Yesterday, officials approved a resolution to restore two statues removed from the capitol building’s grounds during protests last month. The Wisconsin Capitol and Executive Residence Board, which oversees maintenance of the state capitol building and its grounds, voted unanimously yesterday to eventually restore the statues. Now, Hans Christian Heg a union soldier and anti-slavery activist, […]
Proposed bill would make destruction of state statues a felony
On June 23rd, demonstrators protesting against the arrest of a local Black Lives Matter organizer toppled two prominent statues on the state capitol grounds. Protesters dragged the Forward statue, in chains, down State Street. They also beheaded the statue of Hans Christian Heg, an anti-slavery activist who fought for the Union during the Civil War, […]
Crowd demonstrates Tuesday to free arrested organizer
Protesters marched Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to protest the arrest of Yeshua Musa and demand his release from the Dane County Jail. Musa, whose legal name is Devonere Johnson, has been a frequent organizer and participant in Madison’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations against systemic injustice. Protesters gathered a few blocks from the Dane County […]
Wisconsin music, through a disarming lens
If you’ve seen even a handful of concert photos or publicity photos of bands, you know that music photography has a lot of cliches: Climactic moments under hot lights, teeming crowds with their hands in the air, indie-rock bands posing next to trees and bushes. A recently published book from photographer Spencer Wells takes a […]
