The Wisconsin Idea

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

Viewpoint

Progressives Should Reject the DOGE Scam

There’s nothing to gain from indulging the premise that Musk and Trump care about “government waste”—it’s a ploy to gut the entire liberal state.

Adam Johnson

Labor

SEIU Joins AFL-CIO to 'Unleash a New Era of Worker Power' as Trump 2.0 Looms

"CEOs and billionaires want nothing more than to see workers divided, but we're standing here today with greater solidarity than ever," said AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler.

Jake Johnson

Viewpoint

Trump and RFK Jr.’s Policies Will Make America Sick

The next Trump administration is set to defund healthcare through a pro-corporate agenda. The answer is a universal, single-payer system.

Adam Gaffney

Viewpoint

The Allegory of Would-Be Federal Judge Adeel Mangi

Mangi would have been the nation's first Muslim American federal appeals judge. But thanks to racist Republican attacks and Democratic spinelessness, he lost his appointment.

Jay Willis

Culture

Voices On the Wall

Street art in Bangladesh prevails after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government.

Piyas Biswas

Rural America

Meatpacking Plants Disproportionately Pollute Poor, Non-White Communities

Postville, Iowa has long dealt with the fallout from Agri Star Meat and Poultry, the town’s largest employer—and the same is true in many towns near meatpacking plants.

John McCracken and Mónica Cordero

Rural America

Despite Support for Trump, Rural Voters Split with Republican Party on School Vouchers and Abortion

2024 vote tallies show rural areas are more politically complex than popular party and media narratives would have us believe.

Lane Wendell Fischer