The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Dozens of Activists Arrested in Battle Against a Fracking “Gateway Drug” in New York

Residents of New York's Finger Lakes argue that gas projects would spell ecological and economic disaster for the region.

Molly Bennet

Locked Down, Locked Out: Exclusive Excerpt from Maya Schenwar’s New Book

Maya Schenwar

Dispatch

For the Majority of Undocumented Immigrants Who Remain in the Shadows, Churches Offer Sanctuary

6 million undocumented immigrants won’t receive relief under Obama’s executive action. Some churches are providing them with hope.

Kevin Solari

Labor

Three Myths About Teacher Tenure

Samantha Winslow

Feature

Should We Trust Him? The Mixed Results of Obama’s Past Immigrant Relief Measures

Past executive actions for undocumented immigrants under the president's administration haven't always delivered.

Yana Kunichoff

Viewpoint

Football: Nothing Left to Cheer For

How can fans respond to the rash of brutality on and off the field?

Susan J. Douglas

Feature

Journalists Aren’t Covering Local Elections. Our Democracy Is Suffering Because of It.

What if you held an election and nobody showed up to cover it? Americans now know the answer: elections with lots of paid ads but little journalism, context or objective facts.

David Sirota

Feature

Elizabeth Warren Needs to Run for President—Even If She Doesn’t Want To

She's the only one who can save the Democrats from themselves.

Ian Reifowitz

Culture

The Reporter Who Paid a High Price for ‘Contra Crack’

A new film, Kill the Messenger, shows how the CIA, the Washington Post and the LA Times conspired to discredit a journalist, and destroyed a life.

Jim Naureckas