The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

The Corporate-Backed Democratic Party Needs a Political Revolution

Bernie Sanders should use the momentum of his campaign to make demands at the Democratic National Convention

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

Fracking Exec Reportedly Admits Targeting the Poor, Because They Don’t Have ‘The Money To Fight’

Jessica Kozik

Viewpoint

Hillary Clinton and the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

Do young people oppose Clinton because they're sexist—or because they're looking for something more in politics?

Theo Anderson

Labor

Demanding an End to Citizens United, 300 ‘Democracy Awakening’ Protesters Arrested at U.S. Capitol

Bruce Vail

Comics

Hillary Clinton or Margaret Thatcher?

Matt Bors

Labor

Recycling May Ease Your Conscience, But for Workers, It’s Dirty, Dangerous and Even Deadly

Brian Joseph

Dispatch

The Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Electrifying New York Politics. Will It Be Enough to Win the Primary?

Inspired by Sanders, independent groups like "Team Bernie NYC" and "Harlem for Bernie" have been hitting the streets to engage voters

Ethan Corey

Rural America

More and More Women are Farm Operators: Who Are They?

Elizabeth Zach

Viewpoint

On Israel and Palestine, Bernie Sanders Is Right—And Hillary Clinton Knows It

For the first time in memory, a major American political figure insisted publicly that the Jewish state and its leaders are "not always right," and that they had killed and injured far too many blameless human beings.

Joe Conason