The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

How U.S. and U.K. Media Are Trying Their Best To Push Nicolas Maduro and Venezuela Over the Edge

American political and media elites would love to see the leftist Venezuelan government go down just as Brazil's Workers' Party has.

Max Ajl

Rural America

America First, Planet be Damned: Trump Calls for Orgy of Extraction in North Dakota Energy Speech

John Collins

Dispatch

These Online Platforms Make Direct Democracy Possible

New platforms are bringing power to the people.

Tom Ladendorf

Viewpoint

When Two Choices for President Aren’t Enough

To address voter apathy, we need a new system

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

New Study Reveals Just How Brutal Meat and Poultry Work Is for Workers

Elizabeth Grossman

Labor

Revolt of the ‘Chapulines’: After Strike, Indigenous Mexican Farmworkers Vote To Unionize

David Bacon

Labor

Washington, D.C., Teachers Union Wrestles with the Legacy of Michelle Rhee

Bruce Vail

Comics

Why Trump Can’t be Scooby-Dooed

Matt Bors

Comics

Donald Trump Meets the Avenging Uterus

Matt Bors