The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Beware of Police “Reforms” That Reinforce the Very System Killing Us

We can’t fix the problem by investing more resources in police. We must defund and disband.

Janaé Bonsu

LaborViewpoint

The Central Issue Is Police Repression, Not Police Unions

Before rushing to expel police unions, labor needs a larger reckoning with law enforcement's role in a capitalist-colonialist state.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Labor

Field Museum Workers Say It’s Time for the CEO to Start Making Sacrifices, Too

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

Union President Says Minneapolis Is Trying to Punish Transit Workers Who Wouldn’t Help the Police

Sarah Lazare

Dispatch

The Food Industry’s Next Covid-19 Victims: Migrant Farmworkers

Outbreaks have begun at farms around the country, thanks in large part to crowded employer-provided housing.

Michelle Fawcett and Arun Gupta

Rural America

We Don’t Farm Because It’s Trendy: For Black Folks, Growing Food Has Long Been a Form of Resistance

Ashley Gripper

Labor

Get Ready for Janus 2.0, Which Could Devastate Labor More Than the First

Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor

There’s a Simple Solution to the Unemployment Crisis: Offer Everyone a Job

Rachel M. Cohen

Feature

Another Political Revolution in New York? Insurgent Jamaal Bowman Now Has Bernie and AOC on His Side

Bowman, a progressive insurgent, is gaining steam in his primary challenge to Democratic incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel. And now he has both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders behind him.

Nick Vachon