The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

I, Derivative Robot

In Chappie, Neill Blomkamp abandons his progressive instincts in favor of a trip through his DVD collection.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

Why Are Drone Pilots Quitting In Huge Numbers?

Pratap Chatterjee

Labor

Papa John’s Forced to Pay Millions in Workers’ Stolen Wages

Kevin Solari

Comics

The Thing That Hillary Clinton Did

Matt Bors

Feature

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

Feature

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