The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Forcing People to Work So They Can Get a Child Tax Credit Is a Terrible Idea

Work requirements don’t actually increase employment or reduce poverty. But Republicans and conservative Democrats are pushing them anyway.

Jim Pugh

Labor

The Federal Reserve’s Answer to Inflation Is Class War

The conventional medicine for fighting inflation is to make workers pay. And that is what the Federal Reserve, with Joe Biden’s approval, is planning to do.

Hadas Thier

Culture

An Iranian Artist in Exile Turns Her Camera to the West

Shirin Neshat explores how the government invades our dreams.

Matt A. Hanson

Culture

Frustrated With #GirlBoss Feminism? Look to Eastern European History

In Red Valkyries Kristen Ghodsee interrogates the false promise of liberal feminism.

Brianna Di Monda

Feature

The Remarkable and Entirely Underappreciated Achievements of the EPA

The Supreme Court is gutting an agency that has a measurable history of saving lives.

Branko Marcetic

Feature

Did This Supreme Court Just Issue a Progressive Ruling on Immigration? Sort Of.

The MPP ruling will bring immediate relief for migrants stuck in Mexico, but doesn't signal anything humane about the court.

Adrian Rennix

Viewpoint

Why Socialists Shouldn’t Ignore the January 6 Hearings

Trump and his allies attempted to overturn democracy—and they’re likely to do it again. The Left should lead the charge to stop that effort.

David Duhalde

Viewpoint

Radical Is Now Rational

When reality changes, only fools don't change with it.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Don’t Trust the Federal Reserve on Inflation

The Fed’s plan to curb inflation rests on punishing working people—when they’re the ones in need of relief.

Max B. Sawicky