The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

One of the Inventors of Superdelegates Explains Why They Were Created: To Stop ‘Outlier Candidates’

A member of the 1982 commission explains why they created superdelegates and what they hoped to prevent.

Branko Marcetic

Rural America

Big Oil Plots to Exclude Public from Public Land Auctions

Steve Horn

Labor

Can Labor Learn from Silicon Valley?

Michelle Chen

Feature

Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count

Finkelstein's book is a call for Jewish suffering to be seen as part of the larger history of suffering under colonialism.

Max Ajl

Labor

This New Rule Will Make Information About On-the-Job Injuries at Dangerous Workplaces Public

Elizabeth Grossman

Feature

How to Make the Democratic Nominating Process Actually Democratic

A Sanders campaign advisor lays out 3 proposals.

Larry Cohen

Rural America

Running for Governor

Mark Twain

Labor

“We’re Not Paid Enough”: Cafeteria Workers at Walt Disney World Say They Want a Union

Michael Arria

Labor

The Verizon Strike Is Now In Its Second Month, and the Stakes Are Higher Than Ever

Shaun Richman