The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

California Farmworkers Win Equal Overtime: “This Bill Corrects 78 Years of Discrimination”

Mario Vasquez

Feature

A Progressive Wave Rolls Through Rhode Island With 4 Working Families Party Wins

The winning candidates believed “the Democratic Party wasn't representing their values." They were right.

Theo Anderson

Feature

The Lively Politics of 1930s Art

The exhibit After the Fall reveals the radicalism—and other political views—behind much of the decade’s painting.

Alex McLeese

Feature

If You Thought Obama Was Giving Less Military Gear to Local Police Departments, You Were Wrong

Despite the President's executive order, police are receiving as much hardware from the Pentagon as ever.

Seth Kershner

Culture

From Collection to Community: The Transformation of Detroit’s Iconic, 30-Year Public Art Project

The Heidelberg Project is being partly dismantled, but hopes to live on as an artistic community.

Leyland DeVito

Rural America

Corporate Elites Betray Organics With Toothless GMO Labeling Law

Will Fantle

Rural America

Bison’s National Mammal Status Delivers Nothing More than a Title

Lorenzo Gudino

Labor

French Workers Step Up Labor Strikes: “With This Law, We’re Going Toward a Catastrophe”

Cole Stangler

Viewpoint

On the Clinton Foundation, Why Are Journalists Telling Us to Look the Other Way?

Hillary Clinton’s media sycophants appear to have forgotten how political corruption works.

Joel Bleifuss