The Wisconsin Idea
Labor
After Police Union Pressure, Teacher Fired for Allowing Students to Write Letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mario Vasquez
Culture
Why Silicon Valley Won’t Solve the World’s Problems
In Geek Heresy, former Microsoft do-gooder Kentaro Toyama reconsiders tech-based social-change initiatives.
Chris Lehmann
Feature
A Historian’s Case for Why We Should Stop Talking About the Founding Fathers
In American politics, the Founding Fathers are more propaganda than people.
David Sehat
Labor
After Striking and Occupying Their Factory, Chinese Bike Light Workers Face Firings and Arrests
Elaine Hui
Labor
Los Angeles Is Getting a $15 Minimum Wage
Lauren Gaynor
Labor
Walmart’s Absurd Anti-Union Training Video Just Got Leaked
Lauren Gaynor
Labor
Thousands of Fast Food Workers to Protest McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting Today
David Moberg
Culture
Inside the Happiness Racket
Can money buy happiness? A new book explores the history of those who have tried to sell it.
Joanna Scutts
Labor
Bill de Blasio Proposes a National Progressive Agenda to Rewrite the Rules of American Inequality
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President