The Wisconsin Idea

Labor
State Department Apologizes for Calling Unionization a Security Threat
Mike Elk

Viewpoint
A Different Kind of Shutdown
What if progressives took a page from the Tea Party?
Bhaskar Sunkara

Labor
Only One Cheer for Amazon
Bruce Vail

Comics
The Surveillance State of America
Matt Bors

Feature
Homeland, Season 3, Episode 5: Daddy Issues Strike Again
Dana's dating another killer? Stop us if you've heard this one before.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature
The Children Left Behind
What happened to the students pushed out by high-stakes testing?
Debbie Nathan
Private prisons thrive despite repeated failures to justify a costly, dangerous industry
Matt Stroud

Dispatch
Sweat-Free Chocolate
Pledge to buy Halloween candy that's child-labor-free.
Amato Nocera

Labor
Railroad Worker: BART Fatalities Show We Still Aren’t Safe
Kari Lydersen
