The Wisconsin Idea

Labor
Lipton Workers Vote to Unionize: “Everyone just got tired of it”
Mario Vasquez

Feature
How the U.S. Government Is Helping Corporations Plunder Native Land
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is charged with protecting Native interests. Instead, it's letting corporations grab their land for pennies.
Stephanie Woodard

Culture
Big Data Isn’t Just Watching You—It’s Making You Poorer
Cathy O’Neil's new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, shows mathematical models aren't free of ideology.
Pankaj Mehta

Labor
Strong Unions Help All Workers—Not Just Union Workers
David Moberg

Dispatch
August Was a Huge Month for Berniecrats
Bernie Sanders' presidential bid is over—but as his campaign army deploys down-ballot, more and more progressive challengers are claiming victory.
Alex Ding

Labor
Why Labor and the Movement for Racial Justice Should Work Together
Maurice Weeks and Marilyn Sneiderman

Rural America
When Distance Becomes a Matter of Life and Death: The Walk to Save Rural Hospitals
Shailly Gupta Barnes

Feature
How Trump Has Transformed the War for Religious Liberty
The infrastructure built up to support the religious liberty crusade is still intact. But Trump’s campaign has exposed a deep vulnerability of the Right.
Theo Anderson

Feature
ICE Must Stop Locking Up Immigrants—Whether in Private or Public Prisons
Excising private detention centers like Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group is just the first step.
John Washington
