The Wisconsin Idea

ViewpointPolitics

No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council

The current threat of an attack by the US did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of negotiations that had already succeeded.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

ComicsComics

I Went to Pedophile Island and All I Got Was This Lousy Shirt!

New comics from Mattie Lubchansky, Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen and Brian McFadden.

Mattie Lubchansky, Bianca Xunise, Jen Sorensen and Brian McFadden

Viewpoint

Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Fought for Economic Justice, Dies at 84

“His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by,” said Jackson’s family.

Jake Johnson

What We Can Learn From North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays”

As Trump intensifies his anti-democratic crackdown, North Carolina’s Moral Mondays movement offers a roadmap for organizers looking to fight back.

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

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In the Fight Against ICE, Kids Are on the Front Lines

From tear gas attacks to violent abductions, we are collectively witnessing the mass-scale abuse of children. Young people are fighting back.

Madeline Lane-McKinley

Labor

Remembering Kent Wong (1956-2025)

Wong was an educator, organizer and visionary who saw immigrants as the heart of the labor movement—long before the idea had reached the mainstream.

Gregory Mantsios

Politics

Trump’s ICE Won’t Stop Abducting Kids

Here are just some of the ways Trump’s ICE has terrorized thousands of children, like five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, since the administration took office.

Lily Seltz

Viewpoint

How Democratic Socialists of America Has Developed Into a "Movement Party"

The rapid growth of DSA in recent decades is part of a global phenomenon of voters and activists from the Left and Right who distrust the political establishment and traditional parties, and have formed what scholar Fabian Holt calls “movement parties.”

David Duhalde

InterviewPolitics

"Carte Blanche for Ruthlessness"

Author Laura Field on how Trump and the furious minds of the New Right are in a mutually reinforcing cycle of radicalization.

Kathryn Joyce