The Wisconsin Idea

LaborRural America

Meatpacking Workers Say Attendance Policies Force Them to Work With Covid-19 Symptoms

As the pandemic rages, punitive attendance policies at corporate meat plants coerce sick workers into showing up, according to activists, experts and the workers themselves.

Heather Schlitz

Feature

With Biden in Power, Beware the Neoliberal Backlash

Grassroots organizers and Black voters led Biden to victory. Our concerns and demands must be taken seriously.

Barbara Ransby

Feature

One Third of Biden's Pentagon Transition Team Hails From Organizations Financed by the Weapons Industry

The president-elect is drawing from hawkish think tanks funded by arms companies.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

Bernie Sanders Is Actively Running for Labor Secretary

Coy before the election, the Vermont Senator is now rallying support to join the Biden administration cabinet

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Power Comes From Class War, Not Biden

The Left needs workers more than it needs the Democratic Party.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Keep Rahm Emanuel As Far Away As Possible From the Biden Administration

Neoliberal architect Rahm Emanuel is reportedly being considered for a top spot in Biden’s cabinet. That idea needs to be immediately thrown in the trash.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Investigation

This Democrat Is Vying for a Powerful Foreign Affairs Role. His Ties To Right-Wing Groups in Colombia Could Haunt Him.

Rep. Gregory Meeks worked with Colombian politicians tied to right-wing paramilitaries to help push for a corporate-friendly "free trade" deal.

Sarah Lazare and Maurizio Guerrero

LaborViewpoint

It’s Time for the Democrats to Deliver for Workers. Fighting for the PRO Act Is the First Step.

With Joe Biden winning the presidency, the Democratic Party needs to come through for working people by passing legislation to dramatically expand labor rights across the United States.

Jim Williams

Viewpoint

Joe Biden Said He's Against the Yemen War. He Needs To End It on Day One.

Here's what Biden can do to halt all U.S. assistance to the onslaught he helped start.

Sarah Lazare