The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Lipton Workers Vote to Unionize: “Everyone just got tired of it”

Mario Vasquez

Feature

How the U.S. Government Is Helping Corporations Plunder Native Land

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is charged with protecting Native interests. Instead, it's letting corporations grab their land for pennies.

Stephanie Woodard

Culture

Big Data Isn’t Just Watching You—It’s Making You Poorer

Cathy O’Neil's new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, shows mathematical models aren't free of ideology.

Pankaj Mehta

Labor

Strong Unions Help All Workers—Not Just Union Workers

David Moberg

Dispatch

August Was a Huge Month for Berniecrats

Bernie Sanders' presidential bid is over—but as his campaign army deploys down-ballot, more and more progressive challengers are claiming victory.

Alex Ding

Labor

Why Labor and the Movement for Racial Justice Should Work Together

Maurice Weeks and Marilyn Sneiderman

Rural America

When Distance Becomes a Matter of Life and Death: The Walk to Save Rural Hospitals

Shailly Gupta Barnes

Feature

How Trump Has Transformed the War for Religious Liberty

The infrastructure built up to support the religious liberty crusade is still intact. But Trump’s campaign has exposed a deep vulnerability of the Right.

Theo Anderson

Feature

ICE Must Stop Locking Up Immigrants—Whether in Private or Public Prisons

Excising private detention centers like Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group is just the first step.

John Washington