The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

The Abolitionist of Walden Pond

Two hundred years after his birth, Henry David Thoreau is as relevant as ever.

Dayton Martindale

Feature

The Right Calls Climate Change a Leap of Faith. But Denial Is a Leap into the Abyss.

Climate change presents us with an existential challenge: Can humans muster the political will to save ourselves?

Theo Anderson

Feature

Not Your Sacrifice Zone: In Lead-Poisoned East Chicago, Residents Fight for Their Health and Homes

A public housing development was built on the site of a lead smelter. Now, residents are demanding justice.

Kaela Bamberger

Rural America

It’s Time to Talk (Again) about Sewage Sludge on Farmland

Laura Orlando

Labor

Is Guatemala the Next Uber Frontier? Taxi Drivers Say ‘Hell No’

Jeff Abbott

Viewpoint

We Have an Existential Imperative to Resist GOP Death Panels

The casualties of the war on health are real and imminent, not a hyperbolic exaggeration.

Joel Bleifuss

Culture

Sorry, Tories: Jeremy Corbyn’s Success Is a Win for the Anti-Austerity Movement

British progressives have a long fight ahead. But for now, we're breathing a collective sigh of relief.

Jane Miller

Labor

Understanding the Existential Threat Trump Poses to a Beleaguered Labor Movement

Barry Eidlin

Feature

Why Disabled People Are Putting Their Bodies on the Line to Protest Healthcare Cuts

A conversation with Bruce Darling, an organizer with disability justice group ADAPT.

Sarah Jaffe