The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Iranian Dissidents Explain Why They Support the Nuclear Deal

We know what politicians from the U.S. to Israel think about the Iran nuclear deal. How about asking some opponents of Iran's regime?

Danny Postel

Labor

DOL Decision Could Mean the End of Wage Theft Through “Independent Contractor” Misclassification

David Moberg

Labor

Spreading a Minimum Wage Increase from Los Angeles to the Whole Country

Martha Sanchez

Viewpoint

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” Forever Changes the Meaning of ‘The American Dream’

How to make Americans accept that their country was built and sustained on white supremacist plunder? Write like Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Salim Muwakkil

Labor

Thousands of Garment Factory Workers Across Cambodia Are Fainting on the Job

Michael Arria

Labor

Why I Introduced a Motion Against the Confederate Flag at the NEA Convention

Fred Klonsky

Feature

Underneath the Laughs, ‘Trainwreck’ Is Just Another Regressive Rom Com

For all its wit and unabashed vulgarity, Amy Schumer's film follows a tired formula

Eileen Jones

Viewpoint

Taxing the Rich is the Only Real Solution to Illinois’ Budget Deficit

Corporate tax loopholes have been very effective at draining at least a billion dollars a year out of public funds and redirecting it into idle private profits.

Jamie Merchant

Labor

In the Information Economy, Workers Are Far From Obsolete

Doug Henwood