The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

The Tribe Is a Silent Lord of the Flies

Though entirely in Ukrainian Sign, without subtitles, Slaboshpytskiy's remarkable film will speak to a hearing audience.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

Three U.S. Churches Are Now Debating Divestment From Companies Invested in the Israeli Occupation

The debates come just after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared BDS activism to the Holocaust.

Ryan Rodrick Beiler

Viewpoint

The Anti-Union Bosses’ Group Fighting Fast Food Organizing Is Now Going After Home Care Workers

Can workers centers and unions create a movement strong enough to fight back?

Mariya Strauss, Political Research Associates

Feature

Dylann Roof’s Rhodesian, South African Flags Symbolize White Supremacy. So Does the Confederate Flag

That a racist mass murderer would embrace of the three flags should end the debates about whether or not the Confederate flag can mean anything other than racism.

Peter Cole

Rural America

Too Many Farmers? The Debate Continues

Fred Kirschenmann

Feature

Good News for Bernie Sanders? Poll Shows 47% of Americans Would Vote for a Socialist

A sizeable chunk of Americans say they'd consider voting to send a socialist to the Oval Office.

Marc Daalder

Rural America

Neil Young Sings Out Against the Age of Agribusiness

Maia Welbel

Feature

Going Beyond Labor’s Limitations: Larry Cohen Reflects on His Time as a Progressive Union President

An interview with Larry Cohen, outgoing Communications Workers of America president, on how the U.S. labor movement can go bigger.

David Moberg

Comics

Why the Media Doesn’t Call Massacres By White Supremacists “Terrorism”

Matt Bors