The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Best Books of 2017: In These Times Staff and Reader Picks

From Naomi Klein to Roxane Gay, the reads that made 2017 bearable.

In These Times Staff

Feature

Fire and Fury Signifies Nothing

We must not pretend this book will solve anything, especially the problem of the Trump presidency.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

HR Has Never Been on the Side of Workers. #MeToo Is More Proof.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

Centrist Think Tanks Won’t Save Our Cities

Economic democracy must come from below.

Gar Alperovitz

Rural America

Can Hunters and Activists Team Up to Phase Out Lead Bullets?

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Viewpoint

Democrats Can’t Win By Courting Conservative White Voters

It’s time to follow the lead of Black grassroots organizers.

James Thindwa

Rural America

Ag-Gag Update: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Idaho’s Ban on Private Surveillance

Dan Flynn

Feature

The War on Drugs Is an Abject Failure. Jeff Sessions Just Ramped It Up.

The tide is finally turning against marijuana criminalization. But Sessions just took a giant leap backwards.

Jesse Mechanic

Feature

How Wisconsin’s Progressive Revival Could Help Randy Bryce Unseat Paul Ryan

A surge of grassroots organizing mixed with anger at Trump and the GOP could pave the way for Bryce to take down the House Speaker.

Kate Aronoff