The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Long Before Conservatives Stifled Gun and Tax Studies, They Derailed Labor Research

Moshe Z. Marvit

Obama’s State of the Union Draws Mixed Reactions from Progressives

Camille Beredjick

Feature

Debtors’ Prisons Make a Comeback

Across the U.S., debts to private companies are landing poor people in jail.

Alex Kane, AlterNet

Tardy on Rent in Arkansas? You Could Go to Jail

Jack Bedrosian

Feature

Yes, He Did: Obama Plugged Trans-Pacific Partnership While Touting ‘Middle Class’ Growth

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an imminent threat to American workers--and it has the Obama administration's full support.

Roger Bybee

Comics

Cardinal Santorum Leaves For Rome

Jeff Danziger

Labor

An Exclusive with the Applebee’s Server Fired for Posting ‘I Give 10 Percent To God’ Tip to Reddit

Melinda Tuhus

God Made Female Farmers, Too

Andy Kopsa

Feature

The State of the Unions

With labor under full-scale attack, President Obama must speak up.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President