The Wisconsin Idea

Comics
SeverVance and Other Comics
New comics by Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling.
Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling

LaborFeatureClimate
The Flooded Future of Disaster Labor
Day laborers, a workforce threatened by Trump, are key to rebuilding after disasters.
Sarah Jaffe

Feature
Global Trade at Gunpoint
Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world
Sarah Lazare

FeatureCover StoryPolitics
“I Am Not Afraid”
The Trump administration is attacking protesters from all angles. Activists refuse to back down.
Adam Federman

LaborViewpoint
Trump’s Budget Bill Will Massively Expand the Racial Wealth Gap
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is set to be a disaster for Black workers.
LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

Rural America
Trump’s Cuts to AmeriCorps Are Stripping Resources from Rural Communities
DOGE has slashed over 1,000 AmeriCorps grants, many of which funded education and social services in rural areas.
Ilana Newman

LaborInterview
What's Really Artificial About AI is AI Itself
"The phrase artificial intelligence is a marketing term that is used to sprinkle some magic fairy dust that brings the venture capital dollars."
Sarah Jaffe

InterviewPolitics
The Christian Right’s 250-Year Fight Against America
Many religious groups have wanted to destroy liberal democracy, explains author Jerome Copulsky. But before Trump, none had taken power.
Kathryn Joyce

LaborFeature
Donald Trump's Disastrous Scott Walker Moment
Trump and Elon Musk are making drastic cuts to the federal workforce. Unions are fighting back.
Sarah Jaffe