The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint
Why We Organized to Kick Riot Fest Out of Humboldt Park
Pushing the punk rock festival out of the park was a victory against gentrification and the privatization of public spaces.
Lynda Lopez

Rural America
The Land Institute Sows a Revolutionary Grass in Kansas
Maia Welbel

Dispatch
How Some Small Farmers Are Resisting Monsanto—And Climate Change
Seed sharers are resisting the death of biodiversity at the hands of industrial agriculture and GMOs.
Petra Page-Mann

Labor
Daniel Tobin and the Rise of the Teamsters Union
Bruce Vail

Labor
Why Labor Should Get Behind Bernie Sanders in the Primary Elections
Steve Early

Culture
Detained at Her Majesty’s Pleasure
The UK keeps migrants in detention centres for unspecified periods of time.
Jane Miller

Feature
Meet the Latest Secret Free-Market Group That Wants to Take Over Your Public School
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has been an invisible player in the free-market education reform movement.
Sarah Lahm

Labor
LA’s Min. Wage Will Be $15 by 2020. But This Bay Area City’s Minimum Will Be $14.44 By July.
Andrew Klein

Labor
A View of Germany’s Economy from Die Linke, the Left Party
Amien Essif