The Wisconsin Idea

Comics

Florida: Land of Stand Your Ground

Matt Bors

The End of Cell Phone Smuggling?

Alex Wolff

Feature

UIC Faculty: We’re Striking for Students

Two faculty members at the University of Illinois-Chicago give a firsthand account of why they're striking.

Lennard Davis and Walter Benn Michaels

Feature

Laverne Cox: Transforming Hollywood

The trailblazing Orange is the New Black star has become a powerful voice for trans people, including CeCe McDonald.

Yasmin Nair

Labor

Cuts to Food Stamps Will Make It Even Harder for Americans in Need

Holly L. Derr

Viewpoint

The Reform That Dare Not Speak Its Name

The virtues of proportional representation.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 7: A Farewell to Charms

Downton ties up this season's loose ends, and the results are pretty offensive.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Viewpoint

Sabotaging Peace with Iran

Congress couldn't undermine Obama's deal without the help of the arms industry.

Leonard C. Goodman

Labor

After Historic UAW Defeat at Tennessee Volkswagen Plant, Theories Abound

Mike Elk