The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Toiling in the Marijuana Fields

A conversation with an organic weed grower in Alaska.

Maximillian Alvarez

What the GameStop Bubble Reveals About Our Monstrous Financial System

The online pranksters behind the great GameStop bubble of 2021 are probably going to lose a lot of money. But they’ve done the world a service by reminding us of the absurdity of the stock market.

Doug Henwood

Labor

Union Density Went Up Last Year! Don't Get Too Excited.

When you do the math, the story is not as great as it seems.

Hamilton Nolan

Culture

Against Loving Your Job

"We need a politics of time. A political understanding that our lives are ours to do with what we will."

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

Chicago Teachers Are Showing the Country How to Fight an Unsafe Reopening

As the mayor tries to force them back into schools, teachers may be headed into another strike.

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

How the Deep Roots of Farm Labor Solidarity Helped Wisconsin Survive the Pandemic

A century of agrarian organizing pays off.

Hannah Faris

Feature

Columbia Students Wage the Largest Tuition Strike in Nearly 50 Years

Students are demanding the university lower the cost of attendance and boost financial aid.

Indigo Olivier

Labor

With Minimum Wage Victory in Reach, The Fight for $15 Vows Bigger Things to Come

Leaders are setting their sights on a national collective bargaining agreement.

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

The Little Known, Racist History of the 911 Emergency Call System

The 911 system we have today was created in response to the 1967 civil rights protests.

Katrina Feldkamp and S. Rebecca Neusteter