What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow:
- Pat Dillon profiles Caliph Muab-el, who is working to stem the mass incarceration of black men.
- Judith Davidoff looks at how new efforts to repeal Wisconsin's same-sex marriage ban could impact the fall elections.
- Joe Tarr reports on a new local group that trains future progressive leaders.
- Judith Davidoff investigates why Union Labor News was turned down for Capitol press credentials.
- Ruth Conniff thinks Gov. Scott Walker's scandals may affect his presidential prospects.
- Joe Engle, Ben Munson, Lanni Solochek and Jessica Steinhoff find 16 fun ways to protest Valentine's Day excess in Madison.
- Bobbi Dumas profiles Jane Jorgenson, a local librarian who's smitten with romance novels.
- John W. Barker lavishes praise on Madison Opera's production of The Daughter of the Regiment.
- Michael Popke finds out how local prog and metal band Take Me Tick Tock came up with their name -- and their sound.
- Joshua M. Miller interviews indie-rock legend Stephen Malkmus about his past with Pavement and his future with the Jicks, set to play the High Noon Saloon.
- Dean Robbins swoons over the CW's Star-Crossed, a Romeo and Juliet romance with spaceships.
- Marjorie Baumgarten weighs in on The Armstrong Lie, a documentary about cyclist Lance Armstrong's efforts to cover up his drug use.
- Linda Falkenstein visits the new Lane's Bakery.
- André Darlington provides unexpected tips on pairing wines with chocolates.
- Julia Cechvala finds Madison park volunteers gearing up for spring work days.
- Tell All counsels a man who fell in love at first sight on State Street.
- Dan Seiter wonders if the NFL is ready for Michael Sam.
