The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Saving Lake Superior

On the southern shore, the Chippewa band together to stop a mine.

John Collins

Feature

Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 6: Pig Poop, Right in the Kisser

'Edgy' plotlines about abortion and interracial romance are upstaged by pig feces.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Washington’s Selective Deficit Disorder

Politicians only impose austerity when it suits them.

David Sirota

Labor

Department of Labor May Raise Wages for Disabled Federal Contractors, After All

Mike Elk

Iraqi Authorities Illegally Detain and Torture Female Inmates

Ana Martinez

Comics

ScarJo’s Sodastream Solution

Matt Bors

Viewpoint

We Shot John Lennon

50 years ago, the Beatles ran afoul of America's pathologies.

Susan J. Douglas

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Illinois Attorney General Fights to Stop Jon Burge’s Pension Payments

The former police commander has raked in thousands while in prison for lying about torturing detainees.

G. Flint Taylor

Labor

Illinois Caregivers Press Governor Quinn for a Living Wage

Matthew Blake