The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Should Rahm Emanuel Be Exempt From Ethics Laws?

Executives at firms managing Chicago pension money have made more than $600,000 in donations to the mayor, despite a city ordinance—and an executive order by Emanuel himself—restricting contributions from city contractors.

David Sirota

Feature

Bill Moyers on ‘Selma’: ‘Powerful But Flawed’ Portrayal of LBJ’s Civil Rights Record

LBJ's former White House Press Secretary says that while the film sometimes "suggests the very opposite of the truth," it's well worth watching.

BillMoyers.com Staff

Comics

Charlie Hedbo’s Humorless Killers

Matt Bors

Feature

Salman Rushdie on Charlie Hebdo: ‘Vilifying … These Fallen Artists’ Is ‘Disgraceful’

The target of an infamous fatwa weighs in on satire, free speech and religion.

Terry J. Allen

Labor

In Surprise Announcement, Karen Lewis Says She Will Return to Chicago Teachers Union Next Week

Micah Uetricht

Culture

Portrait of the Artist as a Dying Class

Scott Timberg argues that we've lost the scaffolding of middle-class jobs—record-store clerk, critic, roadie—that made creative scenes thrive.

Joanna Scutts

Labor

We Need Less Work, Not More

Alexandra Bradbury

Labor

Is Gov. Scott Walker Preparing to Push for Right to Work in Wisconsin?

Roger Bybee

Feature

Why Eric Garner Couldn’t Breathe

The chokehold is only half the story of homicidal violence.

Terry J. Allen