The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

How to Transform Research and Innovation for the Common Good

The climate and Covid-19 crises make it abundantly clear we need to change our society's approach to research and intellectual property.

Thomas M. Hanna

Viewpoint

Who Is Going to Stop Him?

If you don't think that Trump will steal this election, please explain why not.

Hamilton Nolan

Dispatch

Targeted, Imprisoned, Deported, Dead: How ICE’s Detention Can Be Deadly to Migrants

Human rights advocate Durvi Martinez was first detained by Vermont State Police. Then ICE stepped in.

Arvind Dilawar

ViewpointRural America

No Parks for the Poor

In the face of budget cuts, some land management agencies are ramping up user fees — and betraying the egalitarian promise of public lands.

Joseph Bullington

Culture

Trump’s False Claims of Rampant Voter Fraud Draw From a Well-worn Racist Playbook

Republicans have tried to suppress turnout among voters who are poor, disabled or people of color for many years.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

Unite Here Is 85% Unemployed and Still Fighting Like Hell

The economically devastated union is knocking on more doors than the entire Democratic Party

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

A New Crisis Hotline Could Serve As an Alternative to Policing in Chicago

Police aren’t social workers. A new proposal would stop them from doing both jobs.

Taylor Moore

Viewpoint

All the Options for Schooling Are Bad—But We Have to Choose Safety

On parents' impossible decision.

Chandra Thomas Whitfield

LaborViewpoint

What Does a “Safe Return” to School Look Like? Ask Teacher Unions.

Powerful elites are willing to sacrifice the lives and futures of millions to feed their own profits. Teachers are fighting back.

Lois Weiner and Jackson Potter