The Wisconsin Idea

Rural America

Tribal Court Case Against Line 3 Pipeline Is First to Invoke “Rights of Nature”

The suit by the White Earth Band of Ojibwe says Enbridge's pipeline would violate the rights of wild rice, which the tribe enshrined in law in 2018.

Alex Brown

Feature

"We Have To Change the Rules": What AIDS Activists Can Teach Us About the Covid Pandemic

A conversation with current and former ACT UP activists.

Ria Modak

Viewpoint

The Infrastructure and Budget Bills Are a Watershed in U.S. Economic Doctrine

Deficit demagogy has (finally) become a fringe position in American politics—just look at the massive bills moving through Congress.

Max B. Sawicky

Interview

This Obscure Financial Tool Could Help Global South Countries That Are Drowning in the Pandemic

Here's why some of the IMF's biggest critics are calling on it to issue "special drawing rights."

Sarah Lazare

Climate

Democratic Leaders Are Finger-Wagging Over the IPCC Report. They Should Look To Themselves.

If Democrats really heeded the warning of the IPCC report, they'd end the fossil fuel industry.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

The Political Magic of the Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan

Biden and the Democrats have put forward proposals that would finally invest in public services that help humans flourish.

Rick Perlstein

Rural America

Climate Change and Privatization Could End the Public Beach

Sea-level rise on one side and private development on the other threaten to squeeze beaches, and public access to them, out of existence.

Thomas Ankersen

Viewpoint

Nina Turner’s Loss Holds Lessons for Future Left Candidates

A flood of dark money and establishment opposition helped sink Turner’s campaign—but progressive challengers can still win if they learn from the defeat while running on a redistributive platform.

Natalie Shure

Organic Farmers Hurt by Trump Administration Hope for a 'Level Playing Field'

The Biden administration is considering reviving organic farming rules Trump killed. Now all eyes are on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack as he weighs whether to bring the rule back.

Julian Emerson