The Wisconsin Idea

Culture

Bad Cop, Badder Cop in Brazil

Does the new shoot-'em-up film Tropa de Elite bring out the country's inner fascist?

Holmes Wilson

Viewpoint

Warning: Drug Ads Can Make You Sick

A $4.2 billion annual drug industry incessantly reinforces the medicalization of complaints through direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising

Terry J. Allen

Viewpoint

No Talking to the Enemy

Both the U.S. and Iranian governments have been stopped dialogues between citizens seeking peaceful resolution

Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium

Feature

Why Is Yazan Sawalha in Prison?

Israel has detained the son of a prominent Palestinian peace activist, and refuses to say why.

Megan Tady

The First Rule About Campus Conservatives…

Brian Cook

Culture

Rocking Lolita in Tehran

Iran's underground music scene has more followers than ever, largely because Iranian musicians are performing on a new stage: the Internet

Colin Meyn

Viewpoint

Beware the Credit-Industrial Complex

Barely regulated banks are getting away with one usurious practice after the next: not only the subprime fiasco, but the extortionate service fees on your bank accounts and the escalating interest fees, late fees and truncated payment cycles on your credit cards

Susan J. Douglas

I Can Has Book Deal?

Brian Cook

Dispatch

No New Year Resolutions?

SEC proposes curbing shareholder power

Kari Lydersen