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WORT Local News presents alternative viewpoints in its news – both in the sources it uses and the stories it covers. Newscasts include local and state news, weather, and regular features. It aims to give underrepresented people a voice.

Madison, the third week of July, 1969

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The already-dim prospects for a civic auditorium and convention center at Law Park fade even further as Mayor Bill Dyke says the city doesn’t have the hotel rooms to support a convention center or the money to build a first-class auditorium there. “We as much need a new dump as we need an auditorium,” the […]

Do Madison schools need their own police officers?

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That’s the question our reporting interns Peyton Barber and Mario Canacasco set out to investigate. For the past two decades, there have been MPD police officers stationed in each of the major Madison high schools, paid for by the school district. But recently, this deal has come under scrutiny by community members who say that […]

An Obelisk For Mildred Fish-Harnack

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An obelisk recently installed on the shore of Marshall Park honors the life of Wisconsin native Mildred Fish-Harnack. The sculpture is located at the site where Harnack, a part of the German Resistance during World War II, spent some of her more peaceful years with her husband Arvid while attending UW-Madison. Harnack was executed in […]

Sexual Harassment in the Sciences

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Sexual harassment, in all its forms from unwanted attention to insulting comments to bullying, whether intentional or subtle, is pervasive in society. And maybe more so in the science fields. Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine’s Kelly Schwartz examines this unfortunate reality with her guest Erika Marin-Spiotta. Erika is a Professor of Geography at UW-Madison, and, […]

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