The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

A Call for Clear Heads on Venezuela: How To Criticize Maduro While Opposing U.S. Regime Change

Working-class Venezuelans have long pushed the chavista government for greater democracy and justice—without ceding ground to the right-wing opposition.

Alejandro Velasco

Culture

Street Art Used To Be the Voice of the People. Now It’s the Voice of Advertisers.

Corporations like Red Bull and Stella Artois are co-opting graffiti art.

Christine MacDonald

Labor

Sherrod Brown Is Out for 2020, But the Fight for Workers’ Rights Is Not

Kelly Candaele

Feature

Young Black Feminists Have Some Pointers for Obama

Instead of scolding Black youth, Assata's Daughters is helping them organize to transform the world.

Eli Day

Labor

Will 2020 Be the Year Presidential Candidates Actually Take Labor Issues Seriously?

David Goodner

Feature

Another Failed Coup in Venezuela?

The Venezuelan opposition and its backers in Washington may have underestimated the Chavista grassroots.

George Ciccariello-Maher

Feature

Why Is Dianne Feinstein So Opposed to the Green New Deal? Look at Her Family Finances.

Sen. Feinstein has direct financial interests in the same fossil fuel companies that the Green New Deal threatens.

Branko Marcetic

Feature

Why False Accusations of Anti-Semitism Against Ilhan Omar Are So Harmful

Bad-faith smears of Omar and many others are being used to crush Palestinian rights, undermine social movements and divert attention from real anti-Semitism.

Phyllis Bennis

Labor

The Oakland Teachers Strike Isn’t Just a Walk Out—It’s a Direct Challenge to Neoliberalism

Lois Weiner