The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

How Can the Fight for 15 Move From Winning Wage Increases to Winning a Union?

Max Zahn

Viewpoint

Ted Cruz’s ‘Lucifer’ Problem

If no Senators, Republican or Democrat, like Ted Cruz, why should American voters?

Susan J. Douglas

Labor

As Verizon Strike Enters Its Fourth Week, Local Unions Take the Lead in Solidarity

Dan DiMaggio

Rural America

Community Override: When State Legislatures Preempt Democracy

Thomas Linzey

Feature

Democracy’s Fascism Problem

Europe has a ‘democracy deficit’ on both the Left and the Right

Slavoj Žižek

Labor

Indiana Truck Workers Jump-Start Their Union—And Reverse Two-Tier Wages

Chris Brooks

Rural America

The Politics of Fertilizer and the Exxons of Agriculture

GRAIN

Culture

In Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, A Refugees-Eye View of a France We Rarely See

Three Sri Lankan strangers must pretend to be a family in a strange land

Michael Atkinson

Labor

Tuesday’s Baltimore Primary Results Mean a $15 Minimum Wage Is Likely Coming Soon

Bruce Vail