The Wisconsin Idea
Feature
Holy Crap: New Poll Puts Bernie Sanders Ahead of Hillary Clinton in Iowa
Iowa is feeling the Bern.
Karen Gwee
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
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