The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

McDonald’s Retreat on Fighting Wage Increases Shows the Tide Is Turning

Sarah Lahm

Rural America

The Decline of Custom Harvests and the Struggle of Rural America

Michael J. Dax

Dispatch

Public Banking Can Fund the Zero-Carbon Economy

Private banks have been underwriting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry for years. It’s time for a public model.

Aaron Fernando

Viewpoint

Why We Devoted an Entire Issue to Climate Change

The most ambitious climate proposal ever seen on Capitol Hill is a call to action. We need to answer the call.

Dayton Martindale

Dispatch

Hawai‘i’s Managed Retreat Proposal Offers an Early Model for Relocation—At a Cost

As seas rise, middle- and working-class Hawaiians worry they’ll be forced out of their homes, while the rich rebuild.

Alex Lubben

Labor

Why the NCAA Should Pay Student-Athletes—And Let Them Unionize

Brian Wakamo

Viewpoint

Chicago’s Elections Brought a Lot of Good News for Progressives—and Democratic Socialists

Rahm Emanuel is gone, and a new crop of left-wing city council members is coming to power.

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Labor

Education Privatizers Have Gone Global. So Must We If We Want to Stop Them.

Christian Addai-Poku and Michael Galant

Labor

Fighting Against Racism—And For a Better Paycheck—On the Docks

Shaun Richman