The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The Democratic Debates Showcased the Most Dangerous Form of Climate Denial

By failing to recognize the urgency of the crisis, most candidates are helping bury it.

Thea N. Riofrancos

Labor

Workers Who Waged the Biggest Trump-Era Manufacturing Strike Just Struck a Deal—Here’s What It Says

Saurav Sarkar

Feature

Why We Still Need a Movement to Keep Youth From Joining the Military

A scrappy counter-recruitment movement is trying to starve the military of labor.

Elizabeth King

Dispatch

Life, Liberty and a Stable Climate: These Kids Are Arguing for a New Constitutional Right

After a June hearing, the youth suing the government await news on whether their case will proceed to trial.

Arun Gupta

Labor

125 Years After the Pullman Uprising, We Could Be on the Verge of Another Sympathy Strike Wave

Ryan Smith

Dispatch

Meet the Woman Who’s Fought Racism in the Mississippi Delta for 54 Years

The days of racist policymaking are far from over. But where the state has refused to invest in Black communities, We2gether Creating Change is filling the gap.

Eli Day

Feature

Any Dem Who Wants to Be President Should Reject War with Iran, Not Hide Behind Process Criticisms

Here's where 2020 Democratic hopefuls stand.

Julianne Tveten

Dispatch

This Louisiana Parish Allowed a Quarter of Its Sheriff’s Deputies To Work Security for a Pipeline

Water protectors say the swamp was swarming with uniformed police working for the company.

Karen Savage and Sarah Lazare

Feature

Could Regional Reparations Help the Democrats Retake the Rust Belt?

States such as Ohio and Michigan have been hit with blight and economic downturn. Offering reparations to those hardest hit could be the key to winning in 2020.

Leon Fink