The Wisconsin Idea

Politics

Is Economic Populism the Key to Winning Over Rust Belt Voters?

A new study from the Center for Working-Class Politics shows that voters in battleground states want fairness, accountability and immediate relief from rising costs. The results could point the way forward for a Democratic Party stuck in the wilderness.

Jared Abbott

Rural America

In North Carolina, Immigrants Resist the U.S. “Language Graveyard”

Speakers of Hñähñu, an Indigenous language from what is now Mexico, are banding together to preserve their culture.

Anya Petrone Slepyan

Politics

The Biggest Threat to Mamdani’s Agenda Isn’t Trump—It’s Wall Street

Wall Street destroyed New York City’s social welfare economy in 1975. Avoiding that fate under Mayor Mamdani will require popular movements to discipline the super rich.

Michael Beyea Reagan

Palestine

Recognizing Palestinian Statehood Is the Floor. Liberation Must Be the Ceiling.

One by one, nations formally recognized the State of Palestine. But what does that mean with Gaza reduced to rubble?

Hend Salama Abo Helow

LaborPolitics

The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back

"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”

Maurizio Guerrero

FeatureCover Story

American Narcissus

Pete Hegseth is a modern-day Narcissus: preoccupied with image, extravagantly unqualified for his position yet extraordinarily self-assured, morally bankrupt, intellectually barren and as empty as a shattered amphora.

Kim Kelly

Dispatch

Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters Are Protesting His Abduction

“I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.”

Sarah Lazare

Politics

Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?

People from across the country marched. Now what?

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborDepartments

Pensions: "Captives of Wall Street"

We revisit Marc Weiss' take on pensions and power in this 1979 review of the book The North Will Rise Again by Rifkin and Barber.

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