The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

The Insurgent Slate Just Won the Teamsters Election. Here’s What’s at Stake.

A conversation with journalist Indigo Olivier.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

The Time For a Four-Day Work Week Has Arrived

To expand personal freedom, recover from the Covid pandemic and curb the climate crisis—let's embrace a shorter working week.

Anna Coote

Departments

Fifteen Minute Cities Could Be the Future of Urban Planning

This solution could be a blueprint not just for greater convenience, but for equity and sustainability.

In These Times Editors

Feature

Think Tank Funded by the Weapons Industry Pressures Biden Not To Regulate Military Contractors’ Emissions

The Heritage Foundation has received considerable donations from the arms industry. And now it's trying to shield that industry from climate regulations targeting military contractors.

Sarah Lazare

FeatureClimateRural America

After Ida, This Louisiana Tribe Is Organizing Its Own Recovery

Armed with agricultural knowledge and mutual aid networks, the Houma people aren't waiting on the government to rescue them.

Joseph Bullington

Labor

Warmed By Burn Barrels, Pelted By Sleet, Striking Workers Have More Resolve Than John Deere

A vote on a tentative agreement is just around the corner, but these Illinois workers are still on strike.

Jennifer Bamberg

Viewpoint

The New Inflation Scare Is the Dumbest Thing Since Voodoo Economics

Elites are sounding the alarm over threats of inflation in order to block Biden’s social spending plan. We shouldn’t fall for it.

Max B. Sawicky

Labor

Minority Contract Ratification Is a Crime Against the Labor Movement

The IATSE disaster should never happen again.

Hamilton Nolan

Climate

Want to Know How We Can Win a Just Transition? States Hold a Key.

What's next for the worker-led movement to curb climate change.

Mindy Isser