The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

The Next Corporate-Friendly Trade Pact

With the TPP facing Congressional scrutiny, the U.S. presses forward on another deal.

Cole Stangler

Feature

Just Kids

Could a recent Supreme Court decision give juvenile lifers a second chance?

Matt Stroud

30 years in ‘the hole’: Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz, 70, remains in solitary confinement despite pleas

Matt Stroud

Feature

When XXX Doesn’t Mark the Spot

What censoring online porn means for queer youth (and everyone else)

Yasmin Nair

Feature

The End of the ‘War on Christmas’ Fearmongering

Despite the best efforts of Fox News, Americans have recognized there's no 'war on Christmas.

David Sirota

Comics

A Disturbing Truth

Matt Bors

Culture

Beck Is Back

What Glenn Beck and Malcolm Gladwell have in common.

Chris Lehmann

Culture

Sex and the Older Woman

Lynne Segal provides a feminist take on desirability in old age.

Jane Miller

Labor

Bell Ringers: The Salvation Army’s Lowest-Paid, Most-Needed Employees

Kathleen Jercich