The Wisconsin Idea

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The Left Are the Adults in the Room

Progressives have earned the party's ear at the Democratic National Convention—here's how to use it.

Osita Nwanevu

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Housing

A National Tenants Union Has Arrived

Local tenants unions are officially teaming up, to the terror of big landlords.

Rebecca Burns

LaborFeature

The Minnesota Model Is Transforming Organizing as We Know It

“We can win more together than we can on our own.”

Sarah Jaffe

LaborElection 2024

The Labor Movement Is Giddy About Tim Walz Becoming Harris’ VP Pick

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been a strong supporter of unions and workers’ rights. Labor leaders see his elevation as a signal that Democrats are serious about empowering the working class.

Mindy Isser

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Trump, Vance and the Right-Wing Counter-Revolutionaries

The Right’s perennial call for “order” doesn’t necessarily mean affirming the existing order.

Matt McManus

LaborInterview

Debt Is Wage Theft, Debt Steals Leisure Time, Debt Can Suppress Strikes: Debt Is a Labor Issue

A conversation with organizers across industries on how debt shapes the fight for worker power.

Jason Wozniak, Sara Nelson, Brittany Alston, Olivia Schwob, Jackson Potter and Teresa Romero

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Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Claims on Healthcare Aren’t Just Xenophobic—They’re False

Far from draining the nation’s healthcare coffers, immigrants are actually shoring them up. But that reality is inconvenient for Republicans.

Adam Gaffney

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Project 2025 Is Dead. Long Live Project 2025.

Trump, Vance and the hateful horizons of “trad futurism.”

Sarah Riccardi-Swartz

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Kamala Harris’s Veep List is a Choice Between the Past and the Present for Education

VP contender Josh Shapiro has been a staunch supporter of school vouchers. Voters want good public schools—and a vice president willing to fight for them.

Akil Vicks