The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Don’t Believe the Debt Hawks—More Stimulus Is the Only Path to Recovery

Fear-mongering over the deficit is the absolute wrong approach to the Covid-19 crisis.

Josh Bivens

Feature

A Federal Jobs Program for Contact Tracing

To safely reopen the economy, we need a public health corps. Here's how to build it.

Dayton Martindale

Viewpoint

The Real Reason Why the WHO Waited Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic

The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO’s ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic.

Vijay Prashad

Labor

Bernie’s Army Redeploys to Support Covid-19’s Frontline Workers

Steven Greenhouse

Labor

Bernie Lost Because America Doesn’t Have a Strong Labor Movement

Hamilton Nolan

Rural America

In Montana, Food Banks Battle Surging Demand and Shifting Supply Chains

Joseph Bullington

Dispatch

“An Essential Procedure”: How Abortion Providers Are Persevering Through the Pandemic

In the face of Covid-19, clinics are continuing to provide safe abortions at a safe distance.

Jessica Corbett

Feature

Right-Wing Think Tanks Are Using Covid-19 To Push War with Iran

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and American Enterprise Institute are aggressively campaigning for military escalation and a tightening of sanctions.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

Amazon’s Unlimited Unpaid Time Off Ends May 1, and Workers Say That Could Be Deadly

Hamilton Nolan