The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint
The War on Vietnam Ended 50 Years Ago and the U.S. Desperately Needs More Action on Agent Orange
Congress Should mark the 50th anniversary by passing new legislation addressing the impact of Agent Orange.
Susan Schnall and Azadeh Shahshahani

FeatureLabor Organizer of the Year
Building Bridges and Erasing Jail Debt: Katherine Passley
The winner of our Labor Organizer of the Year Award co-runs a member-led worker center in Miami for people with criminal records and their families — the first organization of its kind in the country.
Kim Kelly

Labor
Workers Defy the Billionaire Takeover on May Day
A guide to May Day 2025 actions.
Luis Feliz Leon

FeatureLabor Organizer of the Year
The Education of a Teamster Rebel: Antonio Rosario
The winner of our Labor Organizer of the Year Award brings the tough love of a 30-year Teamster to the Amazon organizing effort.
Luis Feliz Leon

Labor Organizer of the Year
In These Times Honors Academic Workers
For its vitality and its protection of members against repression, the movement to organize higher education received an Honorable Mention in the Labor Organizer of the Year awards.
Fatima Jalloh

Labor Organizer of the Year
In These Times Honors Starbucks Workers
Starbucks workers received an Honorable Mention in the Labor Organizer of the Year awards for a groundbreaking campaign that is training up a generation of worker-organizers.
Fatima Jalloh

Labor Organizer of the Year
The Indispensability of the Labor Organizer
Why the work of the 2025 Labor Organizers of the Year is so critical.
Nelson Lichtenstein

Feature
Grocery Workers VS Goliath
Kroger and Albertsons tried to merge; union organizing stopped them. But the fight for grocery workers is just beginning.
Sarah Lazare

InterviewPodcast
A Small Texas Town Takes on Crypto Noise Pollution
The massive new Bitcoin mine is part of a plan to fill in Texas’s energy infrastructure—but it comes at the cost of locals’ health.
Maximillian Alvarez
