The Wisconsin Idea
Feature
Even Donald Trump Wants To Eliminate This Tax Loophole for the Rich, Yet Congress Won’t Do It
While dodging through this loophole, hedge fund staffers pay about half the tax rate that kindergarten teachers are assessed.
Jim Hightower
Labor
Netflix’s Offer of Paid Family Leave Only to Salaried Workers Reflects Larger Divide in Tech
Crystal Stella Becerril
Labor
The Fight For 15 Just Landed at America’s Busiest Airport
David Moberg
Feature
The Disastrous History of Henry Kissinger’s Policies in the Middle East
Despite being revered in establishment circles, Kissinger's policies have wreaked havoc in the region and produced blowback for the United States.
Greg Grandin
Rural America
Eve of Destruction: Bureau of Land Management Sacrifices Native Site to Mining Group
Stephanie Woodard
Labor
Will the NEA Endorse Hillary Clinton Over Bernie Sanders Without Asking for Anything in Return?
Fred Klonsky
Dispatch
Asylum Seekers Face Kafkaesque Ordeal at U.S.-Mexico Border
Migrants have to choose between keeping their families together and finding safety.
John Washington
Georgia Denies Kelly Gissendaner Clemency Despite Pope’s Pleas
George Lavender
Feature
Sorry, Ms. Clinton: Outkast’s Big Boi Backs Bernie Sanders
But where Does Andre 3000 Stand?
Branko Marcetic
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