The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

How Ranked Choice Voting Could Make the 2020 Election More Democratic

The landmark voting reform is quickly spreading across the country—and could have a major impact on contests in 2020.

Adam Eichen

Labor

With the Help of Teachers Unions, the Climate Strikes Could Be Moving Into Phase 2

Rachel M. Cohen

Feature

This Isn’t the First Time the United States Has Abandoned the Kurds

In 2014, the United States used Kurdish fighters to beat back ISIS, at great human cost, then left them behind.

Dayton Martindale

Rural America

As Local News Outlets Shutter, Rural America Suffers Most

April Simpson

Labor

Chicago Teachers Didn’t Win Everything, But They’ve Transformed the City—And the Labor Movement

Rebecca Burns

Feature

Any Good Climate Plan Must Address Poverty and Racism

Why climate justice advocates have been demanding this since long before the Green New Deal.

Dayton Martindale

Dispatch

When Unions Save Lives

The threat of fines doesn't always make mines safer. But unions can.

Austyn Gaffney

Dispatch

The Underground Migrant Support Network

Meet the Chicago chapter of the "aboveground railroad" providing assistance to asylum seekers.

Eleanor Colbert

Labor

Chicago Teachers Are Carrying the Torch of Decades of Militant Worker Struggles

Sarah Lazare