The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

In Flint, Michigan, the Wrecking Ball Has Not Meant Progress

Andrew Highsmith charts the rise and fall of Flint, a city deserted by industry and divided by segregation.

Daniel Hertz

Rural America

Factory Farm Runoff Is Polluting Lake Erie, But CAFO Sewers Are Not the Answer

Laura Orlando

Labor

Did ICE Violate Its Own Deportation Guidelines in Arresting Chicago-Area Unionized Meatpackers?

Yana Kunichoff

Viewpoint

The Other 2016 Presidential Candidates Are Saying Things That Are Basically As Crazy As Donald Trump

Trump is not the only presidential hopeful willing to make utterly mind-boggling statements.

David Sirota

Viewpoint

Slavoj Zizek: How Alexis Tsipras and Syriza Outmaneuvered Angela Merkel and the Eurocrats

The rebels in Greece are waging a patient guerrilla war against financial occupation.

Slavoj Žižek

Comics

Not a Cartoon About Donald Trump

Matt Bors

Labor

Grocery Chain A&P’s Financial Meltdown Could Leave Thousands of Union Workers Jobless

Bruce Vail

Feature

Kropotkin on the Hudson

A collective in Saugerties, New York, is trying to live by the teachings of 19th century Russian anarchist Pyotr Kropotkin.

Polly Howells

Rural America

Will Wisconsin Be the Next Rice Capital of North America?

John Collins