The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

A New Crop of Candidates, Refusing Industry Money, Vows To Halt Fracking in Pennsylvania

15 candidates for state legislature have promised to stop fracking and the construction of pipelines, which are tearing up rural Pennsylvania.

Jen Deerinwater

Labor

Nearly Half a Million U.S. Homes Are About to Become Unaffordable

Tanner Howard

Labor

Chicago Teachers Just Voted 98% to Authorize the First Charter School Strike in U.S. History

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Want to Save the Climate? Break Up the Big Banks.

Oscar Reyes

Dispatch

Baltimore Won a Big Victory for Affordable Housing. The Next Goal: Community Control.

Housing organizers won $20 million annually in city money for housing. They want that housing to be democratically controlled.

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

Feature

Out of Our Silos: To Defeat Anti-Semitism, Jews Must Unite With Others Targeted by White Supremacy

Our struggles are bound up with the many communities facing violence and oppression during these dark times.

Hannah Sassaman

Labor

The Legacy of Slavery Is Alive in the South as Black Women Workers Face Horrendous Conditions

Eli Day

Viewpoint

Yes, Voter Suppression Is Real. But Young Voters May Bridge the Gap.

The midterms are rigged against people of color and the poor.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

Trump’s NLRB Just Quietly Ruled to Make Union Pickets Illegal

Moshe Z. Marvit