The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The New Yorker’s Blind Shooting at Bernie Sanders

Sanders' appeal to millennials isn't "retro"—it's because eight years after the Great Recession, young people are still feeling the squeeze.

Dean Baker

Labor

Brooklyn Sweet’N Low Workers Face Mass Layoffs To Make Way for Luxury Condos

Dan DiMaggio

Viewpoint

Rewriting the Progressive Playbook

To counter the resurgent Right, Wisconsin progressives are thinking big

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

Lessons from the Original War on Coal: Class Conflict and the Fossil Economy

Dayton Martindale

Rural America

It’s Not Just Oregon: A Closer Look at the Sagebrush Insurgency

Rural America In These Times

Culture

Scattering Karl’s Ashes

Learning to accept the inevitable

Jane Miller

Viewpoint

In the Wake of Flint’s Water Crisis, It’s Time for a Federal Emergency Manager for Michigan

Maybe we should take a page from Gov. Rick Snyder's own playbook and override his authority.

Louis Nayman

Labor

Could a New NLRB Case Limit Bosses’ Best Anti-Union Tool, the Captive Audience Meeting?

Shaun Richman

Labor

This Bill Would Force Large Corporations To Pay a Fine if They Don’t Pay Workers a Living Wage

Justyna Bicz