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U.S. Secretary of State addresses Wisconsin lawmakers
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Wisconsin State Capitol today for a discussion with Wisconsin lawmakers and business leaders. Pompeo’s visit is the latest in a procession of Trump administration appearances in the battleground state. It’s also the first time a sitting Secretary of State has visited the Wisconsin State Capitol, says Senate […]
Day: How women can lead the fight for universal health care
Rosemarie Day talks about her new book “Marching Toward Coverage: How women can lead the fight for universal health care”, looking at women as the Chief Medical Officer of their homes, the problems of getting and keeping health care in a country where 50% have employer-provided insurance, and her key healthcare questions for the presidential […]
A peace deal where there was no conflict provides a show for Nobel
Last week, as Trump signed the U.S.-brokered agreement to normalize diplomatic relationships between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and between Israel and Bahrain — the so-called Middle East Peace Plan, demonstrators outside the White House protested the “Fake Peace Deal”. Huwaida Arraf, International Human Rights Attorney and founder of the International Solidarity Movement for […]
Coerced Labor in America Today
The pandemic and attendant economic crisis have laid bare the enormous power imbalances in contemporary American work life. Today, we speak with sociologist Erin Hatton about her new book Coerced, in which she looks at four distinct groups of workers—from prisoners and welfare workers to graduate students and college athletes—who are not often recognized as […]
Prisons, Racism, Capitalism and The Environment
Damita Brown talks with… – Anthony Cooper, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Reentry Services from Nehemiah about prison reform, court reforms, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, banning the box and what it’s like returning to free society. More information at https://nehemiah.org/ – Christine Nobliss, Founder of Great Plains Action Society about indigenous rights, water rights, and […]
County and UW-Madison leadership exchange heated words via press relea...
On our new feature series, WORT sits down with the editorial staff over at one of UW-Madison’s student newspapers, The Daily Cardinal, to get an update on the latest campus news. On today’s episode, WORT producer Jonah Chester spoke with Kalli Anderson and Will Cioci, Editors-in-Chief of the Daily Cardinal, about the recent back-and-forth between […]
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