The Wisconsin Idea

How Targeting Programs to Poor People Leaves Out Poor People

Some centrist Democrats are pushing to make the expanded Child Tax Credit means-tested. In practice, that often means restricting benefits for the very people who need it most.

Jim Pugh

Rural America

The Gentrification of the Rural West

What happens to a working-class town when developers put a resort where the sawmill used to be?

Ryanne Pilgeram

Labor

A Landmark Bill Would Outlaw Bosses Cutting off Healthcare to Striking Workers

Employers regularly eliminate healthcare benefits as a strike-breaking tactic. A bill just introduced in Congress seeks to finally end this practice.

Indigo Olivier

Labor

The Supreme Court Has Long Been Anti-Worker. This Is Biden’s Chance to Change That. 

To fulfill his promise of being a “pro-union president,” Biden should choose a justice who has shown a commitment to defending workers’ rights.

Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor

A U.S. Court Just Intervened to Stop 17,000 Railroad Workers From Going On Strike

A conversation with Jeff Kurtz, a railway engineer and union member for 40 years.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Sex and the City's Soft White Supremacy

The new non-white BFFs just serve as accessories (to the white women at the center of the show)

Yasmin Nair

Viewpoint

Legalized Sports Betting Is Class War Against You

The new age of app-based gambling will do for personal finance what Facebook did for public discourse.

Hamilton Nolan

Dispatch

Mexico Has Become a "Roofless Prison" for Haitian Refugees—With Biden's Help

Thousands of migrants are trapped at the border as the United States and Mexico crack down on deportations—under Biden's policies, many will be expelled.

Chantal Flores

Labor

In a Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From the Working Class

The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.

Colleen Boyle and Eric Dirnbach