The Wisconsin Idea

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

Feature

A Healthcare Industry Built on Premature Death

On the cruelty of private healthcare corporations.

Roqayah Chamseddine

Labor

Illinois Manufacturing Workers Locked Out and Fired for One-Hour Strike

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Culture

Black Women, Let Your Anger Out

Chronic stress is killing us. We can’t keep repressing our rage.

Joshunda Sanders

Feature

As War on Yemen Hits the 4-Year Mark, Here’s a Brief History of U.S. Involvement

As the political tide in the United States finally turns against the war, we must not let its U.S. proponents whitewash their wrongdoing.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

Viewpoint

Beto O’Rourke Swings and Misses with Working-Class Michigan Voters

O’Rourke’s tabletop tour can’t hide his problematic record on workers’ rights.

Valerie Vande Panne

Viewpoint

Trump Wants To Make the 2020 Election All About Socialism. Yes, Let’s.

The Right is trying to redbait—but it will backfire.

Joel Bleifuss