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