The Wisconsin Idea

Climate

We’re About to Pass Up a Generational Opportunity to Stem the Climate Crisis

The Build Back Better program isn’t just inadequate on climate—it may be a disaster. Here’s what movements are demanding next.

Basav Sen

The U.S. Turned Jewish Refugees Away During The Holocaust. Its Refugee Policy Hasn't Changed Much Since.

The United States says, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"—unless they don't look or act like me.

Rick Perlstein

Dispatch

Shahana Hanif, Socialist Feminist Organizer, Is About to Make History

From the start, the campaign worked to harness the power of an under-tapped activist community of Bangladeshi women—inspiring a new generation of organizers.

Ria Modak

Viewpoint

We Might Get Some Great Tax Policies for Very Dumb Reasons

And that's okay.

Hamilton Nolan

Joe Manchin Is the One with an "Entitlement Mentality"

By refusing to support a massively popular social spending plan, Manchin is showing just how out of step he is with the American public and his own voters—like a modern day Marie Antoinette.

Celine-Marie Pascale

For the $10 Billion It Gave Shareholders, John Deere Could Have Given Each Worker $142,000

Workers made a fortune for shareholders over the last six-year contract. They should demand that they get paid their true worth before shareholders get a penny.

Colleen Boyle

Wisconsin Schools Called Police on Students at Twice the National Rate

School officials refer thousands of children to the police each year. In Wisconsin, children with disabilities or who are Black, Latino or Native bear the brunt of it.

Angelica Euseary, Clare Amari and Robert Chappell

Labor

The Rank-and-File Fight for Direct Democracy at UAW

A conversation with Justin Mayhugh, a worker at General Motors in Kansas City, about a referendum on whether UAW members can directly elect top union officers.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Happy Striketober. Let's Restore the Legal Right to Strike.

Now's the perfect time to fight for the right to return to a job once a strike is over.

Shaun Richman