The Wisconsin Idea

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Hole-y Plotlines, Sorkin!

Increasingly implausible pitfalls sideline what could have been The Newsroom's most compelling story.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Video

The Case For Naming Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Looking for Fraud in All the Wrong Places

Republicans say they're slashing food stamps because of fraud. So why are they expanding a much more fraud-prone program?

Cole Stangler

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The March on Washington at 50: What Now?

Some 175,000 people rallied for racial justice on Saturday, but the march's demands were diffuse.

Cole Stangler

Breaking Bad Recap, Season 5, Episode 11: Confessions

Lindsay Beyerstein

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‘I Apologize,’ Says Former Opponent of Medical Marijuana

CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta admits there's no science behind the war on marijuana.

David Sirota

Comics

The Chelsea Effect

Matt Bors

Introducing The Prison Complex: Your Source for Tracking the United States’ Incarceration Epidemic

Matt Stroud

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Death in Pleasant Valley

Some California prisoners have contracted a cruel and unusual punishment.

Terry J. Allen