The Wisconsin Idea
The Wisconsin Idea is an independent reporting project of People’s Action Institute, Citizen Action of Wisconsin and In These Times. The Wisconsin Idea takes a closer look at the state of Wisconsin, featuring in-depth reporting on the issues facing the state’s rural communities.
Latest Stories
Dockworkers Unions in Six Countries Announce Day of Strikes and Protests Against War and Genocide
Unions representing workers at 40 ports in Europe and the Mediterranean are calling for an international day of action on October 30.
Sarah Lazare
Abdul El-Sayed Is In a Fight to Transform the Democratic Party
The Michigan Senate primary between El-Sayed and Haley Stevens is shaping up to be a proxy war in the struggle between the party’s progressive and centrist wings.
Danny Postel
A 4-Day Work Week Sounds Great. How Do We Get One?
Workers deserve far more time off the job. But getting to a shorter work week will require a labor movement that can wield power to extract such demands.
Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon
Zombie Coins, Ghost Chains and Other Slop
Some of the latest developments in late capitalism, from a human perspective—never an AI hallucination.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
United Auto Workers Divests From Israel
At the 39th Constitutional Convention, delegates voted to divest $400,000 worth of bonds in historic first.
Maximillian Alvarez
Trump Keeps Making the Best Deals With Iran... Kind Of
A new comic by Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow
The Adventures of Bloodless Quant
Alex Hood
Trump Is Sleeping Through His War on Iran
A new comic by Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman