The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

The Case for Using Ranked Choice Voting in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primaries

To make the 2020 primary campaign more democratic, we should demand a system that takes all voter preferences into account. That system is ranked choice voting.

Adam Eichen

Feature

Filing Your Taxes Is Already Difficult. The House Just Passed a Bill That Keeps It That Way Forever.

The new bill could keep H&R Block and Intuit’s profits high—while keeping your taxes complicated to file.

Elizabeth Zach

Feature

The Media Must Face Up to Its Role in Inflaming a Frenzy Over Russiagate

By claiming Trump was colluding with Putin, media outlets distracted from the president’s overt crimes while escalating tensions with Russia. They should own up to their failures.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

We Won Sick Days at Macy’s—And We Did It With Style

Nichole Booker and Curtisy Bryant

Feature

Both Chicago Mayoral Candidates Claim to Be Progressive. Here’s a Close Look Into Their Records.

Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle have each run under the “progressive” mantle. Yet their records—and conversations with movement organizers—tell a more complicated story.

Camille Erickson

Labor

Labor Law Doesn’t Apply If You’re in Prison

Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

Dispatch

Activists Sue LaGrange, Georgia, for Denying Water, Gas and Electricity to Undocumented Immigrants

Without a Social Security number and U.S.-issued photo ID, you can’t get basic utilities in cities across the South.

Allison Salerno

Labor

A Blow But Not Fatal: 9 Months After Janus, AFSCME Reports 94% Retention

Heather Gies

Feature

Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Self-Serving Optimists Like Hans Rosling and Steven Pinker

There’s a reason Bill Gates loves Pinker and Rosling—their analyses obscure inequality.

Roland Paulsen