The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Is the Conservative Case for Organized Labor an Oxymoron?

An interview with Oren Cass about the ideas behind his “Conservative Future for the American Labor Movement.”

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Bad America

Our debate recap: A nation decides whether it's time for the final act.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Left Organizers Are Being Targeted and Persecuted

A conversation with Amanda Yee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Felt Like the Loss of a Friend

Ginsburg’s story is, in many ways, the story of women in the 20th century. It’s no surprise, then, that her loss feels deeply personal.

Diana Babineau

LaborDispatch

Restaurant Workers Are Building Solidarity Amid the Pandemic

When workers at a pizza joint refused to train the people replacing them, they were fired. Now they're unionizing.

Alice Herman

Labor

How Amy Coney Barrett's Appointment Would Escalate the War on Workers

A conversation with labor activist and legal scholar James Gray Pope.

Alice Herman

Viewpoint

Sorry Joe, Countries Don't Have Souls

Joe Biden has framed the election as a battle for “America’s soul.” But what we need are politicians who will fight for the material needs of the people.

Joel Bleifuss

Rural America

Vandana Shiva: The Pandemic Is a Consequence of the War Against Life

The health emergency of the coronavirus is inseparable from the health emergency of extinction, biodiversity loss and climate change

Vandana Shiva

What a Just Transition Would Actually Mean for Workers

If there can be a Superfund for toxic dirt, there should be one for workers.

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