The Wisconsin Idea

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

Feature

Why Are Federal Workers Selling Oil Drilling Rights in the Midst of a Shutdown?

Any Green New Deal has to address the Department of the Interior's role in fueling climate change.

Ryan Driskell Tate

Viewpoint

After 3 Decades, Privatization Has Been Proven a Failure. Let’s Bury It for Good.

Handing public assets and services over to the free market has been a boon for corporate America and a disaster for the working class.

Jeremy Mohler

Dispatch

Millennials Are Ruining Trust Funds

Through the organization Resource Generation, wealthy young people are giving away their money to advance systemic change.

Andrew Schwartz

Feature

Native Americans Take Power

The new wave of indigenous elected officials.

Stephanie Woodard