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
Built to Dominate
Palantir is designing the infrastructure of repression—and telling us why.
Alberto Toscano
SeverVance and Other Comics
New comics by Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling.
Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling
The Flooded Future of Disaster Labor
Day laborers, a workforce threatened by Trump, are key to rebuilding after disasters.
Sarah Jaffe
Global Trade at Gunpoint
Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world
Sarah Lazare
“I Am Not Afraid”
The Trump administration is attacking protesters from all angles. Activists refuse to back down.
Adam Federman
Trump’s Budget Bill Will Massively Expand the Racial Wealth Gap
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is set to be a disaster for Black workers.
LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
Trump’s Cuts to AmeriCorps Are Stripping Resources from Rural Communities
DOGE has slashed over 1,000 AmeriCorps grants, many of which funded education and social services in rural areas.
Ilana Newman
What's Really Artificial About AI is AI Itself
"The phrase artificial intelligence is a marketing term that is used to sprinkle some magic fairy dust that brings the venture capital dollars."
Sarah Jaffe
