The Wisconsin Idea

LaborPodcast

Despite Trump’s Threats, Labor Leaders say They’re Not Going Anywhere

Union leaders David Huerta and Everett Kelley map out unions’ role in the fight against fascism.

Maximillian Alvarez

ViewpointDepartments

For the First Time in the Trump Era, a Key Opportunity Is Here

This month voters repudiated MAGA in elections large and small across the country. Those of us on the left need a clear-eyed assessment of the political terrain and a vision that can look beyond the current fight.

Alex Han

LaborPalestinePodcast

Graduate Student Workers Find Unity Amid Intense Repression

Amid Trump’s attacks on higher education and academic freedom, labor leaders are fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborFeature

They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They've Been Surrounded by Death Ever Since.

The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.

Sarah Lazare

Culture

Queen Mother: A Chief of Her People

Uncovering the life of a Civil Rights icon, Pan-Africanist and reparations pioneer.

Eleanor J. Bader

Culture

“Art Is A Commons”

An exclusive conversation with aja monet on organizing from a place of love, the legacy of the Maroons and the urgency of art in these times.

Fatima Jalloh

Comics

NYC Under IKEA Law, Lead-Chugging Gladiators and Other Comics

December comics from Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow, and Jen Sorensen.

Kirk Anderson, Tom Tomorrow and Jen Sorensen

Politics

How Movement Organizers In Office Are Responding to the Rise of Authoritarianism

Elected leaders with Local Progress discuss how they are moving progressive policy forward while defending against the assaults of the Trump administration.

Michael Whitesides

LaborFeature

Visible and Invisible: How ICE Is Terrorizing Chicago’s Working Class

Fear, panic, hiding for days—this is the experience of families under assault by the Trump Administration

Sarah Lazare