The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

How Our Politics Came Undone

Under Trump, our notion of shared truth has been shattered. In its place, monsters have swarmed.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Rural America

Rural Minnesota Is Getting Less White. Meet the Progressive Women Running to Make the Government Less White, Too.

Immigrants, come to work meatpacking and farm jobs, have rejuvenated Nobles County. These women aim to make sure they're represented.

Sarah Lahm

Labor

The Brazilian Caregivers Facing Longer Hours, Lower Pay and Compulsory Quarantine

How the pandemic is worsening conditions for the workers who care for Brazil's elderly.

Isabela Dias and Barbara Barcia

Viewpoint

Left-Wing Groups Are Filling the Void Left By an "Invisible" Biden Campaign in Michigan

If Joe Biden wins Michigan, he’ll have these independent, grassroots groups to thank.

Eli Day

Labor

Our Politicians in Alabama Are Scapegoating Immigrants, But Workers Shouldn't Be Fooled

Republicans are trying to deflect attention from their own dismal records.

Labor

Trump and the Rotting Core of America

An interview with labor reporter Hamilton Nolan.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Trump’s Calls for Voter Intimidation Are Already Being Heeded. Here’s How to Respond.

We could see a deluge of Trump-sponsored voter intimidation on Election Day. Protecting our democracy requires stopping it in its tracks.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

Remember What They Did

Do not allow the enablers of the Trump administration to rejoin polite society, ever.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Don’t Be Fooled: Billionaires Are Fighting the Fair Tax Because They Don’t Want to Pay Up

The Illinois Fair Tax proposal would benefit the working class, communities of color and women by finally taxing the super-rich. That’s why wealthy people are trying to kill it.

Amisha Patel