The Wisconsin Idea

Labor

Jazz Musician: ‘I See the Gap Between the Haves and Have-Nots’

Jeremy Gantz

Dispatch

Judgment Day for Payday Lenders

Religious groups in the South fight a predatory practice.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Why Brazil’s World Cup Protesters Are So Furious

Four devastating effects of La Copa that will be felt long after the games.

Dave Zirin

Labor

‘$10.10 is Not Enough,’ Federal Contract Workers Tell Obama

Bruce Vail

North Carolina Passes Fracking Secrecy Law

Jessica Corbett

Political Horse Trading Could Leave 400,000 Virginians Without Medicaid

Hannah Gelbort

Feature

Orange is The New Black, Season 2, Episode 1: It’s All About Piper

If you are not a fan of cockroaches or Piper, you are out of luck.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Rank-and-File Environmentalism

Why workers are crucial to halting the assault on the planet.

Trish Kahle

Dispatch

Why Can’t College Be Free?

Three proposals to reclaim the promise of higher education.

Rebecca Burns