The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

What Today's Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners' Victory 50 Years Ago

Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972. Current organizers can take lessons from both the challenges and successes of the historic campaign.

Steve Early

Viewpoint

Inflation Misinformation

Inflation myths only benefit the rich.

Rick Perlstein

Viewpoint

Crypto Predators Wage Class War with a Smile

The cryptocurrency bubble reveals the emperor’s new grift.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Elon Musk’s Takeover Through The Eyes of Twitter’s Janitors

Three weeks before the holidays, Twitter laid off its custodial staff. We spoke to them on what they saw at HQ.

Teddy Ostrow

FeatureInvestigationGoodman Institute

The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

Here’s what happens when a school rethinks punishment.

Andy Kopsa

Feature

Remember El Mozote

On December 11, 1981, El Salvador’s US-backed soldiers carried out one of the worst massacres in the history of the Americas at El Mozote.

Micah Uetricht and Branko Marcetic

ViewpointRural America

Oil Companies Have Plundered Louisiana's Coast. They Owe Us Reparations.

Native and Black communities suffering the most from coastal damage need reparations for past abuse while we fight for systemic change.

Courtney Naquin

Labor

Starbucks Union Workers Have a Holiday Wish: Don’t Buy Starbucks Gift Cards

To mark the anniversary of the Starbucks union movement, workers are holding rallies in 10 cities—and asking customers to publicly show their support.

Saurav Sarkar

Viewpoint

To Make Debt Relief a Reality, We’ll Need to Reform the Supreme Court

The legal hurdles facing Biden’s student loan cancellation plan underscore the need to overhaul our democracy—and make debt relief universal.

Scott Remer