The Wisconsin Idea

Fire on a ridgeline above two houses nestled in trees
Climate
L.A. Activists Put Price-Gouging Landlords on Notice
Tenant organizers see signs of illegal disaster profiteering on Los Angeles rental sites while 100,000 evacuees seek temporary or permanent lodging.
Rebecca Burns
CultureClimate
Killing The Forest For The Trees
Trump intends to reopen the Tongass National Forest to logging. But environmentalists and tribal governments envision a more equitable and sustainable future for Southeast Alaska's economy.
Caroleine James
A man in shorts and white knee socks stands in his doorway looking at a flier, with a woman looking over his shoulder and two canvassers in Siembra NC gear facing him
ViewpointElection 2024
We Knocked Too Many Doors
In too many states, donors and organizers built infrastructure for one-off conversations instead of investing in issue campaigns that could have done more.
Andrew Willis Garcés
FeatureElection 2024
School of Hard Knocks
What the Left learned from a bruising election.
Henry Hicks IV
Dispatch
Michigan’s Muslims Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
Disgusted by Democrats' ongoing support for the genocide in Gaza, some Muslim and Arab American voters are embracing third-party candidates and community-based forms of political engagement.
Malak Silmi
LaborViewpointElection 2024
The Profits of Fear
Trump’s mass deportation plans are a racist racket with deep roots in U.S. history and law.
Alberto Toscano
Viewpoint
As President, Jimmy Carter Was Not a “Peacemaker”
The late Carter’s foreign policy record as president was mixed at best.
Stephen Zunes
Sneiderman collage
LaborViewpoint
“You Have To Shake Up the Status Quo”: Marilyn Sneiderman’s Struggle To Transform Labor
“Marilyn stands out as a leader who not only recruited disruptors but spent a lot of her time and effort trying to figure out how to defend and maintain the space for disruptors.”
Sarah Jaffe
Labor
Julie Su Is Still Optimistic About the Future of Labor
A discussion between Kim Kelly and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su about the accomplishments of her tenure, anti-worker threats on the horizon, and keeping faith in challenging times.
Kim Kelly
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