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A man wears a cheese-wedge-hat as he pumps his fist in the air outside New Jersey's Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, while people wave signs and shout as labor unions and supporters rally in support of Wisconsin workers locked in a battle over collective bargaining rights. Wisconsin state workers protesting a move by Gov. Scott Walker to severely curtail their collective bargaining rights have found allies in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (Mel Evans)

Labor pains and the GOP

Michael Winship
There are encouraging signs that the right's war on labor is backfiring

Pick of the week: Jake Gyllenhaal in the cool, romantic “Source Code”

Andrew O'Hehir
The "Groundhog Day"-style action flick "Source Code" blends a tricky three-level plot and a surprising love story
Mireille Enos, star of AMC's "The Killing."

“The Killing”: A murder mystery with brains and soul

Matt Zoller Seitz
AMC's mystery show, "The Killing," tells the heart-wrenching story of a violent crime in the Pacific Northwest
Protesters march outside the state Capitol Saturday, March 12, 2011, in Madison, Wis. While Gov. Scott Walker has already signed a contentious collective bargaining bill into law, demonstrators insist the fight is not over. For some, the focus has shifted from trying to stop passage of the bill to generating momentum for recall efforts against Republicans. Others are simply venting their frustration over the law taking away most of public workers' collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) (AP)

Wisconsin GOP goes bonkers

Andrew Leonard
Republican panic attack: Leftist organic-food loving activist judges are running amok!
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (Cliff Owen)

Haley Barbour, slavery and the citizenship test

Steven Lubet
The official U.S. citizenship test is appallingly agnostic about the cause of the Civil War
Cast member Jennifer Garner poses on the red carpet for the U.S. premiere of the film "The Invention Of Lying" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California September 21, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT HEADSHOT) (© Danny Moloshok / Reuters)

Miss Marple gets a sexy makeover

Matt Zoller Seitz
Agatha Christie's mature lady sleuth is the latest character to get a youthful reboot. Make it stop!

GOP suddenly discovers the Senate is broken

Andrew Leonard
Short memory hypocrisy alert: House Republicans complain about Senate delays on budget negotiations
FILE - This Friday, May 4, 2007 picture shows former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro during a news conference before a fundraising lunch hosted by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., in Chicago. The first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket has died. Geraldine Ferraro was 75. A family friend said Ferraro, who was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1998, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (AP)

The fate that Geraldine Ferraro didn’t deserve

Steve Kornacki
She broke a gender barrier in 1984 -- and she was rewarded with one indignity after another
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25th, 1911. Right: Governor Al Smith during his 1928 campaign for President.

Obama, the Triangle fire and the real father of the New Deal

Joan Walsh
A horrific fire ignited 100 years ago today -- and its impact is still being felt

The mental slips I just can’t ignore

David Carkeet
At 64, the inevitable is happening -- and I am horrified
<a href="http://www.judytaylorstudio.com/mural456.html">Three panels from the mural</a>, depicting The Secret Ballot, First Labor's Day, The Woods Workers.

What Maine’s assault on labor history really means

Robert Reich
A right-wing governor orders murals depicting the labor movement to be covered up
Cats!

Six amazing Andrew Lloyd Webber covers

Drew Grant
It's the British composer's birthday! For his 63rd, we've compiled some amazing renditions of his popular songs

Russian tea biscuits, to make your own traditions

Vivian Henoch
Some classic recipes come from grandmas. But if you don't remember your grandma, you have to start making due

Is a dirty mind a sharper mind?

Tracy Clark-Flory
Sexy images can help you memorize anything from your pin number to a stack of cards. An expert explains how
A still from the promotional trailer for the 2011 Black Party

The gay sex event that made me a prude

Thomas Rogers
I went to the notorious Black Party hoping to expand my erotic boundaries. Then I discovered: I like them narrow
James Madison and Peter King

James Madison would be horrified by Peter King

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein
The founder's experiences with Tripoli taught him what the congressman misses: Islam doesn't cause terrorism
Flanking Uncle Sam: Charlie Sheen in "Red Dawn," left, and Tom Cruise in "Top Gun"

How the ’80s programmed us for war

David Sirota
Reagan's "morning in America" created "Red Dawn," and a Pentagon-fueled pop culture that trained the masses
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords, left, is shown with her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly. A person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attend the launch of her husband's space shuttle in April. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the family and doctors have not yet publicized the decision. A news conference is scheduled for Friday, March 11, 2011 at the Houston hospital where Giffords is undergoing rehab. Giffords husband, Mark Kelly, is leading the space shuttle's next mission. (AP Photo/Office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, File) NO SALES (AP)

Doctors say Giffords making “leaps and bounds”

Ramit Plushnick-masti
The injured congresswoman's memory is improving, and she is able to speak in complete sentences
File - In this Sept. 28, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama speaks to a rally at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. Few states handed Democrats bigger losses in the midterm elections than Wisconsin, even though President Obama campaigned actively there. But the president will be back again Wednesday, this time to road-test the themes from his State of the Union message. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) (AP)

Mr. President: Use the damn bully pulpit!

Sasha Abramsky
The GOP's assault on workers took a big step forward Wednesday night. Now it's urgent that Obama stand up

“Southland” finale: TV at its best

Matt Zoller Seitz
If TNT needed another reason to renew television's best cop show, last night's episode of "Southland" gave them one
The author dressed as a knight.

How “Dungeons & Dragons” changed my life

Ethan Gilsdorf
Middle-aged men are rediscovering the geeky game that once fueled their imagination. I should know: I'm one of them

I’m married but chasing my ex

Cary Tennis
After seeing my ex once I filed for divorce. Now he says he thought we were through!
Hundreds of pro-labor union demonstrate across the street from protesters against unions and in favor of the effort to end the collective bargaining for Wisconsin government on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 in Olympia, Wash. From unionized firefighters to tea party supporters, two raucous competing rallies over the union fight in Wisconsin drew more than 2,000 people to Washington state's capital despite freezing temperatures Saturday. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley) (AP)

The birth of the People’s Party

Robert Reich
In Wisconsin and elsewhere, average Americans are finally standing up to demand a fair shake

10 year time capsule: When Michael Jackson spoke out about abuse

Drew Grant
In February 2001, the King of Pop was trying to heal the world, one father-son relationship at a time
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