The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

“Is This a Union Town or What?” Chicago's Transformative Role in the Labor Movement—Past and Present—Fuels UAW Rally

Mayor Brandon Johnson and local, national and international labor leaders joined United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain at a rally for striking autoworkers and allies at the Local 551 union hall.

Maia McDonald

Viewpoint

Biden Needs To Run On Something—It Should Be Mass Debt Relief

Millions of Americans are drowning in debt. Ahead of the upcoming election, Democrats can do what’s both right and popular by promising to cancel it.

Scott Remer

Labor

UAW Scores Major Victory, GM to Put EV Battery Plants in National Contract

While the UAW's strike against the Big Three is ongoing and bargaining continues, union president Shawn Fain announced an important victory.

Luis Feliz Leon

Labor

Kaiser Workers Are Out on the Largest Healthcare Strike in U.S. History

This week, more than 75,000 unionized workers at Kaiser Permanente walked off the job, the latest in a string of high-profile labor actions across the country.

Jake Johnson

ViewpointRural America

A Rural New Deal Could Help Progressives Win Rural America

Championing rural and working-class communities is how progressives can build the trust needed to defuse culture war weapons wielded by the Right.

Anthony Flaccavento

Viewpoint

Dallas Climate Activists Won a Major Investment in Green Transit. We Can All Learn From Their Fight.

A free public transportation campaign in Dallas is a model for success as Sunrise builds its new Green New Deal for Schools campaign.

Matthew Miles Goodrich

Viewpoint

The Solidarity Economy Movement Is Devising a World Beyond Capitalism

Artists and activists are building economic alternatives centered on principles of cooperation, participatory democracy and sustainability.

Aric Sleeper

Feature

The Case for Child Welfare Abolition

For decades, reformers have tried to fix our broken child protective services system. Is abolishing it an idea whose time has come?

Roxanna Asgarian

PalestineCulture

Art Against Occupation

Malak Mattar's London show examines the U.K.' s role in Palestinian colonization.

Matt A. Hanson