The Wisconsin Idea

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What Has Jesus “Chuy” Garcia Actually Accomplished in Office? A Lot, It Turns Out.

It's not just that Rahm Emanuel has devastated Chicago through privatization and corruption—Chuy Garcia has a strong record of smart progressive governance.

Rick Perlstein

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Do We Need Wolves?

The Endangered Species Act is under attack as Congress moves to delist wolves.

John Collins

Labor

With Gov. Scott Walker’s Approval in Wisconsin, Half of U.S. Now Under Right to Work

David Moberg

Rural America

The Spirit of 1773 and the Right to Local Self-Government

Thomas Linzey

Comics

Ferguson Police Dept: To Arrest and Collect

Jeff Danziger

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With Jesse Jackson’s Chuy Garcia Endorsement, Black Leaders Begin to Unite Against Rahm Emanuel

García could be on his way to building the cross-racial coalition needed to unseat Emanuel and become Chicago's first Latino mayor.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

With the Passage of Right to Work, Workers Need a New Game Plan in Wisconsin

Eleni Schirmer and Michael Billeaux

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Social Security Doesn’t Come To All Who Paid

Farmworkers find their employers pocketed their Social Security payments—rendering them ineligible for benefits.

Joseph Sorrentino

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ISIS: Managers of Savagery

The sectarian brutality of ISIS has allowed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to disingenuously play the victim: the arsonist masquerading as a firefighter.

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad