The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The People Who Will Draft the Democratic Platform Have a Conflict of Interest Problem

Next up after the Biden-Sanders task forces? The Democratic platform drafting committee—and progressives have their work cut out for them.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

The Public Sector’s Right to Strike Is Left Behind in Biden-Bernie Task Force Compromise

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Organizing Against Police Unions Has Invigorated Hollywood’s Labor Movement, Members Say

Alice Herman

Rural America

Black People Own Less of the U.S. than 100 Years Ago. A ‘Black Commons’ Could Help Reverse the Trend

Julian Agyeman and Kofi Boone

Labor

The Future of Homeless Organizing Lives on the Prettiest Street in Philadelphia

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

How the Trump Administration’s Small Business Protection Program Has Failed Communities of Color

The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated businesses run by people of color. The Trump administration's Small Business Administration isn’t helping.

Miranda Litwak

Feature

The Coddling of the Elites

Free speech for whom, exactly?

Hamilton Nolan

InvestigationGoodman Institute

The Catholic Church Siphoned Away $30 Million Paid to Native People for Stolen Land

Free, government-funded schools were rarely built on reservations—meaning that for many Native families, Catholic mission schools were the only option.

Mary Annette Pember

Feature

They Came to Support People Getting Out of Jail. Then They Were Attacked By Police.

Jail support outfits have not been spared police backlash.

Elizabeth King