As of 2020, more than half of Wisconsin’s county jails had no formal, codified policies for jail-based voting. That’s according to a new report issued earlier this week by the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, All Voting is Local and the Wisconsin ACLU. The report examines the numerous barriers Wisconsin’s incarcerated folks face when casting […]
Behind the Allegations of Abuse at the Border
A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union and The University of Chicago Law School details widespread abuse of immigrant children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Today on the show, host Esty Dinur speaks with two lawyers who helped author the report. Mitra Ebadolahi is Border Litigation Project Staff Attorney at ACLU of San Diego […]
Riot Bills and Menstruation Legislation
Carousel Bayrd speaks with Chris Ott, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, about the three ‘riot’ bills currently in legislation, Senate Bill 303, 304, and 305 and Assembly Bills 395, 396, and 397. These bills would lower the threshold for the legal definition of a riot to “a public disturbance” that involves “at […]
Whiskey Farm’s Songs of Resistance: ACLU Fundraiser Event
WORT-FM is proud to be a media sponsor for the ACLU fundraiser at the High Noon on Wed. June 28 from 6:30-9:30 pm. This event is also a release party for Songs of Resistance, the fourth CD by local folk rock band The Whiskey Farm. All proceeds from the door will go to the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. […]
Can The Police Limit Speech In The Wisconsin State Capitol?
The American Civil Liberties Union is taking the state Department of Administration to task in federal court. The Capitol Police have been arresting protestors who were peacefully singing in the state capital. So is the Wisconsin Capitol truly a public forum? Can the police limit what people say? The Progressive’s Rebecca Kemble tells us […]
The Freedom Of Information Lawsuit
Jan Miyasaki, was joined by Bret Coughmen of the National Security program at the American Civil Liberties Union, on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Jan Miyasaki is the Wednesday host at the 8 0’Clock Buzz. Last week the ADC appeals court rejected the CIA’s secrecy claims in the ACLU’s targeted killing freedom of information lawsuit. Listen […]
