Hundreds of high school and college students from across the Madison area met at the State Capitol earlier today with one message: Preserve DACA. They chanted phrases such as “Up, up with education. Down, down with deportation” as they approached the State Capitol. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It is a program […]
How Bookstores Against Borders became a phenomenon
About a week before the Fourth of July holiday this year, the downtown Madison bookstore A Room Of One’s Own announced that it would donate a portion of its sales over the independence day weekend to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, also known as RAICES. The fundraiser was called Bookstores […]
Reporting on Immigration and Mass Incarceration with Nissa Rhee
On today’s episode, Ali talks with Chicago-based journalist Nissa Rhee about her work on immigration reporting, youth justice, and mass incarceration. She is joined in the studio by Carousel Bayrd to emphasize the importance of supporting independent, local media. Nissa Rhee is an independent journalist who lives in Chicago. Her work has appeared in a […]
Split Show: Housing and Immigrant Justice
It’s Madison’s biggest move-in/move-out week of the year, so we first turn our attention to all things house: tenant rights and tips for renters, landlords and repairs, evictions and affordable housing, getting your deposit back, and more. Our guests are from the Tenant Resource Center: Erica Lopez, housing attorney and board director, and housing director […]
Wisconsin Activists on Border Detention Facilities
A new government report details the overcrowded, squalid conditions at migrant centers along the southern border: standing-room-only cells, children without showers and hot meals, and detainees clamoring desperately for release. These findings from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General are on our minds as we turn to Wisconsin activists involved in the […]
Concentration Camps in Context
Reports from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers near the U.S. – Mexico border continue to detail horrific conditions for migrants detained while seeking asylum in the United States. Brownsville pediatrician Dolly Lucio Sever described centers in Clint, and Ursula, Texas as “torture facilities,” with seriously ill children denied medical care, a lack of […]
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