The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Workers Say Trump’s Labor Secretary Nominee Is a Habitual Violator of Labor Law

Liza Featherstone

Feature

How Hopelessness Helped Elect Donald Trump

The president-elect performed well in places with the highest rates of death from suicide and drug abuse.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Attacked by Trump and Ignored by Democrats: Chuck Jones on Labor’s Fight

The local labor leader discusses Carrier, outsourcing and being targeted by the president-elect on Twitter.

Micah Uetricht

Labor

From Company Town to Rebel City: Richmond, California Shows How Progressives Can Win

Shaun Richman

Labor

Labor Has a Narrow Window To Build Power Before Trump’s Agenda Takes Hold

Dave Kamper

Rural America

Rural America Still Waiting to See Who Trump Taps for Secretary of Agriculture

Dan Flynn

Feature

Democrats: It’s Time for a Contract with American Workers

Republicans are in power because they had a plan. The Left needs one, too.

Theo Anderson

Culture

What We Can Learn From the Pacifist Movement Against World War I

Although they failed to keep us out of the war, they organized effectively in conditions frighteningly similar to our own.

Theo Anderson

Rural America

FDA Grants Additional Time for Citizens (and Food Companies) to Define ‘Healthy’

Coral Beach