This past Saturday was Juneteenth. The annual holiday celebrates the freeing of the last of America’s enslaved people in 1865. We sent our producer Jonah Chester out to a Juneteenth celebration at Madison’s Penn Park to ask folks a simple — but difficult — question: What does Juneteenth mean to you? PHOTO: A Juneteenth Parade […]
New legislation seeks to track unregistered ‘ghost guns’
Two state lawmakers are floating a new bill that would help the state track and monitor so-called ghost guns. The weapons, which are frequently home-made from parts ordered online and elsewhere, are virtually untraceable. For more, our producer Jonah Chester spoke with State Representative Dianne Hesselbein, a Democrat from Middleton. PHOTO: Jay Rembert / Unsplash
Wisconsin’s Democrats make new play to increase minimum wage
Wisconsin’s Democratic lawmakers are making another play to increase the state’s minimum wage. Their bill, which has broad support from the left, faces long odds in the Republican-controlled legislature. It’s been 12 years since the federal minimum wage, which Wisconsin adheres to, was increased to $7.25 an hour. Or, as Senator Melissa Agard, a Democrat […]
State LGBTQ Caucus Announces “Equality Agenda”
Speaking at the capitol building yesterday, advocates and members of the state legislature’s LGBTQ caucus summarized their “Equality Agenda”. It’s a package of bills opposing discrimination against the LGBTQ community. One bill would ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression, while another would ban conversion therapy. Yet another bill would ban the […]
Madison, the third week of June in the 1960s
Madison in the Sixties. The third week of June 1961— With civil rights activists from the UW among the Freedom Riders risking life and liberty to integrate interstate bus travel, about 150 supporters of the Student Council on Civil Rights rally on the library mall then march to the Capitol. They want Governor Gaylord Nelson […]
State assembly passes bills barring trans students from school sports
Today, the Republican-held state assembly passed a pair of bills barring trans students from school sports. The bills face a certain veto from Governor Tony Evers — but civil rights groups and Democratic lawmakers say their very introduction is problematic. The legislation would bar trans student athletes from competing in womens’ school sports — from […]
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