The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

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

Feature

The Democrats Abandon the White Working Class to Trump At Their Own Peril

The idea that the working class is a lost cause becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for the Democratic Party.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Police Are Still Getting Surplus Army Gear—and They’re Using it to Crack Down on Standing Rock

The armored vehicles used during mass arrests of water protectors last week likely came from a controversial Defense Department program.

Seth Kershner

Labor

The Case for Supporting the Proposed Chicago Teachers’ Contract from CTU VP Jesse Sharkey

David Moberg