The Wisconsin Idea

LaborViewpoint

Why Democratic Socialists Are Taking to the Streets This May Day

The legacy of May Day is a fight for working-class power against the ravages of capitalism. Democratic Socialists of America is organizing to keep that proud tradition alive in 2026.

Will Bloom

Rural AmericaHousing

This May Day, Montana Trailer Park Tenants Are Going on Rent Strike

As surging housing costs push workers out of Bozeman, tenants are confronting rising rents with collective action.

Rebecca Burns

LaborViewpoint

Mayday, Mayday, May Day

Friday's emergency signal from the working class

Maya Ragsdale

LaborViewpoint

Why It’s More Important Than Ever To Learn About May Day

A broad coalition is organizing nationwide actions this May Day to support workers’ rights, protect democracy and demand an end to billionaire rule.

Jackson Potter

InterviewCulture

Ai Weiwei on the “Catastrophic Status Quo” of Censorship

A conversation with the renowned artist on life in exile and his new book

Nick Hilden

Podcast

Citizens Reckon with Industrial Plant Explosion in Rural Louisiana

After an industrial plant explosion from chemical dumping, the government is slow to take action.

Maximillian Alvarez

Dispatch

Radical Booksellers Do More Than Just Retail

Bookstores fight for communities through activism, despite backlash.

J. Patrick Patterson

Podcast

Camping Out a Chemical Giant: Diane Wilson Persists in Hunger Strike for Clean Waters

The fourth-generation fisherwoman from Texas’ Gulf Coast said she won’t let Dow continue to pollute the community’s bays and waterways.

Maximillian Alvarez

Interview

What Organizers Today Can Learn From the Socialist Jewish Labor Bund Movement

Artist and journalist Molly Crabapple discusses the lessons she learned while writing her new book “Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund.”

Shane Burley