The Wisconsin Idea

LaborInterviewPodcast

Railroad Whistleblowers Keep Losing Their Jobs

Michael Paul Lindsey II, a locomotive conductor and engineer of 17 years, tried to sound the alarm on railroad safety. Not long after, he was fired.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

Sanctions Are an Act of War

Economic sanctions which claim to target authoritarian governments and wealthy profiteers of global conflicts only hurt innocent civilian populations.

Phyllis Bennis

Viewpoint

We Can Solve Homelessness (If We Want To)

Our economic priorities have created a serious housing crisis and fueled homelessness. Solving the problem simply requires us to change our priorities from profits to people.

Sonali Kolhatkar

Viewpoint

One Weird Trick to Help Solve the U.S. Housing Crisis

In a new book, Richard Kahlenberg explains that decades of arcane zoning regulations have led to our current system of high rents, restrictions on worker mobility, and racial and economic segregation.

Max B. Sawicky

Departments

The Guerrilla Gardeners Seedbombing the Suburbs

How guerrilla gardeners supply healthy food, beautify their community and support the local ecosystem.

Dayton Martindale

Rural America

Fighting Industrial Development and Defending Black History in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley”

In Wallace, descendants of enslaved people live on one of the last preserved stretches of Louisiana’s Mississippi River. Now, a massive grain export facility threatens the community’s history and future.

Daja E. Henry

Labor

Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union

A year after a landmark union win at the JFK8 warehouse, Amazon still refuses to recognize it. Workers disagree on how to end the stalemate.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborInterviewPodcast

UAW Turns Up the Heat on the Big Three

“If we don't do this now, we won't have another opportunity.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Viewpoint

Cop City and the Escalating War on Environmental Defenders

From laws targeting fossil fuel protests to the crackdown on Stop Cop City activists, corporations are calling in militarized law enforcement to crush dissent.

Basav Sen and Gabrielle Colchete