The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Despite School District’s Legal Threats, Chicago Teachers Stage One-Day Political Strike

Rebecca Burns and David Moberg

Rural America

Small Farms Are Getting Regulated Out of Business

John Collins

Labor

Chicago Airport Workers Join 9-City Strike Demanding Higher Wages and a Union

Branko Marcetic

Labor

A Chicago Teacher Explains Why She’s Going on a Potentially Illegal Strike Tomorrow

Micah Uetricht

Culture

Two Upcoming Fims Not Coming to a Theater Near You

'Francofonia' and 'Cemetery of Splendour' are worth tracking down

Michael Atkinson

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