The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Lessons for Today’s Social Movements from Gandhi’s Salt March

At the time of Mohandas Gandhi's salt satyagraha, he was accused of a major strategic blunder. But the action was actually hugely successful—and offers lessons for movements today.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Labor

Building Trades Chief Lauds Fracking Boom, Shrugs Off Environmental Concerns

Cole Stangler

Feature

Fracking to Cure Breast Cancer

Why is the Susan G. Komen Foundation partnering with a major fossil fuels company?

David Sirota

Labor

The Walmart Way of Business: When Profits Go Up, Cut Health Care for 30,000 Employees

Zaid Jilani, Alternet

Labor

SEIU Health Care Local Backs Four Republican Power Players

Marina Fang

Culture

New Deal, Same Spiel

Ken Burns' documentary about the Roosevelts is heavy on fable but light on fact.

Chris Lehmann

Labor

Happy Halloween from the GOP

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

Dear White People’s Missed Opportunities

The film gives a view of the wide range of black identities, but can't seem to tell a story beyond them about the nature of power in our "post-racial" society.

Michael Collins

Labor

Adjunct Instructor: ‘I Was Practically Giving My Work Away. It Was Charity.’

Rebecca Burns