The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Jim Crow at the Polling Place

New voter legislation is an unwelcome blast from the past.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

8 Messaging Tips for Embattled Democrats from a Longtime Pollster

A seasoned pollster explains the message Dems should be hammering home for the upcoming elections to prevent a Republican landslide.

Vic Fingerhut

Labor

Why Does Scott Walker Think $7.25 Is a Living Wage?

David Sirota

Labor

Immigrant Recycling Workers Win Strike, Union Drive in East Bay

David Bacon

Labor

Meet Jess Spear, the Socialist and Climate Scientist Running for Washington’s State House

Ari Paul

Labor

Billionaire-Backed Group Spends Unprecedented $290K in Minneapolis School Board Race

Sarah Lahm

Culture

The Next Oil Spill

According to a new documentary, we're all responsible for the BP disaster.

Patricia Aufderheide

Labor

Silicon Valley Firm’s Wage Theft: ‘Worse Than Sweatshops’

Alex Lubben

Labor

Denmark’s McDonald’s Workers Aren’t Demanding $15 an Hour—Because They’re Already Making $20

Janet Allon, AlterNet