The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Rewriting the Progressive Playbook

To counter the resurgent Right, Wisconsin progressives are thinking big

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

Lessons from the Original War on Coal: Class Conflict and the Fossil Economy

Dayton Martindale

Rural America

It’s Not Just Oregon: A Closer Look at the Sagebrush Insurgency

Rural America In These Times

Culture

Scattering Karl’s Ashes

Learning to accept the inevitable

Jane Miller

Viewpoint

In the Wake of Flint’s Water Crisis, It’s Time for a Federal Emergency Manager for Michigan

Maybe we should take a page from Gov. Rick Snyder's own playbook and override his authority.

Louis Nayman

Labor

Could a New NLRB Case Limit Bosses’ Best Anti-Union Tool, the Captive Audience Meeting?

Shaun Richman

Labor

This Bill Would Force Large Corporations To Pay a Fine if They Don’t Pay Workers a Living Wage

Justyna Bicz

Dispatch

Is ‘Female Viagra’ Feminist?

A new drug divides the women’s health movement

Molly M. Ginty

Viewpoint

We Don’t Need To Break Up the Big Banks. We Need To Put Them Under Democratic Control.

The problem isn't that banks are "too big to fail"—it's that they're too important not to be under democratic control.

Jamie Merchant