The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

A Farm Organizer Visits Fish Country: An Alaska Journal, Part I

Severine Von Tscharner Fleming

Feature

Remembering Hillary’s Entry into Politics—For Junior High President

The story of Hillary Clinton's first campaign and her outrage at Nixon's 1960 defeat—plus her famous chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Betsy Vandercook

Feature

None of the Democratic Candidates Have Gotten Syria Right: Why They Should Be Talking Peace, Not War

Obama has finally taken a tentative path toward a viable solution--but may waffle without support

Stephen R. Weissman

Culture

Watching Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’ Is Three Hours of Self-Punishment and I Loved It

Tarantino gives us a hangman-based civilization, with specious “law and order” talk doing nothing to obscure the essential cruelty of his characters’ actions.

Eileen Jones

Labor

Rahm Emanuel Is Trying To Pay Wall Street Banks Even More for Chicago’s Bad Financial Deals

Saqib Bhatti

Feature

The Obama Administration Is Continuing a Failed Strategy of Building Military Bases Around the World

The United States seems intent on continuing its imperialistic policies in the Middle East (and worldwide).

David Vine

Labor

The Tragedy of Al Jazeera America’s Demise

Ari Paul

Feature

The Other Keystone: The Alberta Clipper, the Pipeline No One Is Talking About

The Alberta Clipper pipeline is already transporting huge quantities of oil, but is doing so under the radar.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Los Angeles Charter Teachers Say Their Administration Is Aggressively Trying To Bust Their Union

Bruce Vail