The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

RNC Day 1: The Real World, Cleveland

Reality TV star Donald Trump brings his show to Cleveland, where the GOP party faithful are plotting to vote Hillary Clinton off the island.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Disappointed By the Democratic Party Platform? Follow the Money.

Several delegates to the platform drafting committee have deep financial ties to conservative industries.

Branko Marcetic

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Meet Chris Antal, the U.S. Army Chaplain Who Resigned Over the Drone Program

'We have morally disengaged, outsourcing our killing, forgetting that the bloodshed is on our hands too.'

Branko Marcetic

Rural America

Rural Stories Making Headlines (July 16, 2016)

Rural America In These Times

Labor

Mike Pence May Be a Friend to Trump, But He’s No Friend to Workers

Kali Robinson

Rural America

What Do Sage Grouse and Transgender Toilets Have in Common?

John Collins

Labor

Most Mechanical Turkers Are Young, College-Educated and Making Less Than $5 an Hour

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

How to Make the Democratic Party Platform Actually Matter

Bernie Sanders’ delegates have shaped the most progressive platform ever. History shows what it takes to turn that into policy.

Maurice Isserman

Culture

These Newly Restored Indie Films from Cinema’s Early Days Show Black Life From a Black Perspective

A five-disc DVD set offers a glimpse into pre-civil rights era black culture.

Michael Atkinson