The Wisconsin Idea
The Wisconsin Idea is an independent reporting project of People’s Action Institute, Citizen Action of Wisconsin and In These Times. The Wisconsin Idea takes a closer look at the state of Wisconsin, featuring in-depth reporting on the issues facing the state’s rural communities.
Latest Stories
The Big Idea: Guerrilla Theater
Alongside protests against raids and deportations, small actions of absurdist disruption can also prove to expose the raw violence of those in power.
J. Patrick Patterson
As Workers Struggle, Our Political Class Goes All In On a Permanent War State
From blood banks to food insecurity, a snapshot of a country whose raison d'etre is increasingly open sadism and violence
Sarah Lazare
To Tax the Ultra-Rich, We Need to Go After Their Wealth—Not Just Income
Two proposals—one in California, one in Congress—could finally do it. The alternative is an ever-more-powerful billionaire class that threatens democracy itself.
Conor Lynch
Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield
Dr. Hatem Bazian on ICE's abduction of a beloved community member who played a major role in the local Palestine movement—and how he may have been wrongly targeted because of it.
Dr. Hatem Bazian
Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them
A new report shows that candidates with backgrounds in labor unions can win the support of working people. The Democratic Party should take note.
Jake Triola
Cesar Chavez Revelations Show It’s Time for Truth and Reconciliation in the Labor Movement
Chavez’ once-saintly reputation is forever destroyed, but the union doesn’t have to be. For the sake of farmworkers who deserve better, the UFW should take swift, drastic steps to begin repairing its integrity and regaining its footing.
Ana Avendaño
Fortress Yellowstone
The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological sacrifice zones around the world
Joseph Bullington
Resisting Trumpism Can Revive the U.S. Labor Movement
The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights present an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
Stephen Lerner and Joseph A. McCartin