The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

The Appeal of the UK’s Radical Right

UKIP is reaching the 'left behind' white working class.

Jane Miller

Labor

Union-backed Sue Sadlowski Garza Claims Win Over Rahm Emanuel Ally in Southeast Chicago (Updated)

Kari Lydersen

Labor

Broad Support for LGBT Rights Somehow Caught Republican Governors By Surprise

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor

Rahm Emanuel Won—But Chicago Progressives Actually Have Much to Be Happy About

Micah Uetricht

Dispatch

America’s Tween Soldiers

Middle schoolers: Uncle Sam wants you

Seth Kershner

Feature

BREAKING: In Chicago, Reports of Voters Receiving Ballots Already Marked for Emanuel

After a Facebook post suggested voting irregularities blew up, similar reports are emerging.

Rick Perlstein

Labor

Yes, Rahm Has Brought Businesses To Chicago—But Their Labor Records Aren’t Pretty

Yana Kunichoff

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