The Wisconsin Idea

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

Dispatch

Protesting Native Deaths by Police

Amid protests against police violence nationwide, a march was held in remembrance of a Native man who died in police custody while suffering a mental health crisis.

Elena Carter

Rural America

Bayer Engineered a New Corn Seed That’s Resistant to Five Herbicides. But How Long Will It Work?

Johnathan Hettinger

Labor

The Post Office Belongs to the Public. Let’s not Give it to Wall Street.

Mark Dimondstein and Richard Koritz