The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Sally Rooney’s Latest Novel Shows There’s No Room for Marxism in the Professional-Managerial Class

Not every college-educated professional gets to be wealthy. <i>Beautiful World, Where Are You</i> dramatizes the internal class conflict brewing among upper-middle class elites.

Sohale Andrus Mortazavi

Labor

The Small-Town Beekeeper Facing Down Big Ag

A conversation with rural Wisconsin beekeeper Kristy Lynn Allen.

Maximillian Alvarez

The Momnibus Act Protects Wisconsin’s Black Babies from a Premature Death

The proposed legislation would achieve what “bias” training alone does not.

Kavin Senapathy

ViewpointRural America

Mourn the Extinct, Fight like Hell for the Living — a Wildlife Reporter’s Plea

The 23 species declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service show us how much we have to lose. They should also motivate us to fight to stop further loss.

John R. Platt

Labor

In Middle America, Unions and Democrats Are Sleepwalking Into the Grave

By not organizing in decimated post-industrial towns, we're ceding ground to the right wing.

Hamilton Nolan

Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose $25 Million Package to Help Farmers

The proposed bills would create stronger connections between farmers and local institutions such as schools, hospitals and food banks; increase access to mental health services.

Henry Redman

Labor

A New Group to Organize College Football Players Just Launched. Incredible Timing.

After last week's NLRB memo made the unionization of college athletes a possibility, the CFBPA could become very important.

Hamilton Nolan

IATSE Entertainment Workers Are on the Verge of Their First National Strike

Workers are targeting the streaming industry, which has profited massively during the pandemic.

Alice Herman

Labor

Hollywood’s Overworked Crews Overwhelmingly Vote to Authorize a Strike

IATSE members discuss how workers in the entertainment industry have been run into the ground—and why they're fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez