The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

The Lesson From West Virginia Teachers? If You Want to Win, Go on Strike.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

Illinois Grad Students Are on Strike to Make the University Accessible for the Working Class

Rachel Johnson

Feature

Now Is America’s Chance To Stop Waging Brutal War on Yemen

A new bipartisan bill offers an opportunity to withdraw U.S. support for a devastating military onslaught.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

Feature

First Silicon Valley Sold You Social Media. Now It’s Trying to Sell You the Antidote.

It turns out that selling solutions to problems created by the tech industry presents a tremendous business opportunity.

Julianne Tveten

Culture

A Brief Case for Guaranteed Housing

Why housing should be a human right.

Dayton Martindale

Labor

YMCA Childcare Workers Just Went On Strike. Here’s Why.

Rebecca Burns

Rural America

What if Organic Standards Were Bioregional and Written by Real Organic Farmers?

John Ikerd

Feature

Landlords, Your Lease Is Up: A New Movement for Rent Control Is Spreading Across the U.S.

Tenant activists, local unions, community organizations and socialists are leading campaigns to regulate rents and weaken the market's grip on housing.

Rebecca Burns

Feature

It’s Never Been About the Second Amendment. It’s About Corporate Profits.

Our bought-and-paid-for politicians only hold the Constitution sacred when it aligns with corporate interests—like gun sales.

Leonard C. Goodman