The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

U.S. Media Outlets Are Still Banging the Drums for the Afghanistan War

Major press outlets are trying to goad Biden into staying in Afghanistan.

Sarah Lazare

Rural America

Yellowstone Is Losing Its Snow, with Repercussions for Everyone Downstream

A climate assessment found that snowfall is declining in Greater Yellowstone — and likely to keep declining. The problems trickle down to impact everyone from trout to grizzly bears to people.

Bryan Shuman

Labor

Over Mayor Lightfoot’s Objections, Chicago Is Set to Finally Enact an Elected School Board

Despite some qualms with the legislation, public education advocates are cheering the embrace of school democracy over mayoral control.

Kari Lydersen

Labor

Joe Biden Says He Stands With Unions. This Is His Moment to Prove It.

The longest national nurses strike in over a decade could also be a "watershed moment" for Medicare for All.

Mark Dudzic and Rand Wilson

Viewpoint

There Are No Mass Migrations Without U.S. Meddling and Militarism

Despite its pledges to aid Central America, the Biden administration continues to deny the United States' role in destabilizing the region.

Azadeh Shahshahani and Rhonda Ramiro

Labor

Score One for the Smithfield Workers of Sioux Falls

After suffering one of the worst workplace outbreaks of Covid-19 in the country last year, pork processors in South Dakota have secured a major labor victory.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

The Only Way to Stop the GOP’s Democracy Doom Loop

Republicans are on a warpath against voting rights. Democrats alone won’t block them—we need mass grassroots resistance.

Eli Day

Labor

The Heat Wave Shows Climate Change Is a Workers' Rights Issue

The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis.

Mindy Isser

ViewpointRural America

What Can the Biden Admin Do to Make Our Food System More Resilient? Make it More Local.

Our food supply chains are vulnerable because they’re highly concentrated, corporatized and unaccountable to the public.

Ben Lilliston