The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino

A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania.

Catherine Tumber

Culture

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Comic Book ‘Black Panther #1’ Is ‘Black as Hell’

Comic book readers, writers and artists of color have long been excluded from the comic book world. That appears to be changing.

Darryl Holliday

Labor

Martin Luther King Was Assassinated On This Day in 1968—While Fighting For Unions

Peter Cole

Labor

Low-wage Workers Don’t Need $15 an Hour in 2020. They Need $15 Right Now.

Jonathan Rosenblum, Alternet

Labor

Nashville Voted To Give Poor People, Locals New Construction Jobs. But the State GOP Blocked It.

Spencer Woodman

Culture

Prime Minister David Cameron Is Right; the U.K. Should Stay in the EU

But its half-hearted participation must go.

Jane Miller

Labor

Despite School District’s Legal Threats, Chicago Teachers Stage One-Day Political Strike

Rebecca Burns and David Moberg

Rural America

Small Farms Are Getting Regulated Out of Business

John Collins

Labor

Chicago Airport Workers Join 9-City Strike Demanding Higher Wages and a Union

Branko Marcetic