The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Two Years After West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion, Are Workers Any Safer? New Report Says No

Elizabeth Grossman

Feature

What Small-Town Iowans Think of Hillary Clinton

In Monticello, where Clinton made her first campaign stop, voters care about campaign spending, support for small businesses, women’s rights, healthcare costs and Clinton’s possible elitism.

Mara Kardas-Nelson

Labor

“People are tired of waiting”: In New York City, Construction and Low-wage Workers March

Andrew Elrod

Labor

During Yesterday’s Fight for 15 Protests, Nearly 50 Chicago Armored Guards Decided to Go on Strike

Arielle Zionts and Micah Uetricht

Rural America

Sacrificing at the Altar of Energy

Charles W. Johnson

Feature

Can Ferguson’s Black Community Claim Political Power?

Rev. and Missouri state Rep. Tommie Pierson, who has found himself in the eye of the storm, reflects on Ferguson's recent elections and the DOJ report.

Emmett Rensin

Labor

Fast Food Workers in 236 Cities Pull Off Largest Strikes Yet as Other Low-wage Workers Join Fight

David Moberg

Feature

5 Ways To Reduce Inequality By Holding Corporations Responsible

What would happen if we returned to the philosophy that businesses should serve workers and society?

Amy Domini and Sofia Faruqi

Culture

A Black Woman Traces Her Nazi Heritage

In My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, adoptee Jennifer Teege recounts her journey of discovery after learning her biological grandfather was mass murderer Amon Goeth.

Erin Aubry Kaplan