The Wisconsin Idea

Comics

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Eric Garcia

Newt Gingrich Bitten By Penguin

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Apple’s Two Faces: Power Gaps Between Brazil and China Foxconn Workers

Michelle Chen

NYPD Disrupts ‘Sleepful Protest’

Bhaskar Sunkara

Israeli Authorities Thwart ‘Flytilla’ Protest

Matt Bellassai

Katie Roiphe, HBO’s “Girls,” and Submission

Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture

The Bungled Hunt for 9/11’s Mastermind: KSM

It took Washington 10 years to capture Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed, who will soon be charged with murdering 2,976 people. A new book reveals his shadowy story.

Steve Weinberg

Labor

The Boss Man Cometh: Through State Tax Breaks, Employers Pilfer Workers’ Earnings

Michelle Chen

Labor

Why Is the Recovery So Feeble? Ask (Laid-Off) Public-Sector Workers

Roger Bybee