The Wisconsin Idea
Viewpoint
What the New Year Demands
Robert Parry

Culture
Our Coffee, Ourselves
The rise of Starbucks reveals how we really live, and it ain't pretty.
Richard Greenwald

Feature
Hope Is Not Change
Patience is not a virtue—and good things don’t come to those who wait.
David Sirota

Dispatch
Dear ITT Ideologist: Law, Order and Angry Atheists
Pete Karman

Dispatch
Snapshot: Market of Sacrifice
Rachel K. Dooley
Labor
Mining Programs Provide Job Training for Inmates. But Are They Worth It?
Emily Udell
Labor
Netroots vs. Unions: Labor Pushing to Fix Rather Than Torpedo Senate Health Bill
Art Levine

Labor
‘Revolutionary Lemonade Stand’ Makes Labor Struggles Fashionable
Kari Lydersen

Feature
Mobilized in Motor City
How Detroit DSA works in the Democratic Party to effect change.
Seth A. Maxon
