The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

How One NYC Trafficking Survivor Went from ‘Slavery’ to Being Her Own Boss—Thanks to a Co-op

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Labor

OSHA Finds $12,000 Worth of Citations at Hotel Where Workers Report Dealing with Blood, Needles

s.e. smith

Labor

How Free Agency Changed the Course of Baseball’s Labor History

Jon Shelton

Comics

Honest Debate Is Harder To Get Than Guns

Matt Bors

Labor

Students Say Loyola University Chicago Admins Punishing Participants in On-Campus Worker Protest

Branko Marcetic

Feature

The Rise of Podemos In Spain’s Election Shows How Much Trouble the Establishment Is In

From Spain’s “Nueva Política” to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, outsider candidates and parties are catching fire, creating new spaces for political revolution.

Erica Sagrans

Rural America

The Tricky Relationship Between Marijuana and American Indians

Winona LaDuke

Culture

Austerity Is Stranger Than Fiction

Filmed in Portugal in 2013 and 2014, Miguel Gomes' new documentary Arabian Nights tries to make sense of life under IMF rules.

Michael Atkinson

Rural America

Native American Graphic Novel Selected As Among Year’s Best

Stephanie Woodard