The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

All the Chicago Mayoral Candidates Are Getting It Wrong: We Don’t Need More Cops

The only real solution to reducing violence is reducing inequality.

Andy Thayer

Feature

Big Tax Bills for the Poor, Tiny Ones for the Rich

Regressive state and local tax policies don’t just harm the poor—they harm entire economies.

David Sirota

Labor

After Facebook Victory, Shuttle Drivers at Silicon Valley Companies Look to Unionize

Alex Lubben

Labor

Union Membership Is Down Again—But It Still Pays To Be a Member

Doug Henwood

Labor

Is Ronald McDonald Racist?

David Moberg

Labor

Brazilian Workers, Students Battle Fare Hikes Pushed By Workers Party

Steve Payne

Feature

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Christian Radical—And Saint

King’s treatment in the media shows the degree to which, in the American mind, Christianity has been completely stripped of any radicalism.

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig

Culture

Cuba’s Performance Problem

Havana closes down an open mic.

Coco Fusco

Feature

Slavoj Žižek: The Urgent Necessity of a Syriza Victory in Greece

Only a split from the European Union by Greece can save what is worth saving in the European legacy: democracy, trust in people and egalitarian solidarity.

Slavoj Žižek