The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Watch Your Language: Good Food Words Co-opted by Big Ag

Melody Morrell

Feature

Donald Trump Has More in Common with Microsoft’s Racist Twitter-Bot ‘Tay’ Than Most Human Beings

The American people should take a note from Microsoft and shut down Donald Trump.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Washington Post Squeezes Four Anti-Bernie Sanders Stories Out of One Tax Study in Just 7 Hours

The paper seems bent on taking down Bernie.

Adam Johnson

Labor

The ‘Sharing Economy’ Is a Sham for Workers

Jim Hightower

Rural America

The Alberta Wildfire: Heating Up the Blogosphere

John Collins

Culture

Cuts for the Poor, Tax Havens for the Rich

The Panama Papers expose the hypocrisy of England's oligarchs.

Jane Miller

Culture

Jane Austen, Class Warrior

Most Austen adaptations are little more than 'buttoned-up, tea-drinking porn.' But Whit Stillman's new film 'Love & Friendship' foregrounds Austen's sharp observations on social mobility.

Eileen Jones

Comics

The Democratic Party’s Real Message to Youth Voters

Matt Bors

Viewpoint

The Progressive Case For Hillary Clinton Isn’t Much of a Case At All

A recent argument for Clinton from the left fails to convince.

Douglas Williams