The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

You Must Be Kidding: The Exasperating, Never-Ending Sprawl of American Empire

6 absurd trends that show despite a Nobel Peace prize-winning president, our country's militaristic overreach grinds on.

Tom Engelhardt

Viewpoint

Should Silicon Valley Really Be Allowed To Decide What Is and Isn’t Hate Speech?

The internet is a bastion of free speech—but that's not always a good thing.

Susan J. Douglas

Feature

Inside DuPont and Monsanto’s Migrant Labor Camps

Our investigation reveals that multibillion-dollar Big Ag corporations routinely use labor recruiters who crowd migrant workers in housing riddled with health and safety violations.

Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

Feature

Renters Rise Up for National Day of Action

Events are taking place across the country to raise awareness about America’s affordable housing crisis.

David Dayen

Dispatch

Meet the Baltimore Activists Trying to Stop the Next Oil Train Explosion

Baltimore residents campaign against the rail transport of highly flammable crude oil through residential neighborhoods.

Bruce Vail

Feature

Wells Fargo Shows Exactly How Structural Racism Works

The company’s history offers a glimpse into the gears of structural racism and the broader culture of corruption within the banking industry.

Theo Anderson

Comics

2016: The Year of Partisan Pundit Hacks

Matt Bors

Labor

Nationwide Prison Strike Against “Slavery in America” Rolls On—Despite Media Blackout

James Kilgore

Feature

Millennials Arrested at Paul Ryan’s Office, Demanding He Denounce Trump

“Hillary isn’t my candidate, but I will not feed Donald Trump. It’s by desperation that she’s getting my vote,” says one protester.

Kate Aronoff