The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Why the GOP’s Mexico Fence Fantasy Is a Farce

Environmental damage? Exorbitant cost? Immigrants' ability to find a way around it anyway? No matter! Build The Wall!

Jim Hightower

Labor

Kshama Sawant Shows That Ordinary People Aren’t Afraid of Unapologetic Leftist Politics

Jonathan Rosenblum, Alternet

Labor

Yesterday’s ‘Friedrichs’ Arguments Show Labor’s Difficulties in a Post-‘Citizens United’ World

Moshe Z. Marvit

Viewpoint

Bernie Sanders’ Election Would Mean the End of ‘Too Big To Fail’ on Wall Street

Why have the power players of the Democratic Party allowed this to continue?

Larry Cohen

Feature

Ted Cruz’s Collateral Damage: Why So Few Americans Care About Dead Civilians

For the most part, Americans don’t think or care much about the real-world consequences of unleashing American air power.

Rick Shenkman

Labor

A Guide to ‘Friedrichs,’ the SCOTUS Case That Could Decimate Public Sector Unions

Ben Rosenfield

Labor

Will St. Paul, Minnesota Teachers Soon Be Out on Strike?

Sarah Lahm

Culture

You Probably Haven’t Seen the Ten Best Films of 2015

They're obscure, they're poorly distributed—but you can track them down. It will be worth it.

Michael Atkinson

“My Words Are Dangerous”: An Interview with Christopher Zoukis

Aviva Stahl