The Wisconsin Idea

Comics

Turn the Tables on the Oligarchy and Strike!

New comics on the state of the world by Brian McFadden, Ruben Bolling, Tom Tomorrow and Jen Sorensen.

Brian McFadden, Ruben Bolling, Tom Tomorrow and Jen Sorensen

LaborPodcast

A Conversation With Graduate Student Workers on Strike at Harvard

More than 4,000 UAW members are on strike at Harvard University.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborDepartments

May Day and the Potency of Solidarity Against Division

International Workers' Day, aka May Day, represents a fight for a different vision of society—one where we, not a billionaire minority, can make the decisions that impact our lives.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

LaborPodcast

Baristas, Billionaires, and (Alec) Baldwin

The Starbucks Baristas are Still Fighting for a Contract.

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointPolitics

Ramirez: "The call for accountability must not go unanswered. We need an independent prosecutor."

Tomorrow, a judge will rule whether to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate crimes by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz.

Delia Ramirez

Dispatch

"It Is Like Martial Law Here"

Activists are targeted in Philippines human rights violations and militarization.

Alessandra Bergamin

Labor

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Tony Mazzocchi, a Working-Class Hero

A lifelong champion of workers’ rights and union democracy, Mazzocchi envisioned and worked to build a transformative U.S. labor movement.

Steve Early and Rand Wilson

Housing

How One Landlord Tried to Silence Tenants—and the Story of Their Rent Strike

To settle their eviction cases, Chicago tenants agreed to stop speaking publicly about their landlord. His attempt to hold them liable for past statements to the media could set a chilling precedent, experts say.

Hope Davis

Labor

Trump’s Latest Target: Coal Miners’ Safety

In one fell swoop, the Trump administration took an axe to the agency tasked with handling legal disputes around mine worker safety. It could signal even deeper cuts to worker protections coming down the pike.

Kim Kelly