The Wisconsin Idea

Feature
Prairie Fire
A bitter labor conflict ultimately failed in Decatur, Ill., during the mid-'90s. But a new book argues that tactics developed there by locked-out workers strengthen today's labor movement.
Stephen K. Ashby and C.J. Hawking
Comics
obamastandup
Paul Peterson and Yul Tolbert
Sri Lanka Celebrates ‘Victory.’ Now Comes the Hard Part
Jeremy Gantz
Healthcare Industry Already Wavering on Savings
Lindsay Beyerstein
Video
Beware the Zombie Banks
Jeremy Gantz

Dispatch
Xe is the Problem
Keeping the corporation formerly known as Blackwater out of Skunk Hollow.
Jenny Tomkins
Corporations Widely Using Wal-Mart Tactics, New Unionbusting Report Finds
Art Levine
Video
What Do Starbucks and Wal-Mart Have in Common?
Jeremy Gantz
Weekly Audit: Debt and Taxes
Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger
