The Wisconsin Idea

Housing
Inside the Right’s War on the Homeless
How one Trumpist tech mogul pushed a crackdown on the unhoused all the way to the Supreme Court.
Rebecca Burns
Six people crouching behind a wire fence
Dispatch
Borders and the Exchange of Humans for Debt
Borders and debt are new instruments of violence in a system that has had many names.
Heba Gowayed
ViewpointPalestine
The Grave Cost of Funding Israel's War Machine
To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Viewpoint
UK Riots Have Their Roots in a History of Hate
The racism in the streets was seeded by the racism of the state.
Alberto Toscano
LaborViewpointPalestine
Why Is the UAW’s Federal Monitor Involving Himself in the Union’s Stance on Gaza?
The monitor tasked with overseeing the union’s compliance with a federal consent decree is inappropriately challenging the union’s call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Andy Levin and Sanjukta Paul
Culture
Reflections on the 10-year Anniversary of the Ferguson Protests
I don’t blame Michael Brown for having a smoking habit. Nor will I blame the boy for stealing a pack of smokes on August 9, 2014.
Sherell Barbee and Jacqui Germain
Viewpoint
The Devastatingly Simple Answer to Why Cori Bush Lost
Wealthy pro-Israel donors drove Rep. Cori Bush out of office because she thinks Palestinians’ lives matter.
Ben Burgis
ViewpointElection 2024
The GOP Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
From NatCon to the RNC, Republicans are dropping the pretense of religious pluralism to go all in on Christian Nationalism.
Annika Brockschmidt
A woman protester shouts into a large megaphone in the foreground. A few older protesters stand behind her with signs reading "Gaza love," "Abandon Biden--ceasefire now" and have flower and peace sign imagery.
ViewpointElection 2024
The Left Are the Adults in the Room
Progressives have earned the party's ear at the Democratic National Convention—here's how to use it.
Osita Nwanevu
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