The Wisconsin Idea
Labor
These Workers Are Fighting To Keep Your North Face Jacket From Being Made for Poverty Wages
Alex Lubben
Viewpoint
Why Jonathan Chait Is Wrong About Marxism, Liberalism and Free Speech
According to Marxists, the glaring problem with liberalism isn’t its emphasis on freedom and equality, but its inherent inability to ever meaningfully achieve these ideals in practice.
Tyler Zimmer
Viewpoint
The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case
A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color.
Naomi Walker
Feature
How the Democratic Party Created a Liberalism of the Rich
This isn’t the stuff of Franklin Roosevelt or the United Auto Workers.
Thomas Frank
Rural America
To Improve Rural Economy, USDA Will Give Out Millions in Loans and Grants
John Collins
Feature
In Cuba, Obama Articulated a Vision of History and Revolution that No Other President Ever Has
In a country in which political discourse rarely mentions race explicitly, Obama seemed to be saying to Cubans of African descent, I see you, and I understand your centrality in the past and future of your country.
Ada Ferrer
Feature
Why Your Water Could Be Worse Than Flint’s
Our nation's water crisis requires radical solutions.
Laura Orlando
Viewpoint
Obama’s Cuba Visit Reflects Shift of Cuban-Americans Away From the GOP
Younger Cuban Americans are radically departing from the political views of their elders
Achy Obejas
Feature
Donald Trump Really Doesn’t Like the First Amendment
Protesters against Trump aren't free speech opponents—Trump himself is.
Marc Daalder
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