The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Deez Nuts Endorses Bernie Sanders for the Democratic Presidential Nomination

He also endorsed, perhaps not surprisingly, himself for the general election.

Micah Uetricht

Labor

Washington Supreme Court Rules All SeaTac Workers Must Be Paid $15 Minimum Wage

Keisa Reynolds

Feature

The New Anthems of Resistance: Hip-Hop and Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter and hip-hop have taken the omnipresent tensions around racism in America and put them into the center of mainstream consciousness.

Alexander Billet

Feature

Bernie Sanders Is Drawing Massive Crowds Around the Country—No Big Deal, Says Washington Post

Mainstream commentators are insistent that the outpouring of enthusiasm for Sanders' progressive vision is meaningless.

Michael Tkaczevski

Labor

NLRB Declines To Rule On Northwestern Football Players’ Union, Setting Back Player Organizing

David Moberg

Labor

Workers Are Losing Manufacturing Jobs Because of Policy, Not NYT’s Mysterious “Tectonic Forces”

Dean Baker

Feature

Noam Chomsky: The Real ‘Grave Threat’ to World Peace Isn’t Iran—It’s the U.S.

The longtime leftist intellectual on the absurdity of American opposition to the Iran deal.

Noam Chomsky

Rural America

The Myth of Community Rights: Self-Governance has a Corporate Ceiling

Thomas Linzey

Labor

Uber’s Attempt To Silence Its Drivers May Have Just Backfired

Clark Taylor