The Wisconsin Idea

Cook County Poised to Slash Exorbitant Jail Call Costs By 50 Percent

Amien Essif

Feature

Gerrymandering Isn’t the (Only) Problem

Redrawing district lines will never eliminate the unfair bias toward Republicans in House elections. Here's what will.

Rob Richie

TransCanada Cuts Corners in Protecting U.S. Water Supply from Possible Keystone XL Spills

Anthony Mangini

8 Reasons the ‘Walmart Winter’ is a Game Changer

James Tracy and Jenya Cassidy

Feature

The Will to Secede

With the re-election of Barack Obama, secession rears its head.

G. Pascal Zachary

On Being, Or Not Being, Adam Lanza’s Mother

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Fighting Fiscal-Cliff Cuts, Home Care Workers and Employers Forge Alliance

Kari Lydersen

Vital Signs: Labor Takes On Durbin; Indigenous ‘Idle No More’ Movement Escalates

Ben Lorber

The Good Bears Project

Lindsay Beyerstein