The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Beneath the ‘Fair Trade’ Label, Union-Busting Lurks

Michelle Chen

Video

Bill Moyers and Susan Crawford on Slow, Costly and Unfair Internet Access in U.S.

Amien Essif

Marching Toward Equality in the Military—But at What Cost?

Yasmin Nair, Ryan Conrad and Karma Chávez

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