The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Here’s Why Teachers Are Prepared to Defy Arizona’s Anti-Strike Laws

Sarah Lahm

Feature

Trump Doesn’t Care About Civilian Deaths. Just Look at Yemen.

For three years, the United States has backed a brutal Saudi-led war on Yemen, and ordinary people are paying the price.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

Viewpoint

Tariffs Aren’t the Best Way To Protect U.S. Steelworkers. Global Solidarity Is.

Defending workers' rights will mean standing with fellow laborers in China and the Global South. Trump's tariffs aren't the answer.

Katy Fox-Hodess

Viewpoint

A Pro-Union Case for Steel Tariffs

United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard on how tariffs could benefit American workers.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Viewpoint

How Tariffs Are Playing Into Trump’s Xenophobic Agenda

Trump's anti-China protectionism and "free trade" neoliberalism are both dead ends. To confront multinational corporate power, the answer is global solidarity.

Tobita Chow

Labor

How Privatization Sparked the Massive Oklahoma Teacher Uprising

Valerie Vande Panne

Culture

From Harriet Tubman to Black Panther

An artist speaks on heroism in the Black community.

Madiha Hussaini

Feature

Bombs Aren’t the Answer: A Case for Vigorous Diplomacy in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen

The latest escalation in Syria underlines the need for political, not military, solutions.

Stephen R. Weissman

Rural America

In the American West, Arbitrary Poverty Designations Are Shortchanging the Rural Poor

Elizabeth Zach