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Comics
Weather: Explained
Eric Garcia
Study funded by private prison dollars praises private prisons; no comment, says public university
Matt Stroud
Unemployment Benefits Get Surprise Support
Kathleen Jercich

Labor
Maryland Unions Hit Jobs Jackpot with New Casinos
Bruce Vail

Comics
Reefer Sanity
Matt Bors

Culture
The Roots of the Tea Party
How conservatives came to dominate U.S. politics.
Melvyn Dubofsky

Labor
Employees at Koch-Owned Georgia-Pacific Can Now Tweet About Work Without Fear
Mike Elk

How Fox News Spun Chicago’s Murders
Eric Boehlert

QURU GUSIK REFUGEE CAMP, IRAQ
Rachel K. Dooley
Video
Conservatives Are Freaking Out Over Progressive Economic Reforms
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor
Dignitary’s Maid Reveals Indignities of Domestic Work
Michelle Chen

Comics
Bernie at the NSA
Matt Bors
Cost of prison phone calls is mercifully on the decline, but there a loophole—video calls
Matt Stroud

Feature
Republicans (Still) Have a ‘Female Problem’
In the 2014 midterms, women will be the battleground. And one party has a leg up.
Ruth Rosen

Feature
‘Sorry’ Not Good Enough for Chicago Torture Survivors
Rahm Emanuel needs to put his money where his mouth is.
G. Flint Taylor and Joey L. Mogul

Feature
Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 1, Part 1: A (Silver) Spoon Full of Sugar
Downton Abbey's back, and it's schmaltzier than ever.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor
Obama Administration Stays Quiet as Boeing Strikes Major Blow to Pensions
Mike Elk

The Death of a Brain
Lindsay Beyerstein
