The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Connecting the Dots Between the “Identity Politics” of Black Lives Matter and Class Politics

Ethan Corey

Labor

In Minneapolis, a Strong ‘Fair Scheduling’ Law for Workers Runs Into a Corporate Roadblock

Justin Miller

Labor

Teach Classes in the Morning, Drive Uber at Night: Why Chicago Adjuncts Are Demanding a Union

Lauren Kaori Gurley

Rural America

The Kids Are Not All Right: GE Soybeans Alter Nanny’s Milk and Stunt Growth, Research Finds

Jonathan R. Latham

Feature

Why Canada’s Most Progressive Major Party Didn’t Make Big Gains at the Polls

While the New Democratic Party campaigned on a more progressive platform, the Liberals campaigned to the left just enough to sow doubt about the NDP—while the NDP moved to the center.

Gerard Di Trolio

Feature

Lessons in Nonviolent Palestinian Resistance From the First Intifada: An Interview with Mubarak Awad

Mubarak Awad was one of the main organizers of the nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada and continues to practice strategic forms of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.

Waleed Shahid

Clinton Campaign Will Stop Taking Cash from Private Prison Companies’ PACs and Lobbyists

George Lavender

Feature

Why Are U.S. Special Forces Operations Expanding Across the Globe?

This year alone, U.S. Special Operations forces have been deployed to a record-shattering 147 countries—75% of the nations on the planet.

Nick Turse

Feature

Faced With Exorbitant Utility Costs, New York State Residents Fight To Keep The Lights On

A housing rights organization in Poughkeepsie, New York, stands with its community against a utility company's attempt to disconnect low-income family homes.

Laura Gottesdiener