The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Biggest Labor Stories of 2017: The Attacks From Above and the Fight From Below

Shaun Richman

Labor

Oklahoma Poised To Cut Off 20,000 Disabled and Elderly People From Life-Sustaining Home Care

Rebecca Anger

Rural America

Why Cutting Up Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is a Bad Idea

Joseph Bullington

Labor

Trump Dept. of Labor Rule Would Legalize Employers Stealing Workers’ Tips

David Cooper, Economic Policy Institute

Labor

From Amputations to Respiratory Illnesses, New Report Exposes Hazards of Slaughterhouse Work

Anna Casey

Feature

How the Disappearance of an Indigenous Activist Sparked an Uprising in Argentina

A conflict between indigenous communities and capitalist plunderers has long been simmering. The case of Santiago Maldonado brought tensions to a boiling point.

Juan Cruz Ferre

Feature

Trump’s Covert Wars: Elite Commandos Deployed to a Record 149 Countries in 2017

Trump’s first year set a record for U.S. special ops.

Nick Turse

Feature

Don’t Thank Democrats. A Tradition of Black Radical Organizing Paved the Way for the Alabama Upset.

How decades of organizing against the suppression of the Black vote made Roy Moore's defeat possible.

Sarah Lazare

Feature

In Defense of Wildfire

What climate activists, right-wing loggers and Smokey Bear get wrong

Joseph Bullington