The Wisconsin Idea

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

Viewpoint
Why Bill de Blasio’s Housing Plan Is Nowhere Near Affordable for Low- and Mid-Wage New Yorkers
Expanding New York City's housing supply is not enough to expand affordable housing.
Jonathan Westin

Viewpoint
An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis on My Grandmother and the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement was made up of people whose names never made it into the history books.
Douglas Williams

Feature
This Video Appears To Show Bernie Sanders Being Arrested at a 1963 Civil Rights Action in Chicago
It looks like there's proof of the presidential candidate participating in civil disobedience to end segregation
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor
Friedrichs Is Dead; Labor’s Crisis Is Not. The ‘Scalia Dividend’ Is a Rare Opportunity for Unions.
Shaun Richman

Labor
When Scalia Died, So Did ‘Friedrichs’—And an Even Grander Scheme To Destroy Unions
Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature
Allen Dulles and the Cold War Within the National Security State
Looking back to the origins of the national security state helps us understand its power and scope today.
Joseph Fronczak

Feature
Uranium Mine and Mill Workers are Dying, and Nobody Will Take Responsibility
In the Southwest, poisoned uranium workers are still seeking justice
Joseph Sorrentino
