The Wisconsin Idea

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Just Whose National Security?

The government's idea of protection seems awfully self-serving.

Noam Chomsky

Colorado Bans Use of Solitary Confinement for “Seriously Mentally Ill” Prisoners

George Lavender

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Mind the Gap, Inc.

Online organizers use a creative hoax to remind the corporation—and its customers—just who's suffering to produce its products.

Isabelle Nastasia

Comics

Soylent: Our Dystopian Food Future

Matt Bors

Feature

Americans Pay the Price for Private Equity Firms’ Sins

When private equity firms illegally game the system, plutocrats aren't the only ones who suffer.

David Sirota

The Koch Brothers Could Own Every House in Atlanta

Ethan Corey

Labor

One Year After Closings, How Are Chicago’s Public Schools Now?

Yana Kunichoff

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UN Blast of U.S. Human Rights Record Goes Mostly Unnoticed

U.S. media outlets have largely ignored a UN report noting America's human rights violations.

Ana Martinez

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Italy’s Forgotten Refugees

The country's structural support systems are quaking under the sheer volume of immigrants seeking asylum.

Giorgio Ghiglione