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Madison, 1962 – The UW Suppresses a Film
Madison in the Sixties – the film the UW suppressed. In the summer of 1960, local NAACP president Lloyd Barbee wanted to expose housing discrimination in the Madison rental market. So he proposed to the University of Wisconsin-Extension Bureau of Audio- Visual Instruction that instructor Stuart Hanisch produce a film to be called “To Find […]
Gov. Tony Evers, federal government reach deal to preserve federal foo...
Two weeks ago, the conservative-leaning Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down Governor Tony Evers’ Emergency Order. In doing so, the state’s high court overturned the Governor’s mask mandate — but they also severed about $70 million dollars a month in federal food aid. That’s because that money was only made available to states with a declared […]
Dane County leaders weigh disavowing no-knock warrants
Dane County leaders are currently weighing a resolution disavowing no-knock warrants. As its name implies, a no-knock warrant permits officers to enter someone’s home without first informing the residents. The practice has drawn heavy criticism from civil rights advocates, police reformers and police abolitionists. It gained national attention after the killing of Breonna Taylor, who […]
Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bills on Holocaust Education, PTSD, and Fede...
Today, Wisconsin’s state assembly met to vote on a slew of bills. The first two bills, one which set aside money to help soldiers with PTSD and another to require that the holocaust be taught in middle school and high school, passed with unanimous support. Then the assembly spent hours discussing a series of bills […]
State, local health departments pause rollout of Johnson & Johnso...
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is pausing distribution of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. The move comes after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration raised concerns that the Johnson and Johnson vaccine may be linked to blood clots. But, those blood clots only occurred in […]
Madison water utility recommends measures to address PFAS contaminatio...
Yesterday, the city of Madison released a tentative plan to mitigate PFAS contamination at one of its wells. Well 15 has been shut down since March 2019, after community members raised concerns over PFAS contamination at the site. The well, located in northeast Madison, is about a mile away from the Truax Air Field — […]
