The Wisconsin Idea

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Praxis Makes Perfect

How to stop treating politics like a spectator sport.

Dayton Martindale

Culture

From Illinois to Tennessee, Drag Performers are Resisting Anti-Trans Legislation

An explosion of bans on drag performance and gender-affirming care have surged nationwide. The community is fighting back.

Henry Hicks IV

LaborViewpoint

The War Over No Strike Clauses Has a New Front Line

In Erie, PA, Wabtec workers are poised to fight for the right to strike.

Hamilton Nolan

InterviewPodcast

UPS is Failing Women Workers. Can a Contract Change That?

Women at UPS face unique challenges on the job—and at their union halls.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Viewpoint

You Can’t Organize Alone

Political education used to happen in person. We should bring that practice back.

Keisa Reynolds

Viewpoint

The College Board’s Profiteering Should Have No Place in Public Education

The College Board is selling our students' futures. It's just business as usual under racial capitalism.

Kinjo Kiema

Viewpoint

A Billionaire Conserving Montana Is Funding the Group Bulldozing the Atlanta Forest

Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank is helping fund the forces behind Cop City.

Joseph Bullington

LaborInterviewPodcast

Norfolk Southern Won't Clean Up Their Mess Unless We Make Them

“Even early on, I knew it would not be safe to go back home.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Succession Series Finale: Here Be No Monsters

On Succession and the mobility of capitalism.

Yasmin Nair