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Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Thirteen

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District 13 is on Madison’s near west side. It’s been respresented by Allen Arnsten. The retired attorney has been filling in for Sarah Eskrich, who announced over the summer she would be stepping down. Arnstead isn’t running for the seat. The district includes the Vilas and Greenbush neighborhoods, as well as South Park street until […]

Madison in the Sixties – The Black Studies Strike of 1969, Part ...

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Fifty years ago this week, the Black Studies Strike kicked into high gear, as students blocked UW classrooms in an effort to force the creation of a Black Studies Department. Here’s Part 2 of our report. The week of February 10 starts peacefully with about fifteen hundred picketing, but not obstructing, major classroom buildings. Classes […]

Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Twelve

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District 12 includes parts of Madison’s East and North Sides, and had been represented by Larry Palm, who has been on the council since 2005. He announced last fall that he wouldn’t seek reelection. This district stretches east and north of East Washington Avenue, and includes Eken Park and Emerson East neighborhoods, as well as […]

Madison City Council Primary Guide: District Three

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District Three is on Madison’s far east side and had been represented by Amanda Hall. Hall bought a house outside of the district and had to leave her seat. The district stretches along Milwaukee street and Cottage Grove Road east of Stoughton Road. It also includes the neighborhoods east of I-90. There are three candidates […]

Madison In The Sixties: January – The Movement

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Students strike for a Black Studies department, Madison hires its first African-American police officer, and teenagers burn a cross on a black family’s front law.   Madison in the Sixties – The Movement   January 3— Governor Warren Knowles appoints Madison police department’s number two man, inspector Herman Thomas to the State Equal Rights Council. January […]

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