The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Inside the Happiness Racket

Can money buy happiness? A new book explores the history of those who have tried to sell it.

Joanna Scutts

Labor

Bill de Blasio Proposes a National Progressive Agenda to Rewrite the Rules of American Inequality

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

Seymour Hersh’s Bin Laden Story Challenged the Power Structure—So Media Disregarded It

The veteran reporter's bombshell investigation into the killing of Osama bin Laden sparked a controversy in journalistic decency.

Jim Naureckas

Labor

In Wisconsin, A Test Case for Right to Work

Kathy Wilkes

Comics

The White on White Gang Crime Epidemic

Matt Bors

Feature

How Austerity Killed the Humanities

Not long ago, the Right fought viciously over the teaching of the humanities in American universities. Now conservatives are trying to eliminate them altogether.

Andrew Hartman

Dispatch

A Privatized River Runs Through It

To win its eminent domain suit, Missoula must prove that it is the best manager of its drinking water.

Kate Whittle

Feature

Actually, Mad Max: Fury Road Isn’t That Feminist; And It Isn’t That Good, Either

Turns out the MRAs aren't the best judges of feminism.

Eileen Jones

Feature

Oxford University to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Oxford climate activists are the latest to notch a victory against fossil fuel companies.

Lauren Gaynor