The Wisconsin Idea

LaborViewpointElection 2024

A Scab Running for President Calls for Firing UAW President Shawn Fain

“Don’t get played by this scab billionaire,” Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, said in response to Donald Trump. “Stand up and fight for more.”

Luis Feliz Leon

Election 2024

What Biden's "Rent Cap" Is, and Isn't

It’s an ideological win for the left that won’t actually cap rents–but opens the door to other, bolder federal action.

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Rules to Live By

Remembering labor’s fierce organizer, strategist and writer, Jane McAlevey.

Alex Press

Labor

Capital Has No Borders—Why Should We?

Precarious immigration status creates an exploitable labor force, allowing bosses to drive down wages for everyone. Inside the labor case for open borders.

Maurizio Guerrero

Viewpoint

There’s No Good Reason To Be Spending Nearly $1 Trillion On Our Military Budget

Congress is spending on the military like it’s World War III. Diverting that money to jobs, healthcare, and the climate would make us far safer.

Lindsay Koshgarian

FeatureThe Socialism Issue

The Library Is a Commons

A socialist former president of the American Library Association on why defending libraries is fighting capitalism.

Emily Drabinski

ViewpointElection 2024

The Best Counter to Project 2025 Is a Progressive Project 2025

If President Biden—or any Democratic replacement—wants to get back in the race, they need a positive moral vision to run on, not just dire warnings.

Adam Johnson

Rural America

The “Clean Energy” Industry Ravaging Natural Forests to Feed Power Generators

Claiming to be a climate solution, biomass companies want to expand wood pellet factories and export terminals to the West Coast.

Nick Engelfried

LaborViewpoint

Republicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Miners

As black lung continues to kill coal miners, House Republicans moved to block enforcement of a life-saving safety rule.

Kim Kelly