The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Home Care Workers Could Soon See a Major Raise In Their Wages

David Moberg

Feature

Appalachia’s Coal Industry is Collapsing—But the Mountains Aren’t Coming Back

The fall of West Virginia's coal mono-industry leaves the area without its peaks and forests. Only an uncertain future remains.

Laura Gottesdiener

Labor

‘The Teacher Shortage’ Is No Accident—It’s the Result of Corporate Education Reform Policies

Kevin Prosen

Labor

McDonald’s Workers Take Fight for $15 to Brazil, Accuse Company of “Cannibal Capitalism”

David Moberg

Rural America

Rural Spain: The Challenge for Podemos, the Country’s New Left

Tomás de León Sotelo

Labor

Chicago Parents Enter Week 2 of Hunger Strike Protesting Corporate Ed Reform and Dyett HS Closure

Yana Kunichoff

Feature

Selling Off New Orleans: Gentrification and the Loss of Community 10 Years After Katrina

How long-time residents feel about the new Louisiana purchase

Fatima Shaik

Feature

Slavoj Zizek: The Greek Apocalypse: Versailles or Brest-Litovsk?

A response to my critics and the case for a guerrilla war within the Eurozone

Slavoj Žižek

Feature

‘The Wire’ Humanized Urban Black People. In ‘Show Me a Hero,’ David Simon Humanizes White Racists.

In a post-Ferguson America, David Simon's Show Me a Hero feels sadly dated.

Maya Dukmasova