The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

‘Her’ Is Really More About ‘Him’

Spike Jonze's new romantic drama is undoubtedly sexist—but critics haven't seemed to notice.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Culture

A Very Adult Social Security Tantrum

Centrist Dems are horrified by Elizabeth Warren's plan to raise benefits. But populists aren't backing down.

Chris Lehmann

Heat levels on Angola death row amount to ‘cruel and unusual punishment,’ judge rules

Matt Stroud

Feature

Why Edward Snowden Is the Definition of a Whistleblower

The verdict on Snowden is in.

David Sirota

Feature

Top Pipeline Regulator: Lack of Oversight ‘Keeps Me Up At Night’

Some 200,000 miles of gathering lines go entirely unregulated.

Cole Stangler

Amazon.com Could Get Its First U.S. Labor Union

Kathleen Jercich

‘Men’s Rights Activists’ Flood College Rape Reporting System with Lies

Kathleen Jercich

Feature

The Adjunct’s Lament

Even in the ivory tower, work is often solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.

Rebecca Burns

Jailed Pussy Riot Members May Walk Free in Russia

Kathleen Jercich