Since 2015, the Madison Police Department’s Operating Budget has grown by nearly thirty percent, according to a report recently published by the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The report takes a look at overall spending trends on the state’s police forces since 1987. Earlier today, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Ari Brown, a researcher with the […]
Madison Mayor Announces Vote to Remove Police from Local Schools
“People are asking for real, substantive changes and the city is responding,” said Madison mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway. “Today, Madison city and school district leaders agreed to end the contract for school resource officers, known as SROs-the police officers that are stationed in high schools-calling for a new approach to managing conflicts in our schools and […]
Radio Chipstone: Black Male Suffrage
As people continue to take to the streets to demand justice, it’s not the first time Black people in our state have fought for their Civil Rights. In the early 1840s, Wisconsin met the critical mass for becoming a state. The population was a mix of Native people, North Easterners, and those from the upper […]
Crowd demonstrates Tuesday to free arrested organizer
Protesters marched Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to protest the arrest of Yeshua Musa and demand his release from the Dane County Jail. Musa, whose legal name is Devonere Johnson, has been a frequent organizer and participant in Madison’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations against systemic injustice. Protesters gathered a few blocks from the Dane County […]
Audio from the Scene: State Senator Tim Carpenter Attacked During Prot...
Madison Black Lives Matter protesters believe that local police, as well as white supremacists, may be using media coverage of local protests, particularly videos and photos, in order to identify protesters. This has led protesters to vehemently discourage media coverage of recent protests and interactions. WORT’s news team has worked to be a regular presence […]
Civil Rights in Madison, 1962
Madison in the Sixties. 1962 – Civil Rights. In January, Attorney Lloyd Barbee, president of the state NAACP, releases the draft of a tough human rights ordinance banning bias on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, or national origin. The ordinance would cover housing, employment, and public accommodations, with a maximum fine of […]
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