The Wisconsin Idea
Weekly Pulse: Problems With the Public Option
Lindsay Beyerstein
Labor
Stronger Workplace Democracy for Airline and Rail Industries?
Emily Udell

Feature
The Dark Side of the Bright Side
In her new book, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of contemporary optimism.
Anis Shivani

Labor
French ‘Boss-Napping’ Workers Bring Plant-Closing Fight to US
David Moberg
Comics
helenkeller
August Pollak

Labor
U.S. Poverty: If Only We Knew How Bad It Really Is
Stephen Franklin
Weekly Audit: Too Big to Fail is Just Too Big
Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger

Labor
Protesters Tell It On the Mountain in Coal Country
Michelle Chen
Viewpoint
Consolidation Station: News ‘Sharing’ Erodes Journalism
Megan Tady
