The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Happy Birthday Jeff Bezos, You Bum

A cold, angry party for an absent billionaire.

Hamilton Nolan

ViewpointRural America

How to Live with the New Predator that Stalks the West

Unwilling to share the landscape with grizzlies, wolves and other predators, the U.S. exterminated most of them. With wildfire, we don’t have that option.

Pepper Trail

Wisconsin's Rural Schools in "Crisis Mode"

A longstanding educator drain strains teachers and students.

Steven Potter

Feature

The Hypocrisy of Biden's New "Blame the Unvaccinated" Strategy

As long as we're blaming individuals, we are not talking about how the Biden administration's policies are failing the world.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

The New Judge Judy Is As Classist As Ever

How a TV justice extends contempt for the poor.

Yasmin Nair

Labor

Death in the Air

An essential worker considers pandemic times.

Sean Estelle

Labor

Disturbing New Report Shows Dire Conditions For Grocery Workers

A huge new survey of Kroger employees finds homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity are widespread.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Teachers Being Demonized for Trying To Save Us From the Pandemic

A conversation with locked-out members of the Chicago Teachers Union.

Maximillian Alvarez

Dispatch

Last Resort Abortion in a Rural Reproductive Rights Wasteland

“If abortion is taken away in Wisconsin completely, people will do much worse things.”

Sam Stroozas