The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

We Can’t Settle for Less Than Single Payer

25 years ago, ITT's staff was divided about Clinton's healthcare plan. This time around there's no question.

Joel Bleifuss

Culture

The Climate Crisis Is Mind-Boggling. That’s Why We Need Science Fiction.

Only 29% of Americans report being “very worried” about the climate crisis. Climate fiction writers can help change that.

Amy Brady

Labor

The Trump Administration’s War on Federal Workers

Sarah Lahm

Viewpoint

Trump’s EPA Has a Monsanto Problem

The EPA is meant to protect us. Instead, it's been captured by industry.

Joel Bleifuss

Viewpoint

Yes, A Woman Can Beat Trump

Democrats have learned all the wrong lessons from the 2016 election.

Kathleen Geier

Viewpoint

Bernie Sanders Has Laid Out the Stakes of the 2020 Election: Democratic Socialism or Barbarism

In a widely touted speech, Sanders explained why an unapologetic democratic socialist vision is the only antidote to the oligarchy and authoritarianism embodied by President Trump.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Viewpoint

Sick of Hearing About Electability? It Will Take Organizing To Expand Our Political Imagination.

To overcome the insistent messaging of the corporate media and Democratic establishment, we need grassroots people power.

Malaika Jabali

Feature

How Border Patrol Occupied the Tohono O’odham Nation

Under ever-expanding high-tech surveillance, the reservation has become “the most militarized community in America.”

Todd Miller

Viewpoint

“Electability” Is Astrology for Pundits

Expert predictions often represent little more than calcified prejudice.

Jonathan Cohn