With Wisconsin’s partisan primary just around the corner, today Ali spends the hour talking voting rights, voter access, and getting out the Black vote this year during the pandemic with two of Wisconsin’s prominent voter advocates, Anita Johnson from VoteRiders and Minister Gregory Lewis with Souls to the Polls in Milwaukee. Anita Johnson is the […]
Sherwin: bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki wasn’t necessary for pea...
Was dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki really necessary to prevent Japanese invasion as claimed by politicians? Martin Sherwin, Professor of History at George Mason University and author of a number of books including “World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies”, says “No”, and the Japanese were already discussing terms of surrender prior to the […]
Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing: 75 years after
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jan talks with Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about some of the effects of the nuclear industry on racial inequality — from deaths from mining uranium in Africa to bombing the Japanese to storage of radioactive waste in […]
Rolling on for Black Lives
Damita Brown talks with.. Tisha Butler from Urban Triage and Nadya Mariam from Wheels for Winners about getting kids out on bikes in the pandemic and the Slow Ride; Tim Cordon, Social Justice Coordinator from First Unitarian Society and Building Unity talking about their social justice programs and the Building Unity Bus Tour; Brandi Grayson from […]
Meet Assembly District 76 Candidates Dewey Bredeson and Patrick Hull
Today on the show, we wrap up our last round of interviews with candidates running to represent Wisconsin’s 76th Assembly District, which covers Madison’s isthmus and near east side (see the full map here). First, we talk to Democratic candidate Dewey Bredeson. Then, we meet Patrick Hull, the only Republican in the race. Wisconsin is holding […]
Housing Precarity and Eviction During the Pandemic
Every month since April, around 30% of Americans have missed their housing payments. The federal eviction safeguard, along with the other benefits of the CARES Act, expired last week on July 31, leaving an estimated 40% of American renters vulnerable to losing their housing this month without renewed protections. Today on the show, Patty talks […]
