The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Is The Donald the New Ronald?

Reagan's candidacy was a punchline until it wasn't.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

‘Best of Enemies’ Provides a View of Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley and the 1960s From the Bathroom

The new documentary contains lots of shouting but only passing hints at substance.

Kevin Schultz

Labor

Bernie Sanders Can Help Revitalize the American Labor Movement

Joseph M. Schwartz

Feature

Slavoj Zizek: We Can’t Address the EU Refugee Crisis Without Confronting Global Capitalism

The refugees won't all make it to Norway. Nor does the Norway they seek exist.

Slavoj Žižek

Dispatch

The City of Detroit Withheld Water From 40,000 People–So Activists Tapped the Mayor’s Mansion

The action was a bid to draw attention to what the UN has called a violation of human rights

Lauren Gaynor

Labor

Seattle Teachers Go On Strike, Say It’s “About Caring For What’s Right for Our Kids”

Mario Vasquez

Culture

‘Welcome to Leith’ Charts A White Supremacist Attempt to Take Over a Tiny North Dakota Town

A new documentary by Michael Nichols and Christopher Walker explores a firefight between American individualism and the public good

Michael Atkinson

Feature

English-Only To the Core

What the Common Core means for emergent bilingual youth

Jeff Bale

Feature

How Common Core Hurts English Language Learners

Teachers say the new standards exacerbate the disconnect between policy and practice.

Jose Luis Vilson