The Wisconsin Idea

Wisconsin's Rural Schools in "Crisis Mode"

A longstanding educator drain strains teachers and students.

Steven Potter

Feature

The Hypocrisy of Biden's New "Blame the Unvaccinated" Strategy

As long as we're blaming individuals, we are not talking about how the Biden administration's policies are failing the world.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

The New Judge Judy Is As Classist As Ever

How a TV justice extends contempt for the poor.

Yasmin Nair

Labor

Death in the Air

An essential worker considers pandemic times.

Sean Estelle

Labor

Disturbing New Report Shows Dire Conditions For Grocery Workers

A huge new survey of Kroger employees finds homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity are widespread.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Teachers Being Demonized for Trying To Save Us From the Pandemic

A conversation with locked-out members of the Chicago Teachers Union.

Maximillian Alvarez

Dispatch

Last Resort Abortion in a Rural Reproductive Rights Wasteland

“If abortion is taken away in Wisconsin completely, people will do much worse things.”

Sam Stroozas

Rural America

Swamped by Vacation Rentals, Small Towns in the West Are Fighting Back

An explosion in the number of short-term rentals is contributing to an affordable housing crisis in the rural West. Some communities have responded by banning them.

Erika Bolstad

Feature

How January 6 Is Being Used to Crush Dissent on the Left

Rather than grapple with the political forces behind the Capitol siege, lawmakers have instead pushed a spate of anti-protest laws across the country.

Branko Marcetic