The Wisconsin Idea

ViewpointRural America

On Environment, Biden Needs to Do a Lot More than Roll Back the Rollbacks

President Trump gutted almost 100 environmental protections. Here’s a list of the ones Biden should undo first and why he must not stop there.

Jonathan Thompson

Labor

The Man Building the Bridge Between Labor Rights and Criminal Justice Reform

Jose Garza, the new District Attorney in Austin, is the face of progressive power in Texas.

Hamilton Nolan

DispatchClimate

The Climate Movement’s Reckoning with Black Lives Matter

For far too long, the climate movement has ignored the needs of the people most impacted by the climate crisis. That's changing.

Camille Williams

Feature

Biden's Foreign Policy Picks Are From the Hawkish National Security Blob. That Is a Bad Sign.

Biden's incoming team helped shape some of the most militaristic policies of the Obama administration.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

As Covid Surges, Doctors Are Striking Against "Retail Health"

A conversation with Dr. Amir Atabeygi, a physician at MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care in Thurston County, Washington.

Maximillian Alvarez

Climate

Biden Can't Reach His Own Climate Goals Without Banning Fracking

Trump tried—and failed—to ride fears about a fracking ban to a second term. Now Biden needs to confront fossil fuels.

Wenonah Hauter

Demanding a Place for Palestinians in American Cultural Life

Palestinians aren’t just kept in misery and degradation by the Israeli occupation — they’re also silenced, at home and abroad. Palestinian activists and their supporters are trying to change that.

David Palumbo-Liu

Rural America

Regrowing Indigenous Agriculture Could Nourish People, Cultures and the Land

European settlement, government policies and monoculture have nearly eradicated Native American farming practices. A growing movement is reclaiming them.

Christina Gish Hill

Cover Story

How Democrats Won and Lost

And what the surprising results mean for the Left.

Maurice Mitchell, Varshini Prakash, George Goehl, Andrea Plaid, Kristian Hernandez and Branko Marcetic