The Wisconsin Idea

ViewpointElection 2024

The Billionaires’ Election

The disastrous 2024 outcome shows the ever-growing role of money in American politics.

Rob Larson

Viewpoint

Socialists in Office Are Building Power on the Local Level

At a recent gathering in Philadelphia, elected officials endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America shared strategies for advancing left-wing policy at all levels of government.

David Duhalde

ViewpointElection 2024

All the President’s Apologists

Rehabilitating the president most synonymous with executive overreach and corruption paves the way for a return of Nixonian—and now Trumpist—power politics.

Caleb Brennan

Dispatch

Time is Running Out to Cancel Debt for Aging Borrowers

Aging debtors staged a “knit-in” outside of the Department of Education to demand loan forgiveness.

Lily Greenberg Call

Labor

Grocery Giants Kroger and Albertsons Lose In Blocked Merger

The collapse of the Kroger-Albertsons deal is a historic win for farmers, workers and everyone else.

Jessica Corbett

Comics

Oligarch Victory Parade

New election comics, curated by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Matt Bors

Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Mallorie Udischas-Trojan

CultureComics

Comic To Burn Down The System

"Reform" or compliance?

Ben Passmore

Palestine

The Unseen Battle for Food in Gaza

"We are not only suffering from bombs, starvation is used as a weapon against Gazans."

Iman Al-Haj

Culture

Crosswords for Change

Puzzle solvers and constructors are building a new world for games.

Kaitlin Hsu (徐欣)