The Wisconsin Idea

Departments

Before Wokeness, There Was “Political Correctness”

Revisiting a left case against PC culture from the 90s

In These Times Editors

ViewpointRural America

Beware the Corporate Appropriation of “Sustainable” Farming Practices

Long-standing methods of agroecology can feed people, restore ecosystems and transform our food system—but not if agribusiness hollows them out.

Philip A. Loring

Climate

The Movements Taking Climate Action Where Politicians Won't

The world's most existential crisis has all but fallen off Washington's agenda. But campaigners are finding success in more immediate targets.

Donna Katzin and William Minter

Labor

What It's Like Being a Gravedigger During the Pandemic

A conversation with a cemetery worker about politics, life and labor during the Covid crisis.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

3 Anti-Inflation Alternatives to Raising Interest Rates

Tackling inflation requires reining in private markets—and embracing economic democracy.

Richard D. Wolff

Feature

Bill Clinton Did More to Sell Neoliberalism than Milton Friedman

A brief history of how the Democratic Party's turn to market capitalism wrecked everything.

Lily Geismer

Labor

The AFL-CIO's Official New Goal: Continued Decline

The union federation's new organizing plan aims low. Very low.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Long, Uphill Battle to Unionize Workers at Religious Institutions

A conversation with Maggie Levantovskaya, a lecturer at a small Jesuit university, about how workers there formed a union, despite the fact that the National Labor Relations Board does not have jurisdiction over religious institutions.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Here's What the Criminal Justice Reform Movement Can Learn From Chesa Boudin’s Loss

Opponents of mass incarceration shouldn’t despair or write off the recall of San Francisco’s progressive DA. Instead, we should take lessons and build stronger infrastructure to propel future wins.

Janos Marton