The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

It’s Never Been About the Second Amendment. It’s About Corporate Profits.

Our bought-and-paid-for politicians only hold the Constitution sacred when it aligns with corporate interests—like gun sales.

Leonard C. Goodman

Labor

West Virginia Teachers Are Now Out on a Wildcat Strike. The Labor Movement Should Follow Their Lead.

Kate Aronoff

Viewpoint

The Colonial Roots of Gun Culture

The origins of the U.S. gun obsession lie in the violent dispossession of Native Americans.

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Labor

Amid a Fast-Food Industry Plagued By Sexual Harassment, This Mother and Daughter Said “No More”

Bryce Covert

Labor

These Teachers Refuse to Be Weaponized

Michelle Chen

Viewpoint

Guns Have Always Been Vital to Black Political Struggle

From slave revolts to self-defense, Black revolutionary history is often ignored in the gun control conversation.

Charles Cobb Jr.

Labor

The Trump Admin’s Infrastructure Plan Doubles Down on a System That Doesn’t Work

Hunter Blair, Economic Policy Institute

Rural America

Hey Liberal, You’re Late, but Welcome to the Local-Control Party

Thomas Linzey

Feature

How a Small City in Pennsylvania Became A White Nationalist Target

Energized by Trump, outright white supremacists are moving from the fringes into active roles in local Pennsylvania politics.

Michael Deibert