The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

In Bed with the Surveillance State: Laura Poitras’ Intimate New Whitney Show

The filmographer best known for Citizenfour reveals the inside workings of our post-9/11 world

Liz Pelly

Feature

NY Times Rounds Up ‘Left-Leaning Economists’ Opposed to Bernie Sanders for a Unicorn Hunt

So slight is these economists' leftward lean that it would require very sensitive equipment to measure.

Doug Henwood

Feature

We’re Rethinking Prisons. Is It Time to Rethink Sex Offender Registries?

Criminal justice reform is in the air. But not for everyone.

Erica R. Meiners

Viewpoint

Bruce Rauner’s 1 Percent-Friendly Policies Are Making Things Worse for Illinois, Not Better

The near-billionaire governor keeps insisting his policies increase opportunities for Illinoisans. But the numbers tell a different story.

Marilyn Katz

Labor

As Long As the Supreme Court Is Setting Labor Policy, the Labor Movement Can Never Revive Itself

Joe Burns

Labor

Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS Group Now Has the Same Tax Designation as the Red Cross or Humane Society

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

The Mainstream Media Barely Mentioned Bernie Sanders’ Recent Debate Comments on Henry Kissinger

On the major networks' newscasts, the exchange was only mentioned twice.

Jim Naureckas

Feature

New York Times Invents Left-Leaning Economists to Attack Bernie Sanders

The Times pieces misleads readers into thinking there is more skepticism about Sanders' plan among lefty economists than there actually is.

Dean Baker

Dispatch

The Novel Defense That Climate Change Activists Are Using in Court

Not guilty on grounds of planetary necessity

Justyna Bicz