The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Why Labor Matters in the Fight for Racial Justice

Black workers' struggles in the labor movement have won important gains—including transformation of unions themselves.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor

Atlantic City’s Casino Closings Leave Thousands of Workers Out of Luck

Jake Blumgart

Labor

Guards Need Job Security of Their Own, Say Apple Store Protesters

Julia Wong

Feature

Nemesis of the Chemical Giants

For 30 years, scientist Theo Colborn has fought the chemical industry—and won.

Molly M. Ginty

Feature

The Congress of Collective Hallucinations

In Ari Folman's new film, fantasy is a slippery slope.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Comics

Where ISIS Learned to Waterboard

Matt Bors

California Moves to Change Solitary Confinement for Mentally Ill Prisoners

George Lavender

Labor

Data Entry Associate: ‘It Just Felt Completely Irrelevant’

Analeah Rosen

On Labor Day, A Working Families Party Strategy

Julie Kushner and Rafael Navar