The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

End Military Action in Venezuela and Help Working Class Americans

Healthcare costs are doubling, food prices are rising and the safety net is shredded. So why are we launching an illegal war to profit oil companies?

Lindsay Koshgarian

Viewpoint

ICE Is the Domestic Terror Threat

The federal agent who killed Renee Nicole Good shot her because he knew he could—because the Trump administration has purposely empowered law enforcement to act with impunity.

Jordan Liz

Politics

The Serious Risks of Trump’s Executive Order Curbing State Regulation of AI

Dozens of states have placed regulations on artificial intelligence technology to protect residents from an array of potential harms. Now these protections could be under threat due to actions by the Trump administration.

Anjana Susarla

Politics

The Antidote to Fear is Courage

Why we have to be louder and bolder about being against fascism.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Stephanie Guilloud

FeatureInvestigation

“Clever as Serpents”: How a Legal Group’s Anti-LGBTQ Policies Took Root in School Districts Across a State

In Pennsylvania, parents are challenging Independence Law Center policies while trying to avoid a legal case that could go to the conservative Supreme Court.

Kathryn Joyce

DepartmentsHousing

The Rent Is Too Damn High! Time for a Rent Freeze?

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a rent freeze policy, but what does it actually mean?

J. Patrick Patterson

Podcast

Don’t Forget the People of East Palestine

Journalists Maximillian Alvarez and Steve Mellon urge a new approach to journalism as they accept an Izzy award for their work documenting East Palestine.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborClimate

Rising heat, failing kidneys: Climate’s hidden toll on migrant workers

Migrant workers return from Gulf countries with failed kidneys, victims of extreme temperatures, grueling labor, and a global system that leaves them unprotected.

Natalie Donback

Podcast

In Conyers and East Palestine, Residents Face Lingering Effects of Chemical Disasters

From Hawai‘i to Michigan to Ohio, the residents of America’s “sacrifice zones” are comparing notes, and fighting for justice together.

Maximillian Alvarez