The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

GOP Plan To Slash Social Security Thwarted

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Labor

Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Who Makes $4,887 an Hour Outraged at $15 Minimum Wage

Zaid Jilani

Culture

How an Anti-Austerity Protest Candidate Became the Frontrunner for Labour’s Leadership

Jeremy Corbyn's left campaign is shaking up UK Labour

Jane Miller

Viewpoint

Bruce Rauner is Using a Manufactured Crisis to Bust Unions, Privatize Services and Destroy Pensions

The right-wing Illinois governor is slashing programs for the state and threatening bankruptcy for Chicago Public Schools instead of offering any revenue raising solutions.

Jennifer Ritter and Jacob Swenson-Lengyel

Dispatch

How One Group of Moms Is Keeping the Peace on One of Chicago’s Most Violent Street Corners

The group wants to make one thing clear: Young black men are not the enemy.

Lillian Osborne and Jessica Stites

Feature

Lessons from Tonkin and Libya: We Need a President Who Won’t Trick Us Into War

Deception about Libya--and possibly Syria as well--descends from Vietnam-era policies. Both major parties are guilty. Where do the 2016 candidates stand?

Stephen R. Weissman

Labor

Verizon Workers Prepare for a Strike Over Job and Benefit Cuts

Pam Galpern

Culture

Mr. Robot Is the Anti-Capitalist TV Show We’ve Been Waiting For

By placing class warfare front and center, Mr. Robot makes socialism a vibrant force again in popular culture, its aims urgent and compelling.

Brian Cook

Labor

Duquesne’s NLRB Filing Reads as a Brazen Threat To Adjunct Union Organizers

Moshe Z. Marvit