The Wisconsin Idea

Captive Nation: Dan Berger on Black Prison Organizing and Mass Incarceration

George Lavender

Labor

New England Workers Win Longest Telecom Strike in Decades

Julia Kann

Labor

Chicago Charter School Teachers Demand a Union

Arielle Zionts

Labor

Columbia College Faculty Vote to Disaffiliate from National Education Association

Kevin Solari

Video

Why Rahm Emanuel Has Been a Disaster for Chicago

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Dispatch

Chomsky, Lears and Elia Debate Whether an Academic Boycott of Israel Can Work

Is the tactic the best way to pressure Israel?

Joel Bleifuss

What’s Up with the Koch Brothers and Criminal Justice Reform?

George Lavender

Feature

Who’s Afraid of Chicago’s Progressive Aldermen? Rahm Emanuel, That’s Who.

The Chicago mayor's super PAC has spent large amounts of money to protect his allies on City Council—and take down those who oppose him.

Yana Kunichoff

Protest Over Medical Services Sparks Prisoner Uprising At Controversial Private Prison in Texas

George Lavender