The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

How to Pass Gun Control in the Sixth-Most-Gun-Owning State in America

A Missoula ordinance could provide a model for life-saving legislation in states where guns 'are a religion'

Gabriel Furshong

Labor

Teachers Who Staged ‘Sick-outs’ Declare Victory Against Detroit Schools’ Unelected Emergency Manager

Mario Vasquez

Video

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Why She Left the DNC and Is Endorsing Bernie Sanders

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature

We Found the Coolest Populist in America, and He’s Running for U.S. Senate

John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, wants to fight for "legacy communities" and the soul of the Democratic Party

Kate Aronoff

Culture

The Bittersweetness of Tidying Up

Getting rid of old baggage, political as well as material

Jane Miller

Feature

In Chicago, Bernie Sanders Spells Out His Theory of Political Revolution

In two separate events, Sanders lays out his vision of change from the bottom up, and why mobilizing the American people is key to enacting progressive policies.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

What Life on Minimum Wage Actually Looks Like in 2016

Peter Van Buren

Rural America

An Army of Ocean Farmers: On the Frontlines of the Blue-Green Economic Revolution

Bren Smith

Labor

The Philanthropic Hypocrisy of Eli Broad, Billionaire and Leading Education Reformer

Ignacio Thomas