The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

An Ohio College Privatized Its Energy and Built a Gas Plant on Campus, Outraging Students

OSU announced in 2008 its goal to go carbon neutral by 2050. Now, however, the university is pursuing the construction of a new, gas-powered energy plant despite student protests holding them accountable.

Taylor Dorrell

LaborViewpoint

Stop Buying Holiday Gifts for Your Boss

A third of U.S. workers say they buy presents for their manager. It’s time to end this predatory ritual once and for all.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Wisconsin State Parks Battered as Lake Michigan Shrinks Beaches, Smashes Boardwalks

The state Department of Natural Resources is weighing a fundamental question: Preserve land or let nature take its course?

Mario Koran

Viewpoint

Running Scared from Inflation Is a Recipe for Ruining the Economy

The specter of inflation is being invoked by Sen. Joe Manchin to block vital social programs in the Build Back Better bill. It's just a pretext for class war.

Max B. Sawicky

Departments

Student Worker Isn’t an Oxymoron

This month University of California's Student Researchers United-UAW won their union, the largest unit of student employees organized at once in U.S. history. Let's look back 30 years at what campus organizers fought for.

In These Times Editors

Viewpoint

Is Money for Nukes More Important Than Paid Family Leave? Congress Thinks So.

With Biden’s Build Back Better bill sidelined, the Senate just approved a gigantic military budget—including funds for “useable” nukes. That’s unconscionable.

Danny Sjursen

Labor

Labor Activists Want to Know Why Workers Were Left to Die in Extreme Tornadoes

Grief, anger, and demands for answers after tornadoes kill at least 14 U.S. workers.

Jeff Schuhrke

Feature

120 Manufacturers in the Global South Could Be Producing mRNA Vaccines If Big Pharma Would Only Show Them How

A new report finds that pharmaceutical monopolies are preventing the production of significant quantities of vaccines in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Sarah Lazare

LaborFeature

How the Mighty Culinary Union Survived the Apocalypse

After facing 98% unemployment in the depths of the pandemic, the strongest union in Las Vegas has risen again.

Hamilton Nolan