The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Community Override: When State Legislatures Preempt Democracy

Thomas Linzey

Feature

Democracy’s Fascism Problem

Europe has a ‘democracy deficit’ on both the Left and the Right

Slavoj Žižek

Labor

Indiana Truck Workers Jump-Start Their Union—And Reverse Two-Tier Wages

Chris Brooks

Rural America

The Politics of Fertilizer and the Exxons of Agriculture

GRAIN

Culture

In Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, A Refugees-Eye View of a France We Rarely See

Three Sri Lankan strangers must pretend to be a family in a strange land

Michael Atkinson

Labor

Tuesday’s Baltimore Primary Results Mean a $15 Minimum Wage Is Likely Coming Soon

Bruce Vail

Dispatch

The Real Heroes of the Flint Water Crisis

Flint residents refuse to be silenced

Victoria Goff

Comics

The Paradox of Life Under President Trump

Matt Bors

Feature

Thomas Frank on How Democrats Went From Being the ‘Party of the People’ to the Party of Rich Elites

Democrats have gone from the party of the New Deal to a party that is defending mass inequality.

Tobita Chow