The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Why “High Hopes” Is the Perfect Dance Song for the Buttigieg Campaign

It’s a meritocratic fantasy.

Dayton Martindale

Feature

$44,000 for Air Ambulances, Hour-Long Rides to an ER—The High Cost of Healthcare in Appalachia

Rural hospitals are closing or downgrading at an alarming rate. That could be fatal.

Mason Adams

Rural America

Getting Stuck Is a Rural Rite of Passage

Joseph Bullington

Labor

Why 15,000 Indiana Teachers Just Walked Off the Job

Jeff Schuhrke

Dispatch

Southern Workers Unite Around Medicare for All: “A Tremendous Liberation From Your Boss”

Workers from across the South converged in Charlotte, N.C., on September 21 to kick off a Medicare for All campaign.

Jonathan Michels

Viewpoint

With Net Neutrality Axed, Local Governments Are Racing To Save the Open Internet

Cities and states are leading the way in defending the internet from corporate control.

Victor Pickard and David Elliot Berman

Feature

9 Stats That Show the Tax Code Favors the Ultra-Rich

Without dramatic tax reform, inequality will continue to skyrocket.

Izii Carter

Rural America

To Save Species from Extinction, We Must Consider More than Just Numbers

H. Resit Akcakaya

Labor

The Strike at McDonald’s Is About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy

Eli Day