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.
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“Sewer Socialism” is Ascendant in America’s Big Cities
As the next mayor of Washington, D.C., Janeese Lewis George will join other local leaders who say they’ll look to the public sector to help solve their cities’ housing crises.
Rebecca Burns
We Just Witnessed a Populist Blowout
In Tuesday's midterm elections, voters rejected Trump’s billionaire-backed politics and attacks on working people. The winners need to show that a different kind of politics can deliver.
Peter Certo
Organizing Beat Out Democratic Conventional Wisdom
Democrats’ sweeping victory in the midterms showed why the old playbook should be thrown out of the window—and that the Left is on the march.
Hamilton Nolan
The Hour Before Dawn
With the Voting Rights Act gutted and education under attack, building democratic power must reach beyond the ballot box—and into classrooms and the streets
Jesse Hagopian
It’s Time for Labor to Join the Fight Against Data Centers and Tech Oligarchy
There’s no room for dithering—the U.S. labor movement has to choose now whether to be on the right side of history.
Stephen Lerner
Dockworkers Worldwide Are Striking for Palestine
The second International Day of Action of Dockworkers, in solidarity with Palestine and against militarism, begins.
Peter Cole
A Gift From the President to the Cornell Seven
New comics from Mark Kaufman, Tom Tomorrow and Adam Zygis.
Tom Tomorrow, Adam Zygis and Mark Kaufman
Hispanic Voters Are Dissatisfied. What Will It Mean for the Midterms?
The question heading into the midterms is not whether Trump has lost support among Hispanic Americans—it is what dissatisfied Hispanic voters will do with that dissatisfaction.
Diana Orcés