The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Abortion Rights are Trans Rights

One year after Dobbs, a record amount of anti-LGBT legislation has been unleashed across the country. What’s needed now—more than ever—is solidarity among marginalized genders.

Lexie Bean

Viewpoint

Dobbs Means People Like Me Can’t Plan Their Future

A woman reflects on her abortion and says she is “living proof” that it can sometimes be the best path.

Ryan-Simone

Interview

Measuring Dobbs’ Lasting Harm

On the anniversary of the SCOTUS decision that overthrew Roe, two Chicago-based pro-choice groups discuss what the fallout has been.

Nayanika Guha

Viewpoint

How Chicago Broke the Neoliberal Fever

The Windy City has long been a laboratory for free market fundamentalism. But the election of Mayor Brandon Johnson and a landmark number of left-wing City Council members indicates the emergence of a new Chicago school.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

FeatureCover Story

Brandon Johnson Did the Impossible. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Brandon Johnson has gone from the congregation to the classroom to the picket line to the boardroom—and now to City Hall’s fifth floor.

Wesley Lowery

FeatureCover StoryEn Español

Brandon Johnson Logró Hacer Lo Imposible. Ahora Sigue Lo Difícil.

De la congregación al salon escolar, de la manifestación huelguista a la sala ejecutiva, ahora Brandon Johnson se dirigirá a la alcaldía.

Wesley Lowery

LaborInterviewPodcast

Canadian Workers Are Saying No to Precarity

Workers at the Canadian Labor Congress came together to share stories and organizing strategies.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Tony Evers Just Signed Off on the Largest Voucher School Expansion in 30 Years

Public school advocates say they feel betrayed by Wisconsin’s “Education Governor” and that the budget package that was on his desk is “a bad deal” that includes “a pittance to public schools.”

Samantha Winslow

DispatchRural America

Big Dairy is Milking California Dry

A small town fights back against dairy expansion.

Ian Whitaker