The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Do We Need a Federal Jobs Guarantee? A Debate.

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders have all proposed a job guarantee. But would it be drudgery?

Rohan Grey & Raúl Carrillo

Labor

Do We Need a Federal Jobs Guarantee? A Debate.

Rohan Grey & Raúl Carrillo

Rural America

Recycling the Steel and Aluminum Already Here Could Take the Sting Out of Geo-Trumponomics

Daniel Cooper

Feature

In 1918, Socialist Leader Eugene Debs Gave This Speech That Landed Him in Prison

In his famous "Canton" speech, Debs declared that "The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles."

Eugene Debs

Labor

The Food Stamp Work Requirement Is a Scheme to Punish Hungry Americans

Jim Pugh

Labor

Tesla Swears It’s a Fair Employer—Yet It’s Trying to Dodge a Law That Protects Workers

Michael Arria

Labor

Remembering Ed Sadlowski: Labor Activist, Democratic Socialist and Crusader for the Rank-and-File

Jeff Schuhrke

Feature

How America Is Exporting Gun Violence to Mexico

A failed drug war and lax U.S. gun regulations spell out disaster for Mexico.

Laura Weiss

Culture

In Yellowstone, Heavy Lies the Stetson (on Kevin Costner’s Head)

Land disputes, water rights, Native sovereignty: Paramount’s new series could hardly be more relevant to today’s West.

Carson Vaughan