The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

What It's Like Being a Gravedigger During the Pandemic

A conversation with a cemetery worker about politics, life and labor during the Covid crisis.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

3 Anti-Inflation Alternatives to Raising Interest Rates

Tackling inflation requires reining in private markets—and embracing economic democracy.

Richard D. Wolff

Feature

Bill Clinton Did More to Sell Neoliberalism than Milton Friedman

A brief history of how the Democratic Party's turn to market capitalism wrecked everything.

Lily Geismer

Labor

The AFL-CIO's Official New Goal: Continued Decline

The union federation's new organizing plan aims low. Very low.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Long, Uphill Battle to Unionize Workers at Religious Institutions

A conversation with Maggie Levantovskaya, a lecturer at a small Jesuit university, about how workers there formed a union, despite the fact that the National Labor Relations Board does not have jurisdiction over religious institutions.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Here's What the Criminal Justice Reform Movement Can Learn From Chesa Boudin’s Loss

Opponents of mass incarceration shouldn’t despair or write off the recall of San Francisco’s progressive DA. Instead, we should take lessons and build stronger infrastructure to propel future wins.

Janos Marton

Feature

Big Tobacco Is Funding Opposition to Global Covid Vaccine Access

Tobacco companies are bankrolling a group that is working to defeat an intellectual property waiver. And the companies have a direct interest in doing so.

Sarah Lazare

Departments

Community Care Over Self-Care

Unlike community care, self-care consumption rituals are unequally accessible and rarely prevent burnout

In These Times Editors

Feature

What If America Had Six Political Parties?

Understanding the warring factions within the Democratic and Republican Party coalitions is critical for progressives who want to build power.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler