The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

Terkel’s Torch-Bearers

Meet the new generation of oral historians.

Theo Anderson

Labor

Rahm Emanuel Has a New Progressive Challenger in Chicago’s Mayoral Race

Yana Kunichoff

Labor

Good News for Philadelphia Teachers: Court Delays Unelected Reformers’ Shady Contract Cancellation

Kevin Solari

Labor

Hawaiian Health Care Workers Push Back Against Health Care Giant Kaiser Permanente

Steve Early

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