The Wisconsin Idea

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Budget Battles: Beyond Obama vs. Ryan

The Congressional Progressive Caucus hopes to shift the annual budget debates away from austerity.

Cole Stangler

Fight for 15 Workers Sue McDonald’s for Wage Theft

Sarah Berlin

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The High Stakes of New York’s Heated Charter-School Battle

The fight is much bigger than Andrew Cuomo vs. Bill de Blasio.

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

Opposed by Business Lobby, Iowa’s Wage-Theft Bill Is Poised To Die

Spencer Woodman

Labor

Industry Attacks on ‘Scaffold Law’ Put Construction Workers on Shaky Ground

Michelle Chen

Poll: Right-Wing Pro-Israel Lobbying Group AIPAC Losing Influence

Sarah Berlin

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Undermining the Upper Peninsula

The Chippewa take a stand against the return of mines to Michigan.

John Collins

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How Social Security Was Saved

Progressive groups and their allies in Congress win one for the people.

Cole Stangler

Labor

Amazon Warehouse Workers to Take Wage Suit to Supreme Court

Bruce Vail