The Wisconsin Idea

Transgender Prisoner Files Lawsuit After Hormone Therapy Denied

George Lavender

Labor

Organizers Come Together To ‘Move from Checkers to Chess’

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

The Politics of Red Lines

Putin's takeover of Crimea scares U.S. leaders because it challenges America's global dominance.

Noam Chomsky

Culture

Mansplaining, Explained

How Rebecca Solnit articulated a millennia-old phenomenon.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

New Law In Tennessee Will Send Women To Prison For Illegal Drug Use While Pregnant

George Lavender

Labor

College Adjuncts Union Scores Victory at Maryland Institute College of Art

Bruce Vail

Feature

NFL Teams Pay Cheerleaders Poverty-Level Wages

Members of some pro-football cheer squads make far less than the federal minimum wage, but their teams aren't budging.

Jim Hightower, Alternet

Feature

Donald Sterling Is Only Part of the Problem

Sterling's remarks certainly deserve condemnation, but we can't ignore racism's more harmful effects.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

White House Steps Up To Combat Sexual Assault on College Campuses

Andrew Mortazavi