The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Why Israel’s Attack on Gaza Was Illegal

A response to Bianca Ambrosio's 'Open Letter to Noam Chomsky'

Noam Chomsky

Viewpoint

Who’s Afraid of Homophobia?

The Associated Press's decision to favor 'anti-gay' over 'homophobic' isn't as bad as some say.

Achy Obejas

Feature

The Death Blow for British Coal

New revelations have surfaced about police brutality in Thatcher's 1984 battle with miners.

Kari Lydersen

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