The Wisconsin Idea

LaborPodcast

Train Crashes Destroyed Their Towns. Will Yours Be Next?

Host Maximillian Alvarez sits down with a panel of community members from Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and East Palestine, Ohio to discuss life inside a sacrifice zone.

Maximillian Alvarez

FeatureInvestigation

Found, But Not Rescued

Could migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea be prosecuted as crimes against humanity?

Cathy Otten

Departments

Betting on Wildfire and AI's Political Beliefs

A round-up of this month's signs of late stage capitalism and the horrors we're living through.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

‘Treated Worse Than Cattle’

2,500 Tyson Workers Laid Off, Plant Shutters Overnight.

Caitlyn Clark

Labor

Workers’ Rights Are Plummeting Under Trump—and the World Is Taking Notice

The United States now appears on a watchlist alongside countries like Zimbabwe and the Philippines.

Luc Triangle and Cathy Feingold

FeatureCover StoryInvestigation

In the Name of Security

An investigation into the everyday violence of prison strip searches, which incarcerated women say are a tool of abuse.

Khawla Nakua

Comics

Selling the Sun

Your future is bright! Especially if you're willing to pay a monthly subscription to the sun.

Jen Sorensen

Viewpoint

AI Is Coming for All of Our Jobs

The development of artificial intelligence technology is set to disrupt virtually every industry, every profession and every employment sector.

Martin Ford

Departments

The Big Idea: Winning

Democratic socialists are on the ballot from now until November. If they win their elections, the socialist movement wins a new path forward.

Thomas Birmingham