The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

It’s Not Just Bigoted Cops—Ferguson Has Seen a Century of Racist Policies

Segregated cities like Ferguson, Missouri, don't just develop spontaneously. They are consciously created by people and institutions who have a stake in maintaining racial inequality.

Joshua Holland

Labor

The Sharing Economy: 21st Century Technology, 19th Century Worker Protections

Amanda Armstrong

Labor

Remembering the Deadly Donora Smog

Kari Lydersen

Labor

The Super Bowl Will Gross Half a Billion Dollars This Year, But the NFL Really Needs Your Free Labor

Aviana Willis

Video

A Dollar Bill Is Not What You Think It Is

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

Meet the High School Social Studies Teacher Taking On Chicago’s Right-Wing Democrats

Yana Kunichoff

Labor

Grave Digger: “You’ve Got to Uphold Some Type of Integrity”

Amien Essif

Viewpoint

Obama’s Delay on Immigration: Shameful, But Savvy

Latinos won't tip the midterms. Anti-immigrant right-wingers might.

Achy Obejas

Feature

St. Louis University Occupation Ends, But Movement for Justice in Ferguson Continues

The spirit of Occupy Wall Street lived on in a weeklong campus occupation demanding justice for Michael Brown.

James Anderson