The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Does the Natural World Needs Its Own Bill of Rights?

Why environmentalists are working to grant rivers and mountains legal status.

Dayton Martindale

Rural America

Cattle Rancher to Cliven Bundy: You Steal from All of Us and Shouldn’t Be Welcomed in Montana

Nick Siebrasse

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The Next Steps for the Women’s March? Moving a Progressive Agenda.

After year one of the Trump presidency, women are furious. Now, many are asking where we go from here.

Jordan Sarti and Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

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Wall Street Isn’t the Answer to the Pension Crisis. Expanding Social Security Is.

The economic fate of workers shouldn't be tied to a stock market that rewards assaults on the working class.

Doug Henwood and Liza Featherstone

Labor

Trump NLRB Appointee Behind Major Anti-Union Ruling Accused of Corruption

Bruce Vail

Labor

In 2017, 82% of New Wealth Went to the Top 1%—While the Poor Got Nothing

Jon Queally

Rural America

A Century Later, New York Activists Honor the Descendants of Those Displaced by Ashokan Reservoir

Violet Snow

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Houston Is Being Rebuilt on a Foundation of Wage Theft

The exploitation after the storm.

Bryce Covert

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Hillary

A friend of Hillary's confronts her collection of memorabilia on the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration

Betsy Vandercook