The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

A Looming Court Case Threatens Native Sovereignty

“As long as non-Natives feel they have the right to ‘rescue’ our children when they don’t even understand the culture, nor do they understand the strengths of tribal communities, they are doing damage.”

Carly Graf

“Good Intentions Have Never Been Enough”

Under the guise of 'rehabilitation,' Chicago's 200 year history of jail reform has only ever justified repression.

Melanie Newport

LaborInvestigation

She Refused To Take a Drug Test Before Getting a Workplace Injury Treated—And Was Fired

A worker's arm was mangled in a machine. Before treatment, a manager requested a drug test.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

The End of the Warrior Met Strike and the Utter Failure of the Democratic Imagination

The Democratic Party blows its chance in Alabama.

Hamilton Nolan

LaborFeature

Anime Voice Actors Speak Out: It’s Not Kawaii When We Aren’t Paid

The union drive in anime dubbing.

Rohan Montgomery

Labor

Tesla Workers Announced a Union Drive. The Next Day They Were Fired.

More than 30 workers at a Tesla facility in New York were fired after going public with a union campaign. It’s the latest in a long line of alleged labor abuses by CEO Elon Musk.

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

Your Smartphone Has a Human Cost

Cobalt Red examines the tech-fueled "modern-day slavery" in the Congo

Siddharth Kara

LaborCover Story

The Case for Nationalizing the Railroads

Workers say now is the time to do the impossible.

Kari Lydersen

LaborInterview

To Prevent Future Rail Tragedies, We Need to Nationalize the Rail System

“Corporate greed [is] turning railroads into banks to extract billions and billions of dollars from what should be critical infrastructure.”

Sarah Lazare