The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Our Food System Is Broken and Biden’s USDA Pick Won’t Fix It

Tom Vilsack showed his pro-corporate colors when he served as Obama's ag secretary. To build a just food system under his leadership, we will have to push from below.

Jim Goodman

Labor

The Year That Labor Hung On By Its Fingertips

Disasters, missed opportunities, and a few bright spots in 2020.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

The Stunning Workers' Victory in New Mexico That You Haven't Heard About

New Mexico made it way easier for workers to form a union. Here's what it means.

C.M. Lewis

Feature

Left Grassroots Groups Helped Biden Win Georgia. Now They’re Organizing to Flip the Senate.

With hopes for a progressive agenda on the line, working class-led organizations are going all out to defeat the GOP in Georgia.

Nuala Bishari

Feature

The Case Against Industrial Animal Agriculture in 10 Statistics

The pandemic has slowed the growth of meat consumption around the world. Scientists argue we need to keep that trend going.

Dayton Martindale

Feature

2020 Exposed the Myth of American “Security”

The “security state” not only failed to keep us safe, but worsened the coronavirus pandemic and unleashed violence on the people hardest hit.

Sarah Lazare

Feature

The Numbers Show Covid Is a Mental Health Crisis

The U.S. mental health system was already in tatters. Then came the pandemic.

Hannah Faris

Rural America

There Are Only 300 Wolverines Left in the Lower 48. Why Won’t the Government Protect Them?

The Fish and Wildlife Service downplayed the threat of climate change and deferred to industry groups in a recent decision not to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, according to two lawsuits.

Johnathan Hettinger

Viewpoint

Biden Needs to Spend Big—And Fast. Here Are 4 Immediate Priorities.

Forget about the debt. Boosting the economy and sending people money isn't just good policy, it's smart politics.

Max B. Sawicky