The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

This Machine Kills Fascists, Doesn’t Pay Musicians

Folk artist Amanda Palmer raised more than $1 million on Kickstarter, then tried to get musicians to 'volunteer' at her shows. This is a problem.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

Australia Seeks to ‘Manage’ the Poor While Making Them Poorer

Michelle Chen

Culture

Tears of Gaza

A new documentary explores the Gaza War from the point of view of children.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

Drug Dealers Protecting Their Turf

Alcohol peddlers are fighting marijuana reform to keep out the competition.

David Sirota

Did Romney Don Brownface for Univision Interview?

Nyki Duda

Poverty is Up; So is the Wealth of the .000001%

Eric Murphy

Feature

The Arizonification of America?

Author Jeff Biggers on whether Arizona--with its widening racial schisms--is a rogue state or a bellwether.

Michelle Chen

Labor

Wal-Mart Holds Secretive ‘Workerwashing’ Meeting in DC with Labor Advocates

Mike Elk

Lonmin Mine Strike Ends with Pay Raise

Jacob Marshall