The Wisconsin Idea

Viewpoint

Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher

The tall tales are all true.

Jane Miller

Labor

As Death Toll in Bangladesh Collapse Climbs Past 1,000, Another Factory Fire Claims 8 Lives

Michelle Chen

Noam Chomsky Helped Talk Stephen Hawking Into Boycotting Israel

Jessica Stites

How Chicago Workers Went From Occupation to Cooperative

Rebecca Burns

The Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Guide to Running in Another Party’s Safe District

Devin McCarthy

Feature

Whose Budget? Their Budget.

At their first participatory budgeting vote, 5th ward residents take $1 million in municipal funds into their own hands.

Joel Handley

Hawking Joins Boycott; Foreclosing on Wells Fargo; Cooper Union Gets Occupied

Ben Lorber

Viewpoint

FCC: Fronting For Corporations?

Business is cheering Obama's nominee. That's bad news if you like your media diverse and your Internet free.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

The Military’s 40-Year Experiment

How the end of the draft made way for an 'era of persistent conflict.'

David Sirota