The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Interviews for Resistance: New Progressive Coalition Calls for “Millions of Jobs”

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Under the Shadow of Trump, Dismantling Obama’s Deportation Machine

Communities are fighting back against an immigrant prison in rural Georgia.

Sarah Lazare

Feature

How to Solve Budget Crises? Tax the Rich and Make Banks Pay

The alternative to austerity is bold progressive economic policy.

In These Times and Kartemquin Films

Feature

Don’t Believe the Israeli Government: Palestinian Hunger Strikers Won Important Victories

Palestinian prisoners forced Israel to the negotiating table and inspired a global outpouring of support.

Tamara Nassar

Feature

Wisconsin May Bring the Koch Brothers One State Closer To Rewriting the Constitution

Legislators are debating whether to call for a constitutional convention, a prize of corporate interest groups.

Kate Aronoff

Dispatch

Turning Capital Against Capitalism

Experiments in funding an equitable economy.

Chris Merriam

Rural America

Our Chemical-Dependent, Profit-Driven, Industrial Ag Complex is Not Going Quietly

John Ikerd

Feature

Daycare Centers Are the Latest Casualty in the War on the Poor

The budget crisis in Illinois has taken an outsized toll on kids in low-income families.

In These Times and Kartemquin Films

Feature

Democrats’ Waffling on Abortion Rights Isn’t Just Wrong, It’s a Huge Political Mistake

The party needs an uncompromising moral vision that will energize its base: pro-choice women.

Kathleen Geier