The Wisconsin Idea
Dispatch
Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is It Just Racism?
In Trump's appeal, the Left seeks clues on winning back the white working-class.
Ian Haney López and Matt Morrison
Feature
Speaking to High Schoolers About the Truth of War Helped Me Deal with My Trauma from Being a Soldier
If a teenager is going to sign up to kill and die for a cause or even the promise of a better life, then the least he or she should know is the good, the bad and the ugly about the job.
Rory Fanning
Rural America
Clean Power Plan: An Equitable Energy Transition in Rural America
Tara Ritter
Labor
Why the Labor Movement Must Join the Anti-Racist Struggle To Make Black Lives Matter
Andrew Tillett-Saks
Labor
American and Palestinian Unionists Build International Solidarity To Win ‘Freedom’ for Palestine
Jeff Schuhrke
Feature
Bernie Sanders Wasn’t Our First Socialist Mayor: Remembering Milwaukee’s Socialist Party History
Frank Zeidler served the city as mayor for three terms, and his Socialist Party held seats in the city council, state legislature and even Congress.
Shaun Richman
Viewpoint
A Progressive Case for Clinton
I am a progressive, I like Hillary Clinton and I do not feel remotely conflicted about that.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Feature
Ben & Jerry on Bernie Sanders and the Origins of Their Progressive Politics
The ice cream moguls speak on why they have stayed so engaged in activism over the last several decades.
Marc Daalder
Feature
A Short History of the Media Smugly Dismissing Bernie Sanders’ Campaign at Every Step of the Way
Despite the fact that Sanders' campaign has only grown larger and larger, the media always bends over backwards to dismiss him.
Branko Marcetic
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