The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

A Virtual Charter School Company Says Covid-19 Is the ‘Tailwind’ It’s Been Waiting For

Critics say online learning is failing low-income students. But some for-profit companies are pushing to make it the new normal.

Indigo Olivier

Rural America

‘An Abrupt Wake-Up Call’: Alaska Peers into a Future Without Oil

Yereth Rosen

Feature

New York’s Samelys López Has a Radical Proposal: Poverty Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence

López, a left-wing challenger running for Congress, discusses disaster capitalism, defunding police and how she's taking on the Democratic establishment.

Malaika Jabali

Feature

How Our Bloated Military Strengthens the Police State

The violent U.S. domination of people of color overseas is inextricably linked to the oppression of people of color at home.

Shireen Al-Adeimi and Sarah Lazare

Labor

Chicago Teachers Join the Nationwide Movement to Kick Cops Out of Schools

Indigo Olivier

Labor

Workers United Branch Calls on AFL-CIO to Expel Police Unions

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

Market Logic Is Literally Killing Us

Historically, during national emergencies like World War II, the U.S. government subordinated business interests to the public good. Why can't it do so in the Covid-19 crisis?

Rick Perlstein

Viewpoint

Want to Defeat Trump Without Campaigning for Biden? Here’s How.

Socialists and other Bernie Sanders supporters can play a critical role in defeating right-wing populism while building a left-wing alternative for the long term—by going down-ballot.

David Duhalde

Viewpoint

Our Biden Problem

Movements face a challenge: how to oust Trump while still combatting Biden's neoliberalism.

Barbara Ransby