The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Will Power: 16-Day Strike Helps Public Workers Win Wage Increase

Matthew Blake

Dispatch

Can Socialists Win Elections in the U.S.?

Kshama Sawant of Seattle showed socialist victories are possible. Will they spread?

Bhaskar Sunkara and Micah Uetricht

What Do TV and Movies Get Right and Wrong About Prisons?

Matt Stroud

Viewpoint

The Social Movement Romance

Progressives can't let a love affair with social movements distract them from electoral politics.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

‘From Bean to Cup,’ Starbucks Labor Action Heats Up

Michelle Chen

Feature

In Defense of Peeta Mellark

Teen girls have unruly, selfish desires, and that's OK.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Eating Like There’s No Tomorrow

Meat consumption not only affects our environment, but also our access to antibiotics.

David Sirota

Feature

A Death Knell for the McJob?

Strikes in 100 cities signal a sea change in attitudes about low-wage work.

David Moberg

Labor

How Big Banks Shortchange Their Workers

Sarah Jaffe