The Wisconsin Idea

Dispatch

Public Libraries For Profit

The trend of farming out public libraries to a private, profit-oriented business has raised concerns because libraries have long been considered democratic bodies built on the cornerstone of information diversity, transparency and intellectual freedom

Akito Yoshikane

Feature

iPower to the People

The perils and promise of point-and-click politics

Jessica Clark

Viewpoint

Harold Washington Remembered

Washington's candidacy forged political unity among Chicago's notoriously fractious black community and helped bring the city's feuding Latino groups (including Mexicans and Puerto Ricans) together

Salim Muwakkil

Feature

Kids LOL @ Navy Recruiters

Millennials, explained Arthur Mitchell, director of strategic planning for the Navy's Accelerate Your Life campaign, are "narcissistic praise junkies" and "a somewhat alien life force"

Aaron Sarver

Viewpoint

Talking American Democracy in China

Chinese democracy does not involve much voting, awareness of how the government works, information about politics, or what I like to call "facts," yet the Chinese government claims to be democratic, and many of my Chinese friends will agree that this is true

Mike Levy

Don’t Hold Your Breath

Jarrett

Feature

When Protectors Become Predators

Perhaps the greatest danger to endangered species is the Bush administration

Megan Tady

Comics

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Mikhaela B. Reid

Dispatch

Air Polluters Sail the High Seas

The environmental law firm EarthJustice, Friends of the Earth and other advocacy groups are taking action to compel the EPA to set comprehensive restrictions on the air pollution that clouds U.S. harbors

Michelle Chen