The Wisconsin Idea

“The Punishment Simply Does Not Fit The Crime”: President Obama on Criminal Justice Reform (VIDEO)

George Lavender

Culture

A Quiet Return to the Killing Fields of Indonesia

Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing focused on the perpetrators of genocide; in the sequel, the stage is shared by traumatized survivors.

Michael Atkinson

Labor

How Migrant Farmworkers Are Cross-Pollinating Strategies—And Winning

Sonia Singh

Feature

“Privatization is not the solution”: Michigan Activists Fight for Water Justice

A six-day march from Detroit to Flint by a coalition of community organizations recently protested issues of water justice facing Michigan residents.

Ashley Bohrer

Labor

Calm Down: SCOTUS’s ‘Friedrichs’ Case Won’t Mean the End of the American Labor Movement

David Moberg

Labor

“We Need to Stop Being Nice”: IL Labor, Community Activists Push Progressive Budget Crisis Solutions

Simon Swartzman

Culture

The Stanford Prison Experiment Actually Shows We Are Not All Born Potential Tyrants

The film adaptation of the Stanford prison experiment explores little of its ambiguity.

Eileen Jones

Comics

The Real Truth About Bill Cosby

Matt Bors

Feature

Laundromat Workers Air New York’s Dirty Laundry in Performance Piece

A new film/performance spotlights the often-invisible workers who fold the clothes, maintain the machines and know your secrets.

Michelle Chen