The Wisconsin Idea

Interview

“The People of Chicago Run the City”: Brandon Johnson on His Progressive Vision

We spoke with Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson about public safety, the housing crisis and building a movement against the neoliberal status quo.

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointClimate

Biden Betrays Youth With Willow Project—and Breaks His Own Promise

We need a youth movement more powerful than the fossil fuel industry. Why Sunrise Movement organizers are fighting to end the fossil fuel era.

Dejah Powell

Departments

Calling Cop City Activists "Terrorists" Is An Old Government Trick

Several Cop City activists have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism—something that has long been a legal and rhetorical weapon of state power.

Eric Laursen

ViewpointRural America

East Palestine: “We Basically Nuked a Town with Chemicals So We Could Get a Railroad Open”

Companies should never again be allowed to do what Norfolk Southern did to this Ohio community.

Tish O'Dell and Chad Nicholson

LaborViewpoint

Make One Big Higher Ed Union

Campus workers are organizing more than anyone else. It's time for them to unify.

Hamilton Nolan

Departments

The Cracks in the Crystal Ball

Existential crises in the Bread Basket of Europe.

In These Times Editors

Labor

“If They Strike, We Won’t Cross the Picket Line”: LA Teachers And Service Workers Unite

The school district's service workers announced plans to begin a three-day strike on Tuesday. The teachers union has their back.

Megan Giovannetti and Jasmin Joseph

Dispatch

Black Educators Are Reimagining A Better School System

“Black Lives Matter at School is an act of resistance. It’s a refusal to accept the ways that we are perpetually dehumanized. It’s a statement that we exist, that we are here, and that we are going to fight back.”

Henry Hicks IV

Departments

Drug Decriminalization Saves Lives. Why Aren't We Doing It?

Safe consumptions sites are places where people who need help can be treated like people.

In These Times Editors