The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Raise a Glass to These Progressive Victories in 2015

From the death of the Keystone XL pipeline to Fight for 15 victories, progressives made have major strides this year--thanks to groundwork laid over the past decade.

James Thindwa

Rural America

Living in the Shadow of Slurry: The Fight Against Coal in West Virginia

Junior Walk

Labor

The Radical Collective Action of Disney’s “Newsies” Is Still Relevant Today

Matt Hartman

Feature

Slavoj Zizek: The Need to Traverse the Fantasy

A call to mobilize Europe's radical-emancipatory tradition, and why we need a solidarity of struggles, not a "dialogue of cultures"

Slavoj Žižek

Culture

Why Philanthropy Actually Hurts Rather Than Helps Some of the World’s Worst Problems

"Philanthrocapitalists" can't resolve the problems created by capitalism.

George Joseph

Labor

A Holiday Recipe for Economic Equality—in Just 7 Simple Steps!

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Viewpoint

The New Star Wars Film is the Same Old Hackneyed Nonsense—Please Don’t Kill Me for Saying It

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens racking up more and more acclaim, have audiences forgotten the narrative complexity and moral ambiguity cinema is capable of?

Eileen Jones

Labor

How One NYC Trafficking Survivor Went from ‘Slavery’ to Being Her Own Boss—Thanks to a Co-op

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Labor

OSHA Finds $12,000 Worth of Citations at Hotel Where Workers Report Dealing with Blood, Needles

s.e. smith