The Wisconsin Idea

LaborPodcast

A Rank-And-File Voice: Labor Poet George Fish

An interview with an Indianapolis-based writer, poet, Kroger produce-stocker, and active member of the UFCW Local 700.

Mel Buer

Culture

Love, Life and Revolution

An excerpt from former Palestinian prisoner Wisam Rafeedie’s autobiographical novel <i>The Trinity of Fundamentals</i>.

Wisam Rafeedie

ViewpointElection 2024

What’s The Deal With The Latine Vote?

The diverse Latine experience, shaped by factors like immigration status, race and class, is too often oversimplified—both by outsiders and within our own communities.

Briana L. Ureña-Ravelo

Election 2024

In States Across the Country, Voters Chose to Take On Inequality

In the 2024 election, voters passed ballot initiatives to tax the rich, fund long term care and provide paid leave.

Sarah Anderson

LaborPodcast

Seven Unions Demand An End to US Military Aid to Israel

As the genocide of Palestinians continues, millions of American workers called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the US-backed siege of Gaza.

Maximillian Alvarez and Mel Buer

Consolidation Threatens to Rip ‘Service’ Out of Postal Service

Unlike other public services that are perennially on the chopping block, USPS already gets zero tax dollars. Yet a string of right-wing politicians, Donald Trump among them, have called for privatizing it.

Alexandra Bradbury

Election 2024

Trump Is Planning a Presidency of, by, and for the Rich

Now that the “pro-worker” GOP led by Donald Trump holds the reins of government, what does it plan to do? A program of handouts for big business and austerity for the rest of us.

Branko Marcetic

LaborPodcast

A Microsoft AI Data Center Saps Water From A Small Mexican Town

After decades fighting against water bottling and beer companies, rural communities in Mexico are now also having to compete against Big Tech for water.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborPodcast

After Cornell Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism, its Graduate Student Union Fought Back

Members of Cornell's Graduate Student Union stand in solidarity with Momodou Taal, a Ph.D. candidate and student protestor who was suspended after pressuring the University to divest from Israel.

Maximillian Alvarez