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
Poetry as a Unifying Weapon
There is no breath, no poem long enough to say the solidarity we, Black American people, feel ancestrally for our brothers and sisters in Palestine.
Julia Wright
Democracy dies, first, in the workplace
A conversation on how the decline of unions and the rise of inequality reveals the urgent need for a revitalized labor movement.
Maximillian Alvarez, Hamilton Nolan and Sara Nelson
The Movement Supporting Public Employees Is Rising
Thousands of workers across the country hit the streets this week to declare their opposition to Trump and Musk who, under the guise of "efficiency," are slashing and burning public services.
Sarah Jaffe
Care Workers Get a Seat at the Table
Colorado’s Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board offers an experiment in worker power.
Osita Nwanevu
The Democratic Capitulation Point
Hope begins when Democratic Party leadership gives way to the Left. Unions can make it happen.
Hamilton Nolan
In Those Times: Cartoons on Carter
Looking back at Jimmy Carter's legacy according to critical <i>In These Times</i> cartoons from the 1970s.
In These Times Editors
Our Storytelling Will Meet the Moment
Executive Director Alex Han underscores In These Times' commitment to community-based storytelling that paves a path forward for the Left
Alex Han
The Fourth Wall
Recently, reports of illegal “pushbacks”–an illegal practice of forcibly returning refugees from whence they came–in Greece have soared. Tommy Olsen faces years in prison for documenting pushbacks online.
Lauren Markham
