The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Chicago Raises Minimum Wage to $13 by 2019, But Strikers Say It’s Not Enough

Will Craft

Labor

Bankruptcy Court Ruling Helps Anti-Union Grocer Slash Benefits and Pensions for 1,100 Workers

Bruce Vail

Labor

A Chicago Teacher Explains How Her School Fought Back Against Standardized Testing—And Won

Sarah Chambers

Feature

The 14-Year-Old Voice of the Climate Change Generation

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is calling on both the young and the old to save our planet.

Jordan McCurdy

Labor

Lame-Duck Congress Nears Last-Minute Vote On Sweeping Pension Reform

Cole Stangler

Labor

Illinois Public Employees Prepare for a Bruising Fight with Bruce Rauner

Amien Essif

Dispatch

Is Gentrification Inevitable?

Some activists are trying to beat back the tide of the market.

Yana Kunichoff

Labor

NYU Grad Students Say They’re Ready to Strike

Ari Paul

Labor

Employers Keep Shifting Costs to Workers Under Obamacare

Mark Dudzic