The Wisconsin Idea

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Progressive Democrats Fear Showdown Will End in Social Security Cuts

In a rally on Thursday, Congress’s left flank linked arms against using safety-net programs as bargaining chips.

Cole Stangler

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NFL Scores Big With Tax-Exempt Status

How football symbolizes economic unfairness in America.

David Sirota

Labor

When Federal Contracts Turn Into Corporate Welfare

Michelle Chen

Culture

Are We Fabulous Yet?

The tyranny of queer beauty.

Yasmin Nair

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Orange Is the New Black, Episode 11: Misery Loves Company

Surprise! No one in Litchfield can deal with pain in a healthy way.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Your Internet’s in Danger

Verizon v. FCC could lead to one Internet for the 'haves' and another for the 'have-nots.'

Cole Stangler

Comics

This Shutdown Is Bad For America’s Health

Eric Garcia

Culture

Uh-oh, We F**ked Our Mother

Our Oedipal relationship with Mother Earth.

Theo Anderson

Southern Discomfort: Notoriously Conservative Alabama Revises Harsh Sentencing; Florida Doubles Down

Matt Stroud