The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Corporate Democrats Have Been in the Driver’s Seat for 30 Years. Not Anymore.

In Tuesday’s debate, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren obliterated the corporate Democratic Party consensus. It’s about damn time.

Branko Marcetic

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Debate Protesters Push Candidates To “Make Detroit the Engine of a Green New Deal”

Activists outside the Detroit debate say that climate policy should put polluted and disinvested communities first.

Christine MacDonald

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Biden, Buttigieg and Harris Rewarded by Industry for Waffling on Medicare for All

Sanders and Warren voiced unequivocal support for single-payer. Health insurance and pharma execs showered money on their opponents.

Anna Attie

Labor

Inside the Bitter Battle to Defend Workers and Patients at a Low-Income Clinic

Nan Levinson

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The Global Crackdown On BDS Is Not About Solidarity with Jews

An increasingly international campaign to tar the BDS movement as “anti-Semitic” comes as Israel’s staunchest global defenders are increasingly anti-Semites themselves.

Rachel Hodes

Labor

Hong Kong Protesters and Militant Chinese Workers Point the Way to a New Kind of Internationalism

Michelle Chen

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100 Years Ago, Farmers and Socialists Established the Country’s First Modern Public Bank

North Dakota's radical history carries valuable lessons for today's public banking movement.

Thomas M. Hanna and Adam Simpson

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I Went to a Climate Change Denial Conference. It Made Even Less Sense Than You’d Think.

Panelists at the Heartland Institute's Thursday gathering agree you should stop worrying about climate change. They just can't agree on why.

Christine MacDonald

Labor

The First Labor Plans of the 2020 Race Just Dropped. Here’s What to Make of Them.

Shaun Richman