The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Death of a Sales Barn: How Corporations Took Over Our Food System

A new report explains how a handful of agribusiness firms came to dominate U.S. agriculture, how they’re ruining rural America, and how we can stop them.

Zoe Pharo

Viewpoint

Disrupt or Anchor the Democratic Party? Why Not Both?

Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman offer key perspectives on whether movements should put pressure on political parties from the outside, or focus on gaining insider power themselves.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Viewpoint

Where Is the 100,000-Strong Public Health Corps Biden Promised Us?

The government needs to bring vaccines and information to the people through an ambitious public jobs program, just like Biden said he would.

Abdullah Shihipar

Feature

Black Farmers Sow the Seeds for the Future

A century after the height of Black farming, young land stewards pick up the plow.

Randi Love

Departments

A New Era of Digital Dissidence in Cuba

A decade later, Cuban dissidents have taken to the Internet, finding a new voice and audience.

Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo

DispatchRural America

Farmers Reject Nicor's Pipe Dream

Residents of the historic Black farming community of Pembroke, Illinois want an energy upgrade—but they want renewables, not fossil fuels.

Zoe Pharo

Viewpoint

The Billionaire Side Hustle That Inequality Created

An easy income stream is open to anyone who can pay the entry price. (You can't.)

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

The “Great Resignation” Is Just Hype

The solution to Biden’s economic problems is simple: spend more money to fuel the recovery.

Max B. Sawicky

Labor

South Korea Will See a Massive Labor Uprising on January 15

Workers, farmers and the urban poor, battered by the pandemic, are demanding labor protections and structural reforms.

Minju Bae