The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Socialism and Feminism: We Can’t Have One Without the Other

Fighting capitalism and patriarchy at the same time.

In These Times Editors

Feature

A Progressive Platform To Take Back Chicago in 2019

With Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel out, progressive candidates should embrace a bold redistributive platform that meets the demands of the city’s social movements.

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Rossana Rodriguez

Culture

Steve Bannon’s European Dream

Europe used to serve as a utopian vision for the Left and a punching bag for the Right. Now it’s reversing.

Eleanor Penny

Feature

Pompeo and Bolton Are Headlining a Pro-War, Anti-Iran Event—And We Should All Be Very Worried

The Trump administration's decision to send senior officials to the annual summit of "United Against Nuclear Iran" is deeply troubling.

Eli Clifton and Derek Davison

Feature

How Unions Can Solve the Housing Crisis

The labor movement once built thousands of low-cost co-op apartments for working class New Yorkers. It could do so again.

Erik Forman

Labor

In Crosshairs of Right-to-Work, Kentucky Bourbon Makers Go On Strike

Michael Arria

Feature

Which Toni Preckwinkle Is Running for Chicago Mayor?

Preckwinkle is an early favorite and is poised to run as a progressive. But her record is more complicated.

Ramsin Canon

Feature

Death of a Torturer: Jon Burge Is Gone But His Racist Policing Is Not Forgotten

Jon Burge, the Chicago police commander who tortured over one hundred black men, died yesterday. He acted with complete impunity over almost two decades before reporters, activists, and human rights attorneys stopped him.

Ramsin Canon

Feature

The U.S. Isn’t Just Backing the Yemen War—It’s Helping Trap Those Forced to Flee

How the United States is helping Oman militarize its border with Yemen.

Khury Peterson-Smith