The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Exhausted, Injured and Angry: Autoworkers Have Had Enough

Record profits should mean record pay—but that's not how it's played out at the Big Three automakers. These Ford workers have had enough.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

Here's What Striking Autoworkers Are Fighting For

The Big 3 automakers have made record profits in recent years. Now, union workers are calling for big raises, an end to tiers, a shorter work week and a just transition.

Jeff Schuhrke

50 Years After the Coup in Chile, the U.S. Has Finally Declassified Documents Relating to Its Role

Following calls for transparency from progressive lawmakers including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greg Casar, the State Department has declassified records around the events leading up to the violent coup in 1973.

Jake Johnson

ViewpointCulture

No Parties on a Dead Planet: It’s Time We Reimagine Burning Man

Why this ecologically devastating escapist drug party just hits differently in 2023.

Corinne Loperfido

LaborFeature

Why Did UPS Teamsters Vote Yes on the Deal?

A reporter got an intimate look at how contract discussions played out at one local.

Teddy Ostrow

Interview

The Chicago Teachers Union Won Big. What Comes Next?

Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates on the Johnson administration, school privatization, and fighting for immigrant families.

Jim Daley

LaborInterviewPodcast

Autoworkers Aren't Afraid of a Strike

“It's not about protecting the American dream or fighting for the American dream. It's literally like resuscitating it from the dead.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Viewpoint

The U.S. Moneyless Economy Is Booming

The free and shared goods economy is creating community resilience and alternatives to trash culture for millions of people.

April M. Short

LaborInterviewPodcast

West Virginia University Administrators Just Announced Massive Layoffs. Campus Workers Aren’t Going Down Without a Fight.

The new WVU budget slashes nearly 10% of majors and 7% of all faculty, but campus workers are fighting back.

Maximillian Alvarez