The Wisconsin Idea

LaborInterviewPodcast

Southern Workers Are Building a Movement to be Reckoned With

“The South got something to say, workers here have something to say.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Minnesota Just Banned Captive Audience Meetings. Every State Should Follow Suit.

Minnesota just banned captive audience meetings, presumably understanding that it is unreasonable to force working people to attend mandatory meetings at which their boss delivers to them the equivalent of an Ayn Rand book reading.

Hamilton Nolan

FeatureInvestigationGoodman Institute

What It's Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs

Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray. Lationna Halbert’s is one of the first.

Bryce Covert

Departments

The Nakba Never Ends

Steve Askin wrote about the exclusion of Palestinians from Israeli “democracy” in 1984. On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, his reflections are still too relevant.

In These Times Editors

InterviewCulture

“I Think I’m Done Striving”: Delia Cai Against the American Dream

After writing her debut novel, the Central Places author turns her ambitions to her community

Jireh Deng

LaborFeature

Les travailleurs de Iowa peuvent-ils affronter le géant de la viande, Tyson?

Les travailleurs essentiels qui ont eu un éveil de conscience pour améliorer leurs conditions de vie pendant la pandémie se battent maintenant pour un syndicat.

Luis Feliz Leon

Labor

Starbucks Union Workers Have a New Strategy to Win a First Contract

After over a year of delays, workers are done waiting on Starbucks to bargain in good faith—so they’re calling the company’s bluff by holding regional in-person bargaining meetings.

Saurav Sarkar

Viewpoint

The Left Case for the Trillion Dollar Coin

Gimmick? Maybe. Path out of the debt ceiling mess? Absolutely.

Maurice BP Weeks

LaborInterviewPodcast

A Nationwide UPS Strike Could Be Weeks Away

“[A strike] could capture the imagination of people who want a union, but want to join something that they feel is fighting for them.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh