The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

How to Make the Left More Attractive

A conversation with author and journalist, Michael Brooks.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

How to Save the Restaurant Workforce From Being Casualties of The Covid-19 Crisis

In an interview, One Fair Wage President Saru Jayaraman explains that the post-Covid future offers two possible directions for restaurant workers—dignity or poverty.

Michelle Chen

Feature

Amid Minneapolis Uprising, Anti-War Veterans Call On National Guard to Stand Down

"We urge you to have the courage to do the right thing. Refuse activation orders."

Sarah Lazare

Labor

Major Public Defense Nonprofit in New York Is Unionizing

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

There’s Room for Solidarity Between the Working Class and Progressive Professionals

Max and his brother Zak talk about meritocracy, work in the corporate world, and that feeling in your gut that most of what you do is pointless.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Fight Over Safe Reopening Is The Latest Front in “Civil War” at the EPA

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with Covid-19

Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits.

Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Rural America

For Decades the U.S. Punished Indigenous Healers. Now the Indian Health Service Wants to Hire Them

Sydney Akridge

Labor

Philippine Call Center Workers Are in Danger. It’s Our Problem, Too.

Michael Galant