Earlier this week, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett announced that the city would be installing more than a dozen drop boxes for absentee ballots. At a press briefing earlier today, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said that Madison will be implementing a similar plan in the coming months. “We will be installing secure drop boxes to facilitate […]
As DNC enters Day Three, Trump counter-programming continues
The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee was originally going to host around 50,000 attendants. According to American Public Media, the city spent ten million dollars to prepare for the event, which was initially predicted to infuse about 200 million dollars into the city’s economy. But, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced in June that […]
Radio Chipstone: The 1967 Milwaukee Riot
Born in 1951, Matt Mixon and spent his formative years living in Central Milwaukee. As a teen, his family moved to the Northside. Change is hard especially when it comes without warning. But what happens when the demand for change is ignored for too long. During the Long Hot Summer of 1967 African American people […]
Latinx Milwaukee Update
Last time we spoke with Sergio Gonzalez was in April of 2018, about the future of sanctuary cities. At the time, Sergio was finishing up his dissertation at the University of Wisconsin here in Madison. Since then, he has received his doctorate, and has now relocated to Milwaukee, where he is teaching Latinx history at […]
The Fight for Public Education in America
Today’s episode is all about the American K–12 school system in Wisconsin and beyond. Educator and activist Bob Peterson joins us to discuss a host of issues related to public education, including austerity measures that have stripped funding from public schools, the proliferation of testing and its effects on learning, effects of privatization, the importance […]
Justin Perkins on mastering Wisconsin music
If you’ve listened to even a few releases over the years from bands in Madison, Milwaukee, or the Fox Cities area, you have almost certainly heard the work of Justin Perkins. The founder of Milwaukee-based Mystery Room Mastering, Perkins specializes in that crucial last step before a piece of music gets uploaded to the internet […]
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