The Wisconsin Idea

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The Woman Who’s Changing the Definition of ‘Foodie’

ROC’s Saru Jayaraman is doing for ethical eating what Michael Pollan did for slow food.

Michelle Chen

Vital Signs: An Interfaith Boycott; Tunisian Revolution Redux

Ben Lorber

Labor

Cop Sues for Overtime for Email Checking; Sweatshop Activists Target Selena Gomez; Wage Theft at JFK

Mike Elk

Feature

The International Precariat

Foreign correspondents like James Foley, abducted in Syria, are at the most dangerous edge of the freelance economy.

Jeremy Gantz

OSHA Oilfield Safety Program ‘Voluntary’

Mike Elk

Labor

Chicago Middle-School Students Berate Officials: ‘Don’t Close Our Schools!’

Kari Lydersen

Feature

Didn’t Watch the Super Bowl? You Still Got Charged

4 ways everyone in America pays a Sports Tax, including $1 billion a year to the NFL.

David Sirota

International Meeting Unites Movement Against Destructive Mining Projects

Jonathan Treat

Labor

Imagining a ‘Just Recovery’ from Superstorm Sandy

Michelle Chen