The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The One Thing Worse Than Big Dairy’s Abuse of Cows? Its Abuse of Workers.

While the dairy industry's cruel treatment of cows has been well documented, workers face vile and often dangerous conditions.

Joseph Sorrentino

‘Chipping Away At The System’: Maya Schenwar on Alternatives to Our ‘Justice’ System

George Lavender

Culture

Drug Shills Dispensing Pills

A psychiatrist questions Big Pharma's influence on her profession.

Jean Kim

Labor

Want Thanksgiving Off? Follow These Whole Foods Workers’ Example and Go On Strike

Amien Essif

Dispatch

Baltimore Teens Take Out the Trash

Youth battle a waste incinerator.

Bruce Vail

Culture

Reports from Inside First Look Media Suggest That Maybe Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Manage Journalists

Feverish speculation surrounds First Look's recent troubles. But perhaps the most obvious culprit is its reliance on truckloads of tech money.

Chris Lehmann

Labor

Under New Progressive Leadership, Teachers Union Fights “Teacher Jail”

Samantha Winslow

Comics

How to Avoid Being Shot by Police

Matt Bors

Labor

As New York City Considers Criminal Justice Reforms, Police Unions Stand in the Way

Ari Paul