The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Margaret Atwood on Climate Change, Her New Book and Why Socialists Are Better with Budgets

We asked the speculative fiction writer about this month's Canadian elections and (relatedly?) whether humanity is doomed.

Jessica Stites

Rural America

Greasing the System: Why Corporate ‘Rights’ Matter

Thomas Linzey

Labor

33 Workers Dead After U.S. Cargo Ship Lost at Sea. Could It Have Been Prevented?

Bruce Vail

Labor

The Fight for $15 Is Raising Wages. Now It’s Time for Step 2: Unions.

David Moberg

Culture

The Neverending Presidency: An Unfettered Look at How Democracy Lost to Mugabe

Camilla Nielsson’s new documentary, Democrats, is a study in how a dictatorship can weather a 'democratic transition'

Michael Atkinson

Feature

New Hillary Clinton Emails: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Sidney Blumenthal Urged Libya Military Action

The most recent release of Clinton's emails show the two liberal advisors strongly encouraging U.S. intervention against Libya.

Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint

14 Years After the U.S. Invasion, the War in Afghanistan is Impossible to Justify

Afghanistan is yet another bloody quagmire for the United States that has helped create more rather than less dangerous enemies.

Marc Daalder

Rural America

The Puppetmasters of Academia: What the New York Times Left Out of Its GMO Exposé

Jonathan R. Latham

Culture

When the Bank Robs You

Mehrsa Baradaran's How the Other Half Banks tells the history of banks robbing from the poor and giving to the rich--and explains how we can stop it.

David Dayen