The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Veganic: Do Organic Farming and Urban Food Justice Have Room for Animal Rights?

Dayton Martindale

Feature

Bringing Socialism Back: How Bernie Sanders is Reviving an American Tradition

The Sanders campaign is resurrecting socialist electoral politics and paving the way for a more radical public discourse.

Joseph M. Schwartz

Dispatch

Free Speech In an Age of Campus Protest

How the media can work for, and against, the wave of anti-racist actions by students

Jill Hopke

Culture

The Limits of Liberal Niceness in Aziz Ansari’s Master of None

Ansari and his character, Dev, genuinely want to do good. But they're missing the political framework.

Bhaskar Sunkara

Viewpoint

Why Zizek’s Critics are Wrong—and Where They Could Have Gotten it Right

Zizek's critique of the refugee crisis is more sophisticated than his critics are willing to admit—but he, too, missed something big.

Jamil Khader

Labor

How Friedrichs v. Calif. Teachers Association Could Actually Be a Boon for Unions

Shaun Richman

Labor

A Victory for Labor in Chattanooga: Volkswagen Workers Join UAW

Rich Yeselson

Labor

The Coming Chicago Teachers Union Strike Could Be a Watershed Moment for a City in Crisis

Micah Uetricht

Feature

Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, and the Dangers of ‘Eco-Nationalism’

France's ascendant far-right claims to care about climate change. Activists in Paris explain why that's a problem--for France and the rest of us.

Kate Aronoff