The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

“Quite Divorced From Reality”: Climate Scientist, Activists Call Out Shell Exec at UN Conference

The oil company is posing as a climate champion, but critics call it greenwashing.

Christine MacDonald

Rural America

First Amendment Loses as Pipeline Industry Scores Another Win in Wisconsin

Joseph Bullington

Culture

Restorative Justice: A Much-Needed Alternative to Mass Incarceration

Courts and schools across the country are looking beyond punishment.

In These Times Editors

Culture

The New Deal Funded the Arts. The Green New Deal Should, Too.

Cultural work has a key role to play in shaping the climate-friendly economy.

Ashley Dawson

Dispatch

“Our Biggest Enemy Is PG&E”: Inside the Fight to Put Utilities Under Public Control

Evacuees of the Kincade Fire and members of the Democratic Socialists of America are demanding PG&E be dismantled.

Nuala Bishari

Labor

Trump’s Labor Dept. Has Declared War on Tipped Workers

Heidi Shierholz and David Cooper

Viewpoint

Reagan Lives On in Biden

For 40 years, Biden has pushed to cut federal spending. In a recession, don't expect him to prime the pump.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

In Wisconsin, the Teamsters Faced a Revolt from Below

Alice Herman

Rural America

‘To Preserve the Future of Our Past’: Tribes Work for World Heritage Designation of Ohio Earthworks

Stephanie Woodard