The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The U.S. Is Locking Up Immigrant Children in Private Prisons Under Inhumane Conditions

The message being sent by the U.S. government is that when frightened women and children come to America seeking sanctuary, we will imprison them

John Washington

Rural America

Beating Swords into Plowshares, Poison Gas into Pesticides

Dayton Martindale

Rural America

Happy 4th of July: A Celebration of Community

John Collins

Feature

In Front of 10,000 in Madison, Bernie Sanders Calls for Wealth Redistribution

'Our job is to redistribute wealth back into the hands of working families.'

David Goodner

Culture

A Spy’s Guide to Protecting Whistleblowers

Journalists now compete with spooks and spies, and the spooks have the home-field advantage.

Brandon Smith

Viewpoint

Now That Greece Has Defaulted, Tsipras and Syriza Can’t Blink: It’s Time To Push For a Grexit

If the Greek people don't vote “no” on their upcoming referendum, they face perpetual austerity and misery from unelected creditors.

Alexandros Orphanides

Labor

How the Labor and Environmentalist Movements Can Put Workers at the Center of Climate Justice

Trish Kahle

Labor

Teachers Say 17 Firings at Urban Prep Charter Schools Were Retaliation for Unionization

Crystal Stella Becerril and Arielle Zionts

Viewpoint

The Pentagon’s New Weapon: Agent Whitewash

A $60 million government project to commemorate the Vietnam War distorts the facts.

Tom Hayden