Acclaimed artist Shephard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Hope campaign print and poster for Barack Obama, has just completed a voting-themed mural titled Voting Rights are Human Rights in downtown Milwaukee, on the side of the Colby Abbot Building. Fairey and his Obey Giant team partnered on the large mural with four Wisconsin artists. […]
News & Talk Archives
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Week with Kasey Keeler
Earlier this week, the U.S. celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day. For today’s show, we extend the holiday by sitting down with Dr. Kasey Keeler, professor of American Indian Studies, for a wide-ranging discussion of Indigenous issues in North America. The conversation covers an array of topics including the shift from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day, […]
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End 2020 Census
A Supreme Court decision this Tuesday allowed the Trump Administration to effectively end the 2020 Census ahead of schedule. The early cutoff has raised concerns about inaccurate census results, which can have far-reaching political and economic consequences. A video put of by the City of Madison back in February encouraged residents to fill out the […]
Transparency Talk: Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce blocks public ...
Earlier this month, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce blocked the release of the names of businesses where there have been confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks. WMC argues that releasing the names of affected businesses would essentially blacklist them. On this episode of Transparency Talk, Producer Jonah Chester and Tom Kamenick — President and Founder of the Wisconsin Transparency […]
Unpacking Court Packing
Today was the final day of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Amy Coney Barrett. The committee has set a panel vote on Barrett’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court for October 22nd, after which she’ll be sent to the Senate floor for a final confirmation. Now, some Democrats are considering adding supreme court justices to […]
“All But A Done Deal”: Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s SCO...
On the last day of Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate hearings, today we check in with investigative journalist Lisa Graves to examine some of the behind-the-scenes players and “dark money” behind Judge Barrett’s nomination and discuss the backstory surrounding the conservative packing of the Supreme Court. Over the course of the hour, she and Allen discuss […]
