The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

The Largest Private-Sector Strike of the Year Is Headed for Union Victory

After nearly seven weeks on the picket line, Machinists union members will soon vote on a contract that includes everything they’re fighting for.

Jeremy Gantz

LaborClimate

The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What's Stopping the AFL-CIO?

Union support for the Green New Deal is growing. It's time for America's largest labor federation to get on board.

Mindy Isser

Feature

Mijente Stayed Out of the 2016 Election. Here’s Why It’s Going All In This Time.

Hispanic voters will comprise 13% of the electorate this year—the largest nonwhite demographic group of eligible voters. Mijente’s “Fuera Trump” campaign aims to mobilize them for the November election.

Ray Levy-Uyeda

Rural America

Animals and Plants Are Relocating Because of Climate Change. Should They Be Considered Invasive?

Jenny Morber

Feature

I Shouldn’t Have to Be a “Strong Black Woman” for My Life to Matter

Support Black women when we are loud or quiet, when we are brave or scared, when we are fed-up or meek.

Ramenda Cyrus

Viewpoint

Want Progressive U.S. Politics? Continue to Reform the Democratic Party Rules

There would be far more elected officials like Jamaal Bowman and AOC, if New York complied with the new Party reforms.

Larry Cohen

Feature

Biden Promises a Return to the Obama Era. That’s Bad News for Palestinians.

A campaign built on nostalgia is no comfort for those who are not at all nostalgic for the Obama administration.

Alex Kane

Rural America

Report: More Environmentalists Were Murdered Last Year Than Ever Before

Ashoka Mukpo

Viewpoint

Robert Reich: How Mitch McConnell’s Republicans Are Destroying America

While a lethal pandemic and economic crisis wreak havoc on working families, McConnell and the GOP are dead set on protecting business interests and enriching the wealthy.

Robert Reich