50 years ago this week, a symposium sparked the climactic and most successful political protest of the sixties in Madison, the Black Studies Strike. Madison, February 1969 – The Black Studies Strike, part 1 The climactic protest of the decade is sparked by a symposium, as the weeklong conference “The Black Revolution: To What Ends?” […]
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Madison In The Sixties: January – The Movement
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 […]
Madison In The Sixties: January – The Fourth Week Of January, 1969
Students block the halls at West High, an alderman pulls strings to help his father, and the UW adds a course in black culture. Just some of what was going on in Madison fifty years ago this week. Fifty years ago this week, the last week of January. The Madison Police Department should take over […]
New Lawsuit Over GOP Lame-Duck Bills Comes From Unions
A coalition of labor unions have filed a new lawsuit against several GOP leaders over the controversial lame duck bills Republicans passed at the end of last year. They removed certain powers from incoming Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul. Both of them are Democrats, and many critics characterized the move as a […]
Resources Available For Homeless Individuals During Polar Vortex
For most people, the ultra low temperatures this week are an inconvenience. Walking to the car or waiting at the bus stop can go from uncomfortable to painful. But for people without housing this week, these temperatures are downright life threatening. Producer Nina Kravinsky caught up with Friends of the State Street Family spokesperson Jeff […]
Climate Change – Then and Now
It’s easy to believe that climate change is a relatively recent phenomena, that is, recent as far as the start of the Industrial Revolution about 150 years ago. But changes in Earth’s climate have occurred before, even millions of years ago. After all, no matter how the carbon accumulates in the atmosphere, the Greenhouse Effect […]