The Wisconsin Idea

Feature
Kamala Harris Pledged To Halt Fracking. Her Foreign Policy Advisor Wants The Opposite.
If ‘personnel is policy,’ then the choice of Michèle Flournoy suggests a President Harris would expand oil and natural gas extraction.
Branko Marcetic

Feature
For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence
Incarcerated workers are subject to cruel--and dangerously hot--conditions in the summer. This will only worsen with climate change.
Ella Fassler

Labor
The Future of U.S. Jobs Looks Bleak. Unions Are the Answer.
Heidi Shierholz

Feature
This Community Stopped ICE From Using Its Airport To Deport Thousands of Immigrants
Thanks to local organizing, King County International Airport no longer provides ground support for ICE.
Lena Elmeligy

Feature
Unions Have Supported Democrats for Decades. It’s Time for Dems To Keep Their Promises.
Unions have played a critical role in helping Democrats get elected. What do they have to show for it?
Diana Babineau

Dispatch
Fighting Asthma with Compost
The Baltimore Compost Collective wants Baltimore to adopt curbside composting, to address the city’s air pollution problem.
Jesse James DeConto

Feature
U.S.-Assisted Raid in Somalia Killed Two Civilians, Villagers Say
The testimony provides a rare window into U.S. ground operations in Somalia
Amanda Sperber

Rural America
When Ecosystems Suffer, So Do Humans: To Heal People We Need to Heal the Planet
Amaya Mikolič-Berrios

Labor
From Victories to Union Militancy, 5 Reasons for Workers to Celebrate This Labor Day
Rebecca Burns