The Wisconsin Idea

Introducing the New In These Times

A new magazine for new times.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

Investigation: Illinois’ Wage Theft Bill Actually Made Things Worse

Melissa Sanchez and Matt Kiefer

Feature

Trump Promised to Revive Keystone XL—But TransCanada May Not Even Want to Build It Anymore

The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered.

Kate Aronoff

Feature

The Athletes, the Street Artists, the Troublemakers and the Ones Who Say “No”

Excavating the revolutionary history of the Southwest Youth Collaborative.

Page May

Rural America

Youngstown Residents Push to Oust Corporations from Election Campaigns, Cap Contributions at $100

Rural America In These Times

Dispatch

Diverse, Radical and Ready to Resist: Meet the First in the New Wave of Local Progressive Officials

At Local Progress's 150-person meet-up, left-leaning politicians from around the country share plans to build rebel cities.

Steve Early

Feature

Unpredictable and Brutal ICE Raids Are Allowing Trump to Rule by Fear

Protections for immigrant communities were already meager. Now, safeguards are being scrapped as the Trump administration escalates nationwide sweeps.

Michelle Chen

Labor

Raising the Minimum Wage Is Not the End Goal—We Need to Challenge Capital Itself

Richard D. Wolff

Feature

The First Priority for the Resurgent U.S. Socialist Movement? Single-Payer Healthcare

At DSA's overflowing national convention, socialized medicine was front and center.

Miles Kampf-Lassin