The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Amy Poehler’s Radical Niceness

Reading Poehler's new book Yes Please is like hanging out with a friend who believes you can do anything, and wants you to do much better.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

House Democrats Call for an Investigation into Jimmy John’s Non-Compete Clauses

Will Craft

Feature

So the Battle Over Legalization Has Come Down to This: A Duel Between Weed and Booze

Drug reformers say marijuana is a far less harmful substance than alcohol—and are willing to go "hit for shot" to prove it.

David Sirota

Feature

The Polluters Must Pay

Fossil fuel companies' profits are morally illegitimate. The public has the right to take those profits—to clean up their mess.

Naomi Klein

Labor

Nervous, Cuomo? Green Party’s Howie Hawkins Draws 6 Teachers Union Endorsements

Kevin Solari

Labor

The Sharing Economy’s ‘First Strike’: Uber Drivers Turn Off the App

Rebecca Burns

Labor

“The Show Must Go On”: Guitar Center Workers Push for First Contracts

Diane Krauthamer

Labor

Karen Lewis’ Replacement at the CTU Has a Message for Rahm Emanuel

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Viewpoint

The Neo-Scramble for Africa

Our first black president's approach to Africa doesn't feel like a first.

Salim Muwakkil