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
Iranian Culture Will Not Be Erased
Trump said a “whole civilization will die tonight.” We can’t be destroyed so easily.
Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel
Rural Kentucky Tenants Win Unprecedented Lease Agreement After Yearlong Campaign
How tenants in four federally-backed buildings in the South overcame intense retaliation and won a new contract from their out-of-state landlord.
Thomas Birmingham
We Need To Tax the Corporations Cashing In On the Iran War
Across the political spectrum, Americans support taxing windfall profits—and billionaires—to help working people weather the affordability crisis.
Meghan Schneider and Cass DiPaola
The Big Idea: Guerrilla Theater
Alongside protests against raids and deportations, small actions of absurdist disruption can also prove to expose the raw violence of those in power.
J. Patrick Patterson
As Workers Struggle, Our Political Class Goes All In On a Permanent War State
From blood banks to food insecurity, a snapshot of a country whose raison d'etre is increasingly open sadism and violence
Sarah Lazare
To Tax the Ultra-Rich, We Need to Go After Their Wealth—Not Just Income
Two proposals—one in California, one in Congress—could finally do it. The alternative is an ever-more-powerful billionaire class that threatens democracy itself.
Conor Lynch
Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield
Dr. Hatem Bazian on ICE's abduction of a beloved community member who played a major role in the local Palestine movement—and how he may have been wrongly targeted because of it.
Dr. Hatem Bazian
Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them
A new report shows that candidates with backgrounds in labor unions can win the support of working people. The Democratic Party should take note.
Jake Triola