The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Workers’ Rights Are Plummeting Under Trump—and the World Is Taking Notice

The United States now appears on a watchlist alongside countries like Zimbabwe and the Philippines.

Luc Triangle and Cathy Feingold

FeatureCover StoryInvestigation

In the Name of Security

An investigation into the everyday violence of prison strip searches, which incarcerated women say are a tool of abuse.

Khawla Nakua

Comics

Selling the Sun

Your future is bright! Especially if you're willing to pay a monthly subscription to the sun.

Jen Sorensen

Viewpoint

AI Is Coming for All of Our Jobs

The development of artificial intelligence technology is set to disrupt virtually every industry, every profession and every employment sector.

Martin Ford

Departments

The Big Idea: Winning

Democratic socialists are on the ballot from now until November. If they win their elections, the socialist movement wins a new path forward.

Thomas Birmingham

Housing

Tenant Organizer Will Lawrence Is Taking on the GOP in a Deep Purple District

To flip a key Michigan seat, the insurgent candidate is campaigning on housing, healthcare and opposition to data centers.

Rebecca Burns

LaborPodcast

Former Strikers Start Cooperative News Organization

Following firings from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, workers and community members came together to create the Pittsburgh Progress.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Cannabis Is Capitalism’s Next Fix

The legal weed boom is just the first stop on capital’s search for a new frontier.

Kojo Koram

LaborPodcast

How Communities Poisoned by Data Centers and Toxic Spills Can Stand Together

“No one's coming to save these communities. They have to fight for themselves.”

Maximillian Alvarez