In spite of laws restricting the United States from giving military aid to countries that use them for aggressive purposes or to commit human rights violations, the U.S. “continues to give Israel $3.8 billion of our tax dollars every year in military funding.” More and more Americans are speaking out on this issue, including representatives […]
Sticking it to transphobes in Tenney Park and beyond with Emily Mills
Emily Mills is a longtime Madison resident and writer. She’s a lifelong queer person and the former editor of Our Lives Magazine. Her article “Sticking it to transphobes in Tenney Park and beyond,” featured in Tone Madison this week, reveals a malicious push against Madison’s trans community with stickers including hateful content being put up […]
Wisconsin Getting Hotter: 17 Environmental Human Rights & Dr. Ata...
There are many internationally recognized human rights: civil and political rights like the right to vote, social rights like the right to stay alive and access food and water. There are also group and individual rights, like the right to a clean and healthy environment. It’s that last one that we’re going to look at […]
New Study: Parole and probation violations are #1 source of incarcerat...
In this month’s 8 O’Clock Buzz/Ex-PO program, Jerome Dillard talks with Mark Rice, Organizer for MOSES (Madison Organizing in Strength, Equality, and Solidarity) and Allison Frankel from the ACLU about the new report “Revoked: Probation and Parole Feed Mass Incarceration in the United States” — the cycling of individuals from probation back to incarceration without […]
The Problem with Trump’s Israeli–Gulf “Peace Deals”...
On Tuesday, the Trump administration hosted a ceremony celebrating a new peace agreement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. “The problem is that it’s not a peace agreement,” says lawyer and activist Huwaida Arraf. Today, we’re joined by Arraf to talk about the problem with Trump’s “peace deals” and why she protested at […]
Human Rights in Palestine During the Pandemic
For today’s episode, we turn our attention to conditions in Gaza and the West Bank, especially during the ongoing global pandemic. Our guest is Tarek Abuata, executive director of Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA). He discusses his experience as a Christian Palestinian and his extensive work in liberation theology and fighting for human rights […]
