The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

How Deindustrialization Shaped My Working-Class Family

And why it took my father 40 years to see the ocean

Lauren Celenza

LaborFeature

Like a Moth to a Flame, Workers Unite

The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire continues to inspire and motivate current labor movements 111 years later.

Daisy Pitkin

Republican Attacks on SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Show “Total Bankruptcy” of the GOP

Critics say the "childish political theater" is intended to keep the Republican base "in a constant state of frothing-at-the-mouth" so they show up at the ballot box.

Jessica Corbett

Viewpoint

The Mirror of War

The war in Ukraine pits America's capacity for self-reflection against our love for self-deception.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Howard University Faculty Win Tentative Agreement Just Hours Before Planned Strike

After nearly four years of bargaining with the university to get their first union contract, lecturers at Howard University narrowly avert a strike at the 11th hour.

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointRural America

In Appalachia, the Mine Cleanup System Has Collapsed

Coal companies are declaring bankruptcy. State regulators are failing to hold them accountable. And residents are left to suffer the environmental fallout from abandoned mines.

Dan Radmacher

Labor

For the First Time in History, Public Television Workers in Chicago Are Out on Strike

Technicians for the local PBS affiliate WTTW have walked off the job to make sure their workplace remains a union shop.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

A More Progressive Response to the Ukraine Crisis

U.S. progressives should condemn Russia’s invasion—and oppose NATO.

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies

Viewpoint

Facts Over Ideology, Peace Over War

Russia is responsible for invading Ukraine, and we have to recognize that.

Terry Burke and Andrew Berman