The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

These Are the Ballot Measures To Pay Attention To If You’re a Progressive

Key initiatives cover marijuana, plastic bags, the minimum wage, healthcare, campaign finance and election reforms.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Why We Should Be Very Worried About All the Neocons Flocking to Hillary Clinton

The GOP is falling apart—and the Democrats may end up the preferred party of foreign policy hawks.

John Feffer

Labor

Southern California SEIU Caucuses Call On AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Union

Mario Vasquez

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Why The Left Doesn’t Want A Carbon Tax (Or at Least Not This One)

The battle over a Washington state ballot initiative previews the future of the climate debate.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Would Fail to Help Struggling Farmers

Jim Goodman

Feature

Trump May Not Be a Russian Pawn—But That Doesn’t Make His Putin-philia Any Less Concerning

Putin has a characteristic and consistent way of making trouble for the United States: backing the far right.

Todd Gitlin

Labor

Zuckerman Thinks He Can Beat Hoffa and Win the Teamsters Election

Bruce Vail

Rural America

Watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Documentary, Before the Flood, Right Here

Rural America In These Times

Rural America

Police From 7 States Attack Standing Rock Protestors as Pipeline Construction Continues

Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn