The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

The Union Membership Rate Has Dropped to a Historic Low. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.

A new report offers a grim look at that the state of labor nationally, but that's not the whole picture.

C.M. Lewis

Culture

A Community Archive Documents Decades of Radical Activism Against Police Brutality

A look at Interference Archive's “Defend / Defund” exhibit.

Rohan Montgomery

Viewpoint

After a Record Year for Police Violence, Is It Finally Time to Defund the Police?

As law enforcement budgets have continued to increase, so have the number of killings by police officers. To reverse this trend, funding could be reallocated to social programs, as racial justice advocates have long called for.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Labor

“We Will Not Accept Your Laws and We Will Not Comply With Them”

U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives' attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Liam Kennedy

Labor

Here’s How Rail Workers Are Fighting On After Biden Blocked a National Strike

Politicians may have headed off their strike, but rail workers haven't stopped organizing for paid sick leave and safe staffing.

Jeff Schuhrke

There Were Only 12 Days Last Year When Police Didn't Kill Someone

Police killed nearly 100 people a month in 2022, data shows.

Sharon Zhang

Cover Story

How to Avoid Nuclear Stand-Offs That Threaten the Entire World

Frida Berrigan on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the fight for nuclear abolition.

Frida Berrigan

LaborInterview

The Supreme Court Could Gut the Right to Strike

C.M. Lewis interviews labor researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner about a case that could have widespread implications for unions across the country.

C.M. Lewis

Interview

“The Lesson Here Is That the System Is Cruel”: Keri Blakinger on Prison Journalism

The formerly incarcerated reporter speaks out on the challenges of prison reporting and her new memoir, Corrections in Ink.

Maggie Duffy