The Wisconsin Idea
LaborPodcast
Teachers Union Staff Faced An Unexpected Labor Adversary—The Union That Employs Them
The National Education Association is the largest union in the country—so large that its 350 employees have a union of their own, and had to fight for a fair contract.
Mel Buer
ViewpointElection 2024
Don't Despair, Organize
Our job on the left is to translate outrage over Trump's agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision.
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
LaborPodcast
A Rank-And-File Voice: Labor Poet George Fish
An interview with an Indianapolis-based writer, poet, Kroger produce-stocker, and active member of the UFCW Local 700.
Mel Buer
Culture
Love, Life and Revolution
An excerpt from former Palestinian prisoner Wisam Rafeedie’s autobiographical novel <i>The Trinity of Fundamentals</i>.
Wisam Rafeedie
ViewpointElection 2024
What’s The Deal With The Latine Vote?
The diverse Latine experience, shaped by factors like immigration status, race and class, is too often oversimplified—both by outsiders and within our own communities.
Briana L. Ureña-Ravelo
Election 2024
In States Across the Country, Voters Chose to Take On Inequality
In the 2024 election, voters passed ballot initiatives to tax the rich, fund long term care and provide paid leave.
Sarah Anderson
LaborPodcast
Seven Unions Demand An End to US Military Aid to Israel
As the genocide of Palestinians continues, millions of American workers called for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the US-backed siege of Gaza.
Maximillian Alvarez and Mel Buer
Consolidation Threatens to Rip ‘Service’ Out of Postal Service
Unlike other public services that are perennially on the chopping block, USPS already gets zero tax dollars. Yet a string of right-wing politicians, Donald Trump among them, have called for privatizing it.
Alexandra Bradbury
Election 2024
Trump Is Planning a Presidency of, by, and for the Rich
Now that the “pro-worker” GOP led by Donald Trump holds the reins of government, what does it plan to do? A program of handouts for big business and austerity for the rest of us.
Branko Marcetic
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