The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Is Chicago Finally Tired of Rahm Emanuel?

Emanuel might conceivably lose—a previously unthinkable notion—in his bid for a second term of Chicago's mayor.

John R. MacArthur

Dispatch

Harvard Feels the Heat on Fossil-Fuel Divestment

It's not Al Gore's movement anymore. Student activists are bringing a new militancy to the fight against climate change.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

Bernie Sanders Endorses Chuy Garcia, Calls Chicago Election a ‘Political Revolution’

Kari Lydersen

Labor

The New Union Plan to Protect Immigrant Members from Deportation

Julia Kann

Labor

Fight for Fifteen on Campus: Northeastern Students to Vote for $15 Wage for All University Employees

Keely Mullen

Feature

Darth Rahm vs. The Chuy Rebellion

Jesús "Chuy" Garcia's meteoric rise could land him the mayorship if only he can channel the force—record voter turnout among Chicago's disenfranchised.

Ethan Michaeli

‘We Begin With Ourselves’: Exclusive Excerpt From Captive Nation by Dan Berger

Dan Berger

Feature

Who Do You Protect, Who Do You Surveil?

The Chicago Police Department has spent millions on high-tech spying equipment, including cell-phone tracking technology, but is extremely secretive about its use.

Joel Handley

Culture

Condors, Already F*cked, Get Fracked

Expanding fracking in a California condor sanctuary could kill an endangered species we've worked hard--and spent millions--to save.

Hannah Guzik