The Wisconsin Idea

Comics

Trump Hulk Smash Democracy!

New election and cease-fire comics, curated by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Matt Bors

Niccolo Pizarro, Jen Sorensen, Brian McFadden and Tom Tomorrow

Trump’s Plan to Deport Millions of Immigrants Would Be a Nightmare for Workers and the Economy

Mass deportations could spike inflation, lower the GDP and lead to massive job losses for U.S.-born workers.

David Dyssegaard Kallick and Daniel Costa

ViewpointCultureDepartments

The Ways We Show Up After November 5

My sights are set on lifting up art that pushes for a world with disability justice and abolition and queer liberation, a future in which Palestine and Sudan and the Congo are free.

Sherell Barbee

PalestineElection 2024

Uncommitted Co-Founder Says Trump Is "Preying on the Pain of Arab and Muslim American Voters"

Abbas Alawieh says he will vote for Harris "as a Democratic strategist and as someone who’s in a swing state," but is "still terrified by the vacuum that she’s leaving."

In These Times Staff

DispatchRural America

Not in Our Nursing Homes

In Wisconsin, seniors are leading the charge to protect their own healthcare.

George Goehl

PalestineElection 2024

Project for the Old American Century

What Harris’ embrace of the Cheneys tells us about Democrats’ worldview.

Alberto Toscano

Labor

Waffle House Workers, At the Front Lines of Disasters, Demand More

The 24-hour chain famously stays open come hell or high water (inspiring FEMA’s Waffle House Index), but pays workers as little as $3 an hour.

Kim Kelly

Interview

Refusing to be Forgotten in Environmental Sacrifice Zones

Ohioans from East Palestine and Toledo are still imagining and fighting for a healthier future, free from toxic waste and poisoned water.

Maximillian Alvarez

DispatchRural America

Can Native Voters Carry Montana?

From Billings to Fort Peck, organizers are working to register Indigenous voters—and believe they might shift the needle.

Joseph Bullington