The Wisconsin Idea

LaborViewpoint

"We are New Orleans”: A Workers’ Bill of Rights Finds Common Ground

“When we came up with the Workers' Bill of Rights, it wasn't just for one group, it was for all."

Sarah Jaffe

ViewpointElection 2024

Biden Bombed, But CNN Debate Moderators Set a New Benchmark for Cynicism

While the debate was a nightmare for team Biden, the moderators gave Trump's lies free rein—and ensured that it wasn't much of a debate at all.

Adam Johnson

LaborPalestine

We Can’t Let the Press Launder Israel’s War

A coalition of movement journalism organizations has come together to form Media Against Apartheid and Displacement, which sets out to uplift urgent reporting on the genocide.

Lara Witt and Maya Schenwar

LaborInterviewPodcast

South Baltimore Residents Have Had Enough of Rail Giant Pollution

Curtis Bay residents rallied at the CSX rail terminal with a simple demand: “We have to remove CSX for the health of our communities.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Jamaal Bowman’s Loss Does Not Mean That AIPAC Is Winning

The Squad may have lost a key member, but AIPAC has had to drastically narrow its ambitions, targeting the most vulnerable of Israel critics in order to inflate its strength.

Branko Marcetic

Rural America

How U.S. Cities Outsource Their Carbon Emissions to Rural Areas

While the rest of country benefits, rural communities are disproportionately exposed to the pollution caused by power and food production.

Claire Carlson

Viewpoint

The Myth of the "Poll-Driven" Democrat Is Cover for Conservative Policy Preferences

Selective "popularism" is being used by the Democratic Party establishment to pursue reactionary ideological goals.

Adam Johnson

ViewpointPalestine

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: We Must Understand Israel as a Settler-Colonial State

"Just as the U.S. celebrates itself as 'a nation of immigrants,' Zionists celebrated Palestine as a land without people for a people without land."

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Departments

LGBT Workers Need Unions, Not Rainbow Capitalism

Major companies are weighing the benefits of pinkwashing as anti-LGBT extremism is on the rise. Doug Ireland's 1999 piece reminds us what organized labor can offer queer and trans workers.

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