The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Queering the Family Farm: Meet the LGBTQ Midwest Farmers Taking Food Justice Into Their Own Hands

“We’re not just raising food. We are creating safe spaces for people.”

Bennet Goldstein

LaborViewpoint

Nurses Set To Strike Against New York City’s Healthcare Monopolies

Decades of mergers and acquisitions have turned New York’s hospitals into profit-oriented corporations. Nurses are fighting to change that.

Michael Lighty

LaborDispatch

In California, Independent Truckers Face Uncertain Future

A California law making it harder for trucking companies to classify drivers as independent contractors is now in effect—with big implications for truckers at America’s largest ports.

Stephen Franklin

Departments

Sealing Criminal Records Benefits Us All

About 1 in 3 adults have a criminal record. Each year as a result, millions of people are barred from housing, jobs and public benefits—condemning families to a lifetime of economic hardship.

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LaborDispatch

Off the Pole, Onto the Picket Line: Why North Hollywood Strippers Are Unionizing

After nine months on strike, California strippers are poised to make Star Garden the country’s only unionized strip club

Emily Janakiram

Culture

Why Movements Need to Start Singing Again

Organizers are rediscovering how song culture can help lead the way to social change.

Paul Engler

Labor

Workers at Howard Brown Health Unionized. Now They're on Strike to Protest Layoffs.

Union members at the LGBTQ-focused health provider say management is planning to lay off 60 workers, so they've walked off the job.

Peter Lucas

Viewpoint

If You Can Borrow a Book, Then Why Not a Chainsaw? The Rise of Tool Lending Libraries

Spawned in the wake of World War II, tool libraries lend implements and provide practical guidance to community members who can’t afford to own or store their own tools.

Aric Sleeper

Solidarity Is Our Power: Our 10 Biggest Stories of 2022

Restorative practices, abortion rights, and a fearless labor movement: We look back at a year of resistance.

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