The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Trump Vows to Disrupt Trade—Progressives Need to Push Him in the Right Direction

Michelle Chen

Feature

Climate Activists Must Stop Donald Trump at Home—And Go on Offense Abroad

There's no compromising with the far right—but progress can still be made around the world, and at the local and state levels.

Kate Aronoff

Comics

Thanks, Obama.

Matt Bors

Culture

Thomas Friedman’s Latest Book Is a Tour Through His Troubled, Neoliberal Mind

We read 500 pages of corporate platitudes and ungainly metaphor so you don't have to.

Chris Lehmann

Rural America

It’s 395 Years Since the First “Thanksgiving” but at Standing Rock Things Haven’t Changed

John Collins

Video

The Human Face of Illinois’ Ongoing Budget Crisis

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature

On Inauguration Day, Don’t Go to Work. Don’t Buy Anything. We Need A National Strike to Stop Trump.

A call for a national "Sick Out" on Jan. 20, 2017.

Marianne Hastings

Feature

Seizing the Moment: 40 Years of In These Times

Pushing America Left since 1976.

Jessica Stites

Feature

20 Lessons from the 20th Century on How to Survive in Trump’s America

A history professor looks to the past to remind us to do what we can in the face of the unthinkable.

Timothy Snyder