The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

We Should Cause Trouble, Not Make Nice With Biden

History suggests that it’s not making friends, but making the administration’s life difficult, that gets results for the Left.

Branko Marcetic

Feature

Illinois Just Ended Cash Bail. Here's How Organizers Made It Happen.

Illinois is the first state in the country to completely end the use of money bond.

Alice Herman

Labor

The Animal Legal Defense Fund Is Busting Its Union With a Smile

A nonstop anti-union campaign comes with assurances that management is "really progressive"

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

Biden Must Reject Trump’s “Vaccine Apartheid” Policy at the WTO

The president-elect pledged to combat racism. But he’s been mum about an urgent racial injustice taking place on a global scale.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

The Actions of the (Well-Funded) Capitol Police Show Why We Need to Defund the Police

On January 6, police showed us exactly who they "serve and protect."

D.A. Bullock

Culture

Public Wailing as Political Dissent

Both personal and political, wailing disrupts the social order.

Renee Simms

Viewpoint

Congress Now Has More Socialists Than Ever Before in U.S. History

The high-water mark for socialists elected to national office is in step with a proud tradition in American politics.

Maurice Isserman

Rural America

Remembering Charley Pride — and Country Music’s Long-Obscured Black Roots

Pride stood out as one of the very few Black superstars in a whitewashed genre.

Liam Kennedy

Labor

With Democrats in Full Control, It's Time to Pass the PRO Act

A conversation with leaders of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Maximillian Alvarez