The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

The City of Detroit Withheld Water From 40,000 People–So Activists Tapped the Mayor’s Mansion

The action was a bid to draw attention to what the UN has called a violation of human rights

Lauren Gaynor

Labor

Seattle Teachers Go On Strike, Say It’s “About Caring For What’s Right for Our Kids”

Mario Vasquez

Culture

‘Welcome to Leith’ Charts A White Supremacist Attempt to Take Over a Tiny North Dakota Town

A new documentary by Michael Nichols and Christopher Walker explores a firefight between American individualism and the public good

Michael Atkinson

Feature

English-Only To the Core

What the Common Core means for emergent bilingual youth

Jeff Bale

Feature

How Common Core Hurts English Language Learners

Teachers say the new standards exacerbate the disconnect between policy and practice.

Jose Luis Vilson

Comics

And Out Come the Wolves

Eric Garcia

Labor

The Six-State Steelworker Fight Back Against Corporate Lockouts and Exploitation

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor

WashPost’s Support of Trans-Pacific Partnership Is In Line with a Tradition of Contempt for Workers

Dean Baker

Rural America

From Quebec to Wisconsin: Walking for Water

John Collins