The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Emigrating From the U.S. May Be the Only Way To Afford Eldercare

A nursing home for my mother in Germany would cost less than half of what she pays in Sacramento.

Elizabeth Zach

Labor

Federal Employees Are Suing the Trump Administration for Forcing Them to Work for Free

Michael Arria

Feature

What a Night in Border Patrol Custody Taught Me About How We Treat Migrants

I was released from the nightmare of detention--but most are not.

Matthew Leber

Viewpoint

What We Can Learn From the “Janes” of the 1960s Underground Abortion Network

Rather than despair, abortion advocates should learn from a long, radical history of community organizing and mutual aid.

Eesha Pandit

Labor

Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Union Man

Peter Cole

Culture

Black Lives Matter. Do Elections?

Barbara Ransby profiles today’s Black freedom fighters, who are posing sophisticated new answers to old Left questions—like how to engage in electoral politics.

Frances Fox Piven

Labor

Trump’s Shutdown Is Forcing Over 400,000 Federal Employees To Work Without Pay

Saurav Sarkar

Feature

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% Tax Proposal Is a Great Start—But We Need to Abolish the Ultra-Rich

To combat inequality and oligarchy, we need to tax the accumulated wealth of the billionaire class, not just income.

Mark Engler and Andrew Elrod

Culture

Racism After the First Black President

The GOP has become viciously racist, while Democrats follow Obama’s lead in skirting the issue.

James Thindwa