The Wisconsin Idea

ViewpointElection 2024

A Right-Wing Turn to Nowhere

The banal cruelty of Europe’s “protest vote for the status quo.”

Alberto Toscano

LaborInterviewPodcast

Baltimore Longshoreman on the Key Bridge Collapse: “It’s not surprising that this ship lost power.”

Veteran longshoreman John Blom on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the slow recovery ahead for port workers.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

No, JoJo Siwa Did Not Invent Gay Pop

Let’s not erase the icons that came before us.

Briana L. Ureña-Ravelo

LaborViewpoint

Those Who Hate Public Sector Unions Also Hate Democracy. It's Not a Coincidence.

A huge union win in the Fairfax County schools could be the first of many.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Independent Press for Working People and a Free Palestine

In These Times was recently awarded the 2024 Izzy Award for “outstanding achievement in independent media.” This speech has been significantly edited for length and clarity.

Alex Han

Safe Abortions Everywhere, Regardless of the Law

After Dobbs, learning from the Global South.

Naomi Braine

LaborViewpointPalestine

Students, Gaza and a New Vision of Safety

"We Keep Us Safe" is more than a slogan at student encampments. It inspires an avenue to protection and community that undercuts a security state bolstered by genocide—and can show us all a path forward.

Sarah Jaffe

Rural America

Mine Water Is Spewing into this West Virginia Community While Companies Squabble Over Who Is Responsible

Since the Pinnacle Mining Complex discharged dirty mine water into area creeks, locals report polluted drinking water and widespread illness.

Ellie Heffernan

Palestine

The Sanctuary Movement Put U.S. Foreign Policy on Trial

What can it teach our movements today?

Natascha Elena Uhlmann