The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Opting for Free Time

Something’s missing from the work/life balance debate.

Sarah Jaffe

Feature

Is There Detroit After Bankruptcy?

Why shock therapy won't reverse the Motor City's decline.

Ryan Felton

Labor

Will Illinois ‘Ban the Box?’

Matthew Blake

Labor

Blame Bangladesh’s Middlemen; Public Defenders Get Sequestered; A Mag Just for Interns

Mike Elk

The Butt Injection Black Market

Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture

Orange Is the New Black, Episode 3: Trans Women and Mentally Ill Cartoons

In OITNB's most-talked-about episode, Sophia Burset explodes transgender stereotypes, and Crazy Eyes gets thrown under the bus.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Indebted Students Expose ALEC’s Assault on Higher Education

Rebecca Burns

Culture

P.J. Harvey Gets Unmistakably Political

Harvey's new track pays homage to Shaker Aamer, who has spent 13 years in Guantanamo.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

The Free Market Backfires

What happens when the private insurance industry contradicts right-wing talking points?

David Sirota