison and Bernie Sanders

Culture

This Christmas, Go See a German Comedy About Consulting. No, Really.

Filmmaker Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann takes a wise and whimsical look at the struggles women face in the corporate world.

Michael Atkinson

Labor

5 Ways Unions and Workers Centers Can Defend Immigrant Members

Sonia Singh

Feature

“Hope Not Hate”: A Roadmap for Navigating the Racist Backlash Against Neoliberalism

Anti-fascist organizing in post-Brexit Britain offers lessons for Trump’s America.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

Six Flags Great America Not So Great for Foreign Work-Visa Students

Rebekah Frumkin and Enrica Nicoli-Aldini

InvestigationGoodman Institute

At Angola Prison, Getting Sick Can Be a Death Sentence

A 6-month investigation into the largest maximum-security state prison in the country.

Katie Rose Quandt and James Ridgeway

Culture

The Android Manifesto: Finding Marx in Westworld

The HBO drama is a surprisingly astute tale of alienated labor and false consciousness.

Eileen Jones

Labor

With Too Few Workplace Inspectors, OSHA Targets Worst of the Worst

Paul Feldman and Stuart Silverstein