The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

‘E-Verification’ of Mi Pueblo Workers Sparks Fear and Ire

Rose Arrieta

Occupy the Port: Demonstrators Confront Ship Carrying Walmart Goods

Ben Lorber

Feature

Zero Nuance

Kathryn Bigelow’s “apolitical” film about bin Laden’s death might as well be a video game.

Michael Atkinson

Culture

Blinded by Thrift Store Irony

It makes very little sense to characterize irony, strictly speaking, as a matter of self-presentation.

Chris Lehmann

Santa to Banks: Stop Evictions

Jacob Marshall

Feature

Truce or Dare in Colombia

Violence rages even as peace talks continue.

Jeremy Kryt

Sympathy for Nancy Lanza

Lindsay Beyerstein

Comics

A Dangerous Mix

Eric Garcia

Conviction Overturned in Henry Glover Murder

Lindsay Beyerstein