The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Chicago Teachers Voted to Teach Remotely Amid Omicron Wave—And Were Locked Out

The teachers’ union demanded greater safety measures in classrooms, and in response the school district cancelled classes and locked educators out of online learning platforms.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

The Ticking Bomb of Crypto Fascism

The crypto market's inevitable crash will pull America's politics in an even scarier direction.

Hamilton Nolan

Departments

What If We Made Democracy... More Democratic?

When politicians seem increasingly out of touch with the average person, perhaps the average person should make decisions instead.

In These Times Editors

Labor

This Year in Working: The 10 Most-Read Labor Stories

Now's a good a time to look back and ask: What just happened?

In These Times Editors

ViewpointRural America

A Brief History of How Big Oil Outplayed Us All

For a century, the fossil fuel industry has outmaneuvered regulators and the public to lock in its power and profits, at the world’s expense.

Naomi Oreskes and Jeff Nesbit

Cover StoryInvestigation

The Big Business Behind Travel Nursing

During the Covid-19 pandemic, demand for nurses—already understaffed—surged to even higher levels, and travel nurses deployed to fill the gaps.

Alice Herman

Labor

Capping Off a Year of Labor Action at Amazon, Warehouse Workers Walk Off the Job in Illinois

For the first time, Amazon is experiencing a multi-site U.S. work stoppage. It comes at the end of a year marked by union organizing and labor militancy at the retail giant.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

A Lot Depends on How Much of a Sociopath Joe Manchin Is

Will he watch the world burn for the sake of civility?

Hamilton Nolan

Dispatch

An Ohio College Privatized Its Energy and Built a Gas Plant on Campus, Outraging Students

OSU announced in 2008 its goal to go carbon neutral by 2050. Now, however, the university is pursuing the construction of a new, gas-powered energy plant despite student protests holding them accountable.

Taylor Dorrell