The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Want To Fix the Debates? Shut Down the Trump-Style Theatrics.

The sensationalist, ratings-first format needs to change—and candidates should boycott debates until it does.

Susan J. Douglas

Feature

Kamala Harris Pledged To Halt Fracking. Her Foreign Policy Advisor Wants The Opposite.

If ‘personnel is policy,’ then the choice of Michèle Flournoy suggests a President Harris would expand oil and natural gas extraction.

Branko Marcetic

Feature

For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence

Incarcerated workers are subject to cruel--and dangerously hot--conditions in the summer. This will only worsen with climate change.

Ella Fassler

Labor

The Future of U.S. Jobs Looks Bleak. Unions Are the Answer.

Heidi Shierholz

Feature

This Community Stopped ICE From Using Its Airport To Deport Thousands of Immigrants

Thanks to local organizing, King County International Airport no longer provides ground support for ICE.

Lena Elmeligy

Feature

Unions Have Supported Democrats for Decades. It’s Time for Dems To Keep Their Promises.

Unions have played a critical role in helping Democrats get elected. What do they have to show for it?

Diana Babineau

Dispatch

Fighting Asthma with Compost

The Baltimore Compost Collective wants Baltimore to adopt curbside composting, to address the city’s air pollution problem.

Jesse James DeConto

Feature

U.S.-Assisted Raid in Somalia Killed Two Civilians, Villagers Say

The testimony provides a rare window into U.S. ground operations in Somalia

Amanda Sperber

Rural America

When Ecosystems Suffer, So Do Humans: To Heal People We Need to Heal the Planet

Amaya Mikolič-Berrios