The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Centrist Think Tanks Won’t Save Our Cities

Economic democracy must come from below.

Gar Alperovitz

Rural America

Can Hunters and Activists Team Up to Phase Out Lead Bullets?

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Viewpoint

Democrats Can’t Win By Courting Conservative White Voters

It’s time to follow the lead of Black grassroots organizers.

James Thindwa

Rural America

Ag-Gag Update: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Idaho’s Ban on Private Surveillance

Dan Flynn

Feature

The War on Drugs Is an Abject Failure. Jeff Sessions Just Ramped It Up.

The tide is finally turning against marijuana criminalization. But Sessions just took a giant leap backwards.

Jesse Mechanic

Feature

How Wisconsin’s Progressive Revival Could Help Randy Bryce Unseat Paul Ryan

A surge of grassroots organizing mixed with anger at Trump and the GOP could pave the way for Bryce to take down the House Speaker.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

We’re Number One! America Leads the Way in CEO-Worker Income Gap

Jessica Corbett

Feature

Move Over, Corporate Democrats. A New Wave of Left Populists Is on the Rise.

It's 2018. Candidates don't need the establishment anymore.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Trump and the Neocons Are Exploiting an Iran Protest Movement They Know Nothing About

Iranians are protesting conditions worsened by U.S. policies, but Washington's hawks see only an opportunity for regime change.

John Feffer