The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The Amazing Plasticity of American Statecraft

Think of Washington as a poker player that gets dealt a hand consisting of half the deck: no matter how sloppily and stupidly it plays its cards, it is hard for it to lose.

Chase Madar

Feature

How the Government Fast-Tracked Shell’s Arctic Drilling

After Royal Dutch Shell's mishaps in the Arctic in 2012, the Obama administration indicated a major rethink of the approval process was in order—but instead, Shell got another rubber stamp.

Kamil Ahsan

Feature

A New Poll Has Bernie Sanders Leading Hillary Clinton by 7 Percent in the New Hampshire Primary

New Hampshire seems to be feeling the Bern.

Marc Daalder

Viewpoint

Donald Trump Is the Most Honest Candidate in American Politics Today

Where other candidates appeal to a fictitious unity or pretense of moral integrity, he displays the power of inequality.

Jodi Dean

Labor

Union Members Seem To Want Bernie Sanders Over Hillary Clinton. Will Labor Leadership Follow Them?

Mario Vasquez

Feature

They Voted ‘No’ to Austerity. They Got ‘Yes’ Anyway. What Do Greeks Think About Tsipras Now?

We asked Athenians on the street how they feel about the Syriza leader's acceptance of the EU's terms and the lean times ahead.

Tomás Lynch

Feature

Feticide Laws Are Disproportionately Used Against Women of Color

Purvi Patel's 20-year prison sentence for a miscarriage is part of a larger pattern.

Rachelle Hampton

Video

Bernie Sanders Now Has a Rap Theme Song—And It’s Not Bad

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Rural America

Out of Site, Out of Mine: Who Pays When Toxic Sludge Escapes?

John Collins