The Wisconsin Idea

Feature
A Child’s Christmas in Dalat
The author remembers his first Christmas, in 1969 Vietnam.
Andrew Lam

Culture
Scroungers and Strivers
We are encouraged to sneer at poverty and hardship.
Jane Miller

Feature
An Open Letter to Professor Noam Chomsky
What 'Gaza Under Assault' got wrong.
Bianca Ambrosio

Feature
The GOP’s 1 Trillion Dollar Lie
How a right-wing whopper about the cost of welfare was born.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet

Feature
Sore Losers
How bitter Republicans and their backers rammed through a union-destroying bill in Michigan.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Labor
Flammable Material: How Garment Workers Can Respond to the Tazreen Factory Fire
Michelle Chen
Vital Signs: Power to the People After Sandy; Occupy Boehner’s Stocking
Ben Lorber

Labor
What’s Next for Michigan Unions?
Bruce Vail

Labor
Illinois Coal Bankruptcy: Good News for Environment, Bad News for Workers
Kari Lydersen
