The Wisconsin Idea

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Special coverage: Inside Chicago’s historic teachers’ strike

In These Times Editors

Labor

Why Are Chicago Teachers Striking Against Mayor Lori Lightfoot? They’ve Been “Lied To” Before.

Kari Lydersen

Rural America

Trump Gaslights Farmers on Trade War, But They’re Catching On

Dave Dickey

Labor

How to Resolve the Chicago Teachers Strike? Tax the Rich.

Amisha Patel and Nathan Ryan

Labor

Trump Is Waging a War On Labor Unions, But You Wouldn’t Know It from CNN’s Dem Debate

Michael Arria

Feature

The U.S. Betrayal of the Kurds Is Five Years in the Making

Though Trump struck the match, the latest crisis in Syria is the predictable result of long-standing U.S. policy.

Patrick Lewis

Viewpoint

Why the Argument that Medicare for All Will Curtail “Freedom” Is So, So Wrong

Joe Biden and other centrists are deploying cynical arguments to defend the for-profit insurance system. We shouldn’t buy it.

Ben Palmquist

Labor

Chicago Teachers Won Public Support for Their Strike. Here’s How.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

The coming Chicago teachers strike could be felt across the country

Miles Kampf-Lassin