The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

New York City Sues Fossil Fuel Companies for 200 Years of Climate Destruction

The city is modeling how to take Big Energy to task.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

This Is Why Carrots Cost More Than Twinkies

John Ikerd

Feature

Why We Must Not Look Away From Trump’s Attacks on Salvadoran Immigrants

While his inflammatory rhetoric dominates the news, Trump is upending the lives of 200,000 Salvadoran migrants and refugees.

Michelle Chen

Labor

Amid Freezing Classrooms, Baltimore’s Teachers Fight to Democratize City’s Schools

Ryan Harvey

Feature

In a Surprising Move, the Anti-Pipeline Movement Is Taking a Page from Hobby Lobby

Religious groups are using First Amendment arguments in efforts to stop pipelines and protect Native lands.

Ben Walker

Labor

Carrier Workers Are Livid After Facing Layoffs Despite Trump’s Promises

Bryce Covert

Feature

Meet Paula Jean Swearengin: The Progressive Who Won West Virginia’s Democratic Senate Primary

West Virginia could soon get a Bernie Sanders supporter—and coal miner's daughter—in the U.S. Senate.

Ed Rampell

Rural America

Dairy Farmer to Donald Trump: “Replace NAFTA, It’s Not Good For Farmers Anywhere”

Jim Goodman

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Displaced After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans Face Awful Conditions in NYC Shelters

People who left Puerto Rico for New York didn’t know about FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, which offers temporary hotel rooms. Instead, they wound up in homeless shelters.

Joel Cintrón Arbasetti