Madison, the second week of July, 1969. Ald. Paul Soglin is found guilty of failing to obey a lawful police order at the Mifflin Street Block Party Riot in early May. As things were getting tense on that Saturday afternoon May 3rd, Soglin wanted to park on Mifflin Street – which police were purportedly keeping […]
Madison Still Bans Scooter Rentals as State Regulates
Governor Tony Evers signed a bill into law today that paves the way for electric scooters in Wisconsin. For Milwaukee, that likely means in an influx of app-based rental scooters — which have flooded other cities over the past year or so. But here in Madison, officials aren’t so sure about them. The bipartisan bill […]
Wisconsin Activists on Border Detention Facilities
A new government report details the overcrowded, squalid conditions at migrant centers along the southern border: standing-room-only cells, children without showers and hot meals, and detainees clamoring desperately for release. These findings from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General are on our minds as we turn to Wisconsin activists involved in the […]
Madison, First Week of July 1969
In a year already beset by campus strikes and off-campus riots, no wonder it rains on the Fourth of July. There’s even an early morning squall so strong it sends tree branches crashing down and flattening an 880 square foot tent at Warner Park. It’s put back up, and the weather clears by afternoon, as […]
Madison, the fourth week of June, 1969
It was in the fourth week of June, 1966 that the council said it would no longer issue new liquor licenses for private clubs with discriminatory membership policies, and declared that ‘at some time’ after 1969, it would stop renewing the existing licenses for the three local clubs which all have ‘white’s-only’ membership in their […]
LGBTQ+ Protesters Defend Flag
Over one-hundred people demonstrated at the Wisconsin State Capitol Wednesday night in support of Governor Tony Evers decision to fly the LGBTQ+ pride flag over the Capitol earlier this month. The event was organized in just a matter of days via social media to counter the Wisconsin chapter of the Christian Leaders Coalition’s protest of […]
