The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

To Win in the Midterms, Democrats Should Go All In on Reviving the Child Tax Credit

The expanded Child Tax Credit was the most impactful anti-poverty program in a generation. Democrats should campaign on bringing it back.

Jim Pugh

Banning Congress From Trading Stocks Is Massively Popular. So Why Are Top Democrats Stalling?

While polling shows most Americans support banning lawmakers from trading stocks, legislation to do so has been delayed by House leadership.

Jessica Corbett

Rural America

The 40-Year Robbing of Rural America

Since the 1980s, says Professor Marc Edelman, financial capital has developed imaginative new ways to seize assets from small towns and rural areas.

Olivia Weeks

Labor

Why Nurses at This LGBTQ-Affirming Healthcare Provider Threatened to Strike

Workers at Howard Brown Health in Chicago are set to walk out next week after months of stalled negotiations.

Hannah Faris

LaborViewpoint

Teachers and Other Unionists Are Joining Iran’s Gender Justice Uprising

As part of the nationwide protests in Iran, women union members are taking to the streets, saying: “we have nothing to lose but our lives.”

Alborz Ghandehari

Labor

One Year Later, Friends and Family of Kroger Employee Driven to Suicide Want Justice

The tragic suicide of Evan Seyfried has been linked to targeted bullying and harassment by coworkers and management at Kroger—his loved ones are still seeking answers and justice.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Home Depot Workers Have Filed to Form the First Union at the Retail Behemoth

Home Depot workers tried to get the company to address low pay, lack of training and understaffing. No one listened, so they're unionizing.

Jonah Furman

Viewpoint

The Left Should Double Down on Electoral Organizing

To build power and transform communities, socialists and movement organizers need to engage in the electoral arena.

Alicia Garza

Feature

The App ICE Forces You To Download

Under Biden, monitoring of immigrants by cell phone has jumped 808%.

Maurizio Guerrero