The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

How Black Youth Helped Unseat Anita Alvarez and Transform the Face of Criminal Justice in Chicago

Black youth-led groups organizing for justice played a key role in Kim Foxx's win in the Cook County state's attorney race Tuesday night. And they're showing no signs of slowing down.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Viewpoint

In No Uncertain Terms, U.N. Calls Out U.S. for Lack of Reparations to African-Americans

40 acres and a mule won't cut it

Salim Muwakkil

Comics

What Donald Trump Really Means When He Says He Misses the “Old Days”

Matt Bors

Feature

A Tale of Two Interviews: Chris Matthews Grills Bernie Sanders, Tosses Softballs to Hillary Clinton

And gives Clinton much more time to speak without interruption.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

How the Media Gets the Narrative on the White Working Class Totally Wrong

Jack Metzgar

Rural America

Dismantling Corporate Control Isn’t a Spectator Sport: An Interview with Thomas Linzey

Simon Davis-Cohen

Alabama Governor Blames Prisoner Uprisings On “Overcrowding And Understaffing”

George Lavender

Feature

Even Though He’s Not on the Ballot, Rahm Emanuel Could Still Lose

The state's attorney's contest between Anita Alvarez and Kim Foxx has become a referendum on the suppression of the Laquan McDonald video

Flint Taylor

Viewpoint

Our Political System Is in the Midst of a Massive Realignment. Here’s How the Left Should Respond.

We have an opportunity to build a different kind of party.

Shaun Richman