The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

“They’re Not Welcome”: How Chicago Residents Are Resisting Trump’s ICE Invasion of the City

As ICE wreaks chaos and violence in neighborhoods across Chicago, teams of rapid responders are protecting residents and challenging Trump’s attempted occupation by fighting fear through solidarity.

Danny Postel

ViewpointPolitics

Charlie Kirk and the Free Speech Hoax

The Right doesn't really care about free speech, and their reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk proves it.

Shane Burley

Politics

The Urgent Healthcare Crisis at the Heart of the Government Shutdown

Healthcare costs are about to skyrocket for working Americans, but Republican lawmakers are prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthy.

Karen Dolan

LaborViewpoint

A Strategy to Stop the Flow of Our Money to Billionaires

The trillions of dollars in our retirement savings are enriching the ultra wealthy while they ravage our communities. A mass movement led by workers and pensioners can turn off the tap.

Sare Myklebust and Saqib Bhatti

LaborCulture

Weathering Backlash with Care Infrastructure

The Highlander Nursery School’s free socialist early childhood education helped sustain the Southern labor movement. Here’s what we can learn.

Briana M. Bivens

FeatureInterview

The Pain and Possibility of Pensions

A roundtable discussion with New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, CalPERS board member and SEIU Local 521 President Mullissa Willette and Evan Sutton of #TeslaTakedown

J. Patrick Patterson

Labor

The Answer to Trump’s Anti-Worker Shutdown Is Solidarity and Labor Militancy

The GOP’s assault on federal employees amid the government shutdown is far more extreme than Reagan’s PATCO union busting. The labor movement needs a more effective response this time.

Conor Lynch

Culture

The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

In a new biography, Susana M. Morris reflects on the devolution of American empire through the lens of Butler’s life

Aina Marzia

Departments

More Than Social Security; Universal Retirement Access for All

Every worker, no matter the job, should have a reliable way to build a nest egg.

J. Patrick Patterson