The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Pennsylvania Nurses Near Their Breaking Point

Brandee Brown and Chrissy Newton of Schuylkill Hospital Nurses United explore the challenges of collective bargaining during a global pandemic.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Robert Reich: Don't Buy the GOP's Phony Anti-Corporate Turn

Republicans may lash out at Coca-Cola for being too "woke," but they have no interest in challenging big business' grip on our politics.

Robert Reich

Labor

The Long Struggle Against Giving Up

The failed Amazon union drive in Alabama will be vindicated by history.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Message from the Amazon Union Defeat in Alabama Is Clear: Keep Organizing

The union’s loss in Bessemer shows the urgent need for both labor law reform and organizing at a mass scale.

Rand Wilson and Peter Olney

Labor

On the Picket Line With Striking Miners

Union organizer Jacob Morrison and musician Lee Baines III offer their solidarity to members of the United Mine Workers of America.

Maximillian Alvarez

Climate

CO2 Now at Levels Unseen in 3.6 Million Years

Despite pandemic shutdowns, the NOAA warns that carbon dioxide and methane "continued their unrelenting rise in 2020."

Jessica Corbett

Viewpoint

Is the Biden Administration Quietly Pursuing an Imperialist Foreign Policy?

Pulitzer-winning author Greg Grandin explores how the State Department has adopted a "sleeper Monroe Doctrine" in Latin America.

María Esperanza Casullo

Labor

The Movement to End At-Will Employment Is Getting Serious

Unlike much of the world, the U.S. doesn’t ensure “just cause” employment. This coalition in Illinois hopes to change that.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

Politics Are Momentarily Weird Enough to Take On Global Capitalism

A global minimum corporate tax could have some crossover appeal.

Hamilton Nolan