The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

What Do Sage Grouse and Transgender Toilets Have in Common?

John Collins

Labor

Most Mechanical Turkers Are Young, College-Educated and Making Less Than $5 an Hour

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

How to Make the Democratic Party Platform Actually Matter

Bernie Sanders’ delegates have shaped the most progressive platform ever. History shows what it takes to turn that into policy.

Maurice Isserman

Culture

These Newly Restored Indie Films from Cinema’s Early Days Show Black Life From a Black Perspective

A five-disc DVD set offers a glimpse into pre-civil rights era black culture.

Michael Atkinson

Labor

Not With a Bang But a Whimper—Oreo Leaves Chicago Holding the Bag

Marilyn Katz

Feature

Blair to Bush on Day After 9/11: “Co-opt” Sympathy for the U.S. to Support Military Action

Declassified communications from the U.K. to the U.S. show the depth of Blair's commitment to toppling Saddam Hussein.

Branko Marcetic

Feature

Many Pro-Bernie Groups Don’t Want Trump But Still Don’t Trust Clinton. Here’s Their Plan.

Sanders may have endorsed Clinton, but the groups supporting him are plotting a fight for progressive policies far beyond the 2016 election

Ethan Corey

Rural America

The Democratic Party Didn’t Pass a Ban on Fracking—But They Came Very Close

John Collins

Labor

When the Hell Did the NLRB Become More Activist Than Labor?

Shaun Richman