The Wisconsin Idea
Labor
SEIU President: Expelling Police Unions From the Labor Movement “Has to Be Considered”
Hamilton Nolan
Labor
Undocumented Farmworkers Are Refusing Covid Tests for Fear of Losing Their Jobs
Michelle Fawcett and Arun Gupta
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
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