The Wisconsin Idea

LaborInterview

Why U.S. Labor Has a "Special Responsibility" to Stop Israel's Attacks on Lebanon

In a special interview, UE President Carl Rosen demands an end to U.S. military aid "because our country is the one that enables Israel to do what it’s doing.”

Sarah Lazare

Dispatch

This Land is Co-op Land

A hundred years ago, radical Finnish immigrants founded a cooperatively-owned park to escape political repression on Minnesota’s Iron Range. It’s still “a workingman’s paradise.”

Amie Stager

Viewpoint

Feminism, Debt and Organizing Against Argentina’s Far Right

Debt is a Crucial Organizing Avenue Against Argentina’s Far Right.

Verónica Gago and Lucí Cavallero

Culture

Punk Rock Karaoke

A love letter to Midwestern punks.

Bianca Xunise

ViewpointPalestine

New York Times Repeats U.S. Government’s Evidence-Free Claim That Gaza Protests Are Part of Iranian Plot

Where is the actual evidence that Iranian operatives “posing as students” are helping organize and fund campus protests over the war on Gaza?

Adam Johnson

LaborViewpoint

The Weird and Stupid Teamsters Non-Endorsement Fiasco

Refusing to endorse a presidential candidate will do nothing to stop Trump and the GOP’s war on workers.

Hamilton Nolan

Departments

The Big Idea: Ethanol

The United States is the world’s largest producer of corn, most of it is grown in the Midwest, and almost all gasoline sold in the United States contains ethanol, a corn-based renewable additive to fuel.

J. Patrick Patterson

Viewpoint

Exiting Prison With No Money, No Credit and No Way to Avoid Debt

How the consequences of incarceration and reentry create financial–and social–debt.

Calvin John Smiley

Viewpoint

Fighting Privatization Is Good for Mental Health

Dedicated community leaders and persistent organizing are helping make Chicago’s new expansion of public mental health services a reality.

Elena Gormley