The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Chicago Activists Should Be Commended, Not Scolded, for Shutting Down Donald Trump’s Rally

Peaceful resistance doesn’t egg on Trump’s supporters—it forces them to back down.

Marilyn Katz

Feature

Four Years Since a Chicago Police Officer Killed Rekia Boyd, Justice Still Hasn’t Been Served

Rekia is not forgotten. Her spirit lives in current organizing and protests in Chicago and around the country.

Mariame Kaba

Labor

It’s Time for the Labor Movement To Pursue a New Judicial Activist Agenda

Shaun Richman

Dispatch

These New Co-op Apps Show How to Build Worker Power In the Age of Uber

In the apps of the "platform cooperativism" movement, workers share in the profits

Tom Ladendorf

Viewpoint

Stranger Danger: To Resolve the Migrant Crisis We Must Recognize the Stranger Within Ourselves

It is such silence that really helps our racist enemies in that it feeds the distrust of ordinary people—(“You see, they are not telling us the truth!”)—boosting the credibility of racist rumors and lies.

Slavoj Žižek

Feature

Shutting Down Donald Trump’s Rallies Isn’t the Way To Defeat Him

Anti-Trump protesters should focus their efforts on countering his messages, not preventing him from speaking..

David Moberg

Feature

Donald Trump is Not a Populist—Not in the Original Sense, Anyway

Tapping into white, working class discontent and xenophobia does not make you a populist.

David Cochran

Viewpoint

Why Don’t African-American Voters Feel the Bern?

Better the devil they know than the one they don't.

Peter White

Labor

Where Would Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Stand on Labor Issues?

David Moberg