The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The Legacy of Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018)

Robert Parry, editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, died peacefully Saturday evening. In this tribute, his son Nat Parry describes Robert’s unwavering commitment to independent journalism.

Nat Parry

Labor

Yes, Pensions Are Collapsing, And Progressives Can’t Remain in Denial

Doug Henwood and Liza Featherstone

Feature

When They Call You a Terrorist

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors on her path to activism and being criminalized at age 12.

Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha bandele

Rural America

How the Hydroponics Industry Is Undermining Everything the Organic Farming Movement Stands For

Dan Bensonoff

Feature

Trump’s Dreamer “Deal” Reads Like a White Nationalist Wish List

In exchange for protecting Dreamers, the Trump administration is seeking to restrict immigration and increase deportations on a vast scale.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

In Davos, Trump Is Right at Home with the Global Financial Elite

Kate Aronoff

Labor

The Super Bowl Is Taking Over Minneapolis and Residents Are Mad as Hell

Sarah Lahm

Labor

That Time When Virginia Woolf Called for Wages for Housework

Dayton Martindale

Labor

Remembering the First Communist-Led U.S. Textile Strike, 92 Years On

Catherine A. Paul