The Wisconsin Idea

ClimateRural America
Trump Meets Hurricane Victims then Heads to Fundraisers with the Oil Bosses Driving the Climate Crisis
"Hosting a fundraiser with Big Oil CEOs while we're still counting the bodies from Hurricane Helene is like hosting a fundraiser with the NRA in the midst of a school shooting.”
Edward Carver
Viewpoint
The High Stakes of Mapping the Midwest
How can a state continue to be deadlocked with a legislature controlled by Trumpian Republicans when it’s been busy electing not just Democrats but, in many cases, progressive Democrats?
John Nichols
ViewpointElection 2024
Faux Populism Takes Center Stage at Vice-Presidential Debate
Tuesday’s debate offers Democrats a warning about how much more appealing Trumpism can be when presented in an equally mendacious but more competent way.
Akil Vicks
CultureDepartments
Freedom of Expression, Unless It’s Your Hair
To dismantle texturism, we first need to acknowledge its existence.
J. Patrick Patterson
ViewpointClimate
Citibank Is Bankrolling The Largest Offshore Oil Facility In the U.S.—Just Miles From My Home
As part of the historic Summer of Heat campaign, I went to Citibank’s headquarters to demand climate justice—where dozens of protesters were arrested.
Sue Page
LaborPalestineInvestigation
U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists
A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.
Shane Burley
Feature
Wasteland Warriors
“I showed up for East Palestine because I realized we are not alone.”
Maximillian Alvarez and Molly Crabapple
In one photo, a person holds a giant yellow sign "Proud Member of Quality Hill Tenants Union." In the other, a woman in a Joan Jett shirt stands defiantly in front of an elevator.
Housing
Hundreds of Kansas City Tenants Will Strike to Demand Repairs, Rent Caps
Tenants voted to withhold rent on October 1 in a rent strike that could catch fire nationwide.
Rebecca Burns
ViewpointElection 2024
The Disturbing Reason Trump and Vance Peddle Lies About Immigrants
The influx of Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio is a success story, not a scandal. But when powerful people don’t want to share prosperity, they lie.
Peter Certo
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