The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

From Victories to Union Militancy, 5 Reasons for Workers to Celebrate This Labor Day

Rebecca Burns

Feature

New York Took On the Real Estate Industry and Won. Illinois Could Be Next.

Organizers in Illinois can learn important lessons from New York’s groundbreaking victory on rent laws.

Max Budovitch

Labor

For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence

Ella Fassler

Culture

A Worker’s Place Is in the Museum

A new exhibit in New York honors the state's labor history.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

8 Unions Have a Plan for Climate Action—But It Doesn’t Mention Fighting the Fossil Fuel Industry

Rachel M. Cohen

Feature

Joe Biden and the Disastrous History of Bipartisanship

Biden says he wants to bring the parties together. But for 50 years, that's meant the Right winning every time.

Branko Marcetic

Feature

Sanders and Warren Released Criminal Justice Plans This Week. Here’s What’s Good, Bad and Missing.

The plans are a good starting point, but they are far from the finish line.

Dan Berger and Kay Whitlock

Feature

Bernie Sanders Calls To Seize the Means of Electricity Production

The presidential candidate's new climate plan includes moving toward 100% public ownership of power.

Johanna Bozuwa

Labor

Bernie Sanders’ Labor Plan Could Put a Union in Every Workplace in America

Shaun Richman