The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Meet the Janitors Taking On Big Pharma to Win a Livable Wage

George Fish

Feature

How Ordinary Americans Can Welcome Migrants and Refugees With Open Arms

In 2015, ordinary Europeans welcomed refugees with open arms. Will we do the same with the caravan from Central America?

Khury Peterson-Smith

Dispatch

On Tuesday, Oaklanders Will Decide Whether Landlords Can Evict Them for No Reason

In a city that has become ground zero for gentrification, black working-class tenants are leading a fight to stay in their homes.

Eli Day

Feature

A New Crop of Candidates, Refusing Industry Money, Vows To Halt Fracking in Pennsylvania

15 candidates for state legislature have promised to stop fracking and the construction of pipelines, which are tearing up rural Pennsylvania.

Jen Deerinwater

Labor

Nearly Half a Million U.S. Homes Are About to Become Unaffordable

Tanner Howard

Labor

Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Want to Save the Climate? Break Up the Big Banks.

Oscar Reyes

Dispatch

Baltimore Won a Big Victory for Affordable Housing. The Next Goal: Community Control.

Housing organizers won $20 million annually in city money for housing. They want that housing to be democratically controlled.

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

Feature

Out of Our Silos: To Defeat Anti-Semitism, Jews Must Unite With Others Targeted by White Supremacy

Our struggles are bound up with the many communities facing violence and oppression during these dark times.

Hannah Sassaman