The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

How the Filibuster Became the Biggest Threat to American Democracy

“Kill Switch” author Adam Jentleson traces the history of the Senate procedure and explains why Democrats preserve it at their peril.

Paul Blest

Viewpoint

Biden Could Help Prevent Water Crises Like the One in Jackson—If He Stands Up to Corporations

The ongoing crisis in Jackson, Mississippi shows why President Biden must reject privatization.

Thomas M. Hanna

Labor

The Filibuster Is a Labor Issue

The PRO Act will not pass unless we end the filibuster. Those two things are a package deal.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

How the Democrats Blew the Last Big Labor Bill

Twelve years ago, Congress failed to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. Will the PRO Act meet the same fate?

In These Times Editors

Viewpoint

How Austerity Politics End

By passing the American Rescue Plan, President Biden and Democrats in Congress are signaling they may finally be ready to move on from the age of market fundamentalism.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Rural America

Towns Across the West Face a Housing Crisis. More Sprawl Is Not the Answer.

The lack of affordable shelter in the region has dramatic economic and public health repercussions. Some places are working to solve the problem by building more densely.

Jake Bullinger

Dispatch

Migrant Detainees Find Little Relief Under Biden

Despite a change in rhetoric, deportations of migrants continue under President Biden.

Maurizio Guerrero

Labor

There Are No Make or Break Moments In a Movement

It's a process, and it never ends.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

We May Be One Election From Permanent Minority Rule

Donald Trump has been defeated, but American democracy remains in peril. Here’s how we can reverse the trendline.

Peter Certo