The Wisconsin Idea

PalestineElection 2024
Project for the Old American Century
What Harris’ embrace of the Cheneys tells us about Democrats’ worldview.
Alberto Toscano
Woman in sunglasses and Waffle House uniform holds a sign reading "We Demand Fair Pay We Can Build Lives On" with marchers behind her
Labor
Waffle House Workers, At the Front Lines of Disasters, Demand More
The 24-hour chain famously stays open come hell or high water (inspiring FEMA’s Waffle House Index), but pays workers as little as $3 an hour.
Kim Kelly
Interview
Refusing to be Forgotten in Environmental Sacrifice Zones
Ohioans from East Palestine and Toledo are still imagining and fighting for a healthier future, free from toxic waste and poisoned water.
Maximillian Alvarez
DispatchRural America
Can Native Voters Carry Montana?
From Billings to Fort Peck, organizers are working to register Indigenous voters—and believe they might shift the needle.
Joseph Bullington
Labor
Reagan Was a Disaster for the Labor Movement. A Second Trump Term Could Be Worse.
The Right has given us plenty of indications of the dangers a second Trump term could pose to labor. To see how bad things might get, we can look to another example of a brutally anti-labor presidency: Ronald Reagan’s.
Chris Bohner
ViewpointPalestine
“The Children,” James Baldwin Wrote, “Are Always Ours, Every Single One of Them"
Saqib Bhatti laments the unbearable task of parenting during genocide—from the United States to Gaza.
Saqib Bhatti
ViewpointElection 2024
Democrats Don't Need a Coach, They Need a Teacher
The choice to campaign as "Coach" Walz may be as tactically bankrupt as it is morally so: if Americans truly want an American football coach, isn’t that the "you're fired" persona Trump already embodies?
Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva
LaborFeature
Chicago Teachers Have an Ally As Mayor—Now They’re Fighting for a Historic Contract
The Chicago Teachers Union is working to use its newfound political power to win a broad set of “common good” demands while realizing a vision of world-class public education.
Kari Lydersen
Comics
Ugh, the Election. If Only It Didn't Matter.
New comics curated by two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Matt Bors
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