The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

A Year On, Trump Admin Refuses to Drop Charges Against 59 Arrested at Inauguration Protest

The government isn't arguing that the defendants damaged property, but that their presence at the protest makes them guilty.

Patrick Corley

Feature

Centrist Dems May Not Call Black and Brown Communities Shitholes—But They Treat Them That Way

The loud denunciations of Trump serve to hide liberal racism.

Benji Hart

Labor

Here Are the 10 Worst Attacks on Workers From Trump’s First Year

Economic Policy Institute

Labor

Defending Democracy Means Organizing Your Workplace

Barry Eidlin and Micah Uetricht

Labor

In a Landslide Vote, the LA Times Just Unionized, Upending a Long Anti-Labor History

Kari Lydersen

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Exclusive Photos Contradict Coal CEO’s Claim He Had Nothing To Do with Rick Perry’s Coal Bailout

At a previously undisclosed March 29 meeting, Robert Murray gave Perry a hug and a wishlist. Six months later, Perry unveiled a controversial plan that echoed one of Murray's proposals.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

Here’s How Trump’s Labor Department Quietly Gave Bosses Even More Power Over Their Workers

Michael Arria

Labor

The Trump Admin’s Approval of Medicaid Work Requirements Threatens the Lives of Poor People

Meaghan LaSala

Dispatch

The 38 Dakota Warriors Lincoln Hanged

Native riders commemorate a forgotten massacre.

Justin Perkins