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
An Injury to All
What unites the disparate parts of a diverse workers’ movement can be the understanding that “an injury to one” truly is an injury to all.
Alex Han
An Open Letter to the New Pope
As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to Pope John Paul I.
Blase A. Bonpane
Meet the Artists Confronting Trump’s Culture Cuts
As federal support for the arts disappears, these creatives are turning identity and protest into their medium.
Xintian Tina Wang
"Be Brilliant in Your Area"
An interview with Cori Bush
Ari Bloomekatz
Truckers, Tired of Being Exposed to Hazardous Waste, Call on the Feds for Help
They say the oil and gas industry is ignoring HAZMAT procedures, endangering them and the communities they drive through.
Kim Kelly
Trump 2.0 and the Reverse Racism Presidency
In a topsy-turvy world where Afrikaners are “refugees” and civil rights are for white men, every accusation is a confession.
Alberto Toscano
Pentagon Budget Tops $1 Trillion. Now What?
How annual U.S. military spending broke the $1 trillion mark, and my legislative proposal that rescinds the Big Beautiful Bill’s $156 billion in Pentagon spending and sends people $600 checks with the savings.
Stephen Semler
Here's How Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will Make Life in America Worse
The budget bill passed by Republicans and signed by President Trump represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery.
Sarah Anderson and Lindsay Koshgarian
