The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Why Shipbuilders in Coastal Maine are (Still) On Strike

A conversation with Jami Bellefleur, a Maine shipbuilder.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

California Hospital Workers Strike, Fracturing Pandemic’s Uneasy Labor Peace

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

“We Are On the Cusp of Something Great”: A Black Liberation Organizer on Next Steps for the Movement

An interview with Nikita Mitchell

Nikita Mitchell

Rural America

Between Dwindling Revenue and Rising Virus Cases, Rural Hospitals Face a Reckoning

April Simpson

Labor

Single Mothers and Their Children Are Taking Over Abandoned Public Buildings

Mindy Isser

Feature

Police Budgets Are Ballooning as Social Programs Crumble

Cities across the country have defied demands from protesters to defund police despite facing huge budget deficits from Covid-19.

Indigo Olivier

Feature

Philly D.A. Larry Krasner Says He’s Ready to Charge Invading Federal Agents with Crimes

He sees a way out of our "drunken stumble" into fascism.

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

Beware the Anti-Defamation League’s Efforts to Partner with Progressive Orgs

The Anti-Defamation League has a long history of smearing Black activists, working with police, and evoking “hate speech” to demonize the peaceful BDS movement.

Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson

Viewpoint

Defund the Police? Why Not?

We should not confuse public safety with investments in systems of punishment.

Joel Bleifuss