Abolishing the police requires abolishing capitalism, argues historian Peter Linebaugh. Today, he joins Allen on the program to discuss the origins of policing as an institution in the eighteenth century; the relationship between policing, private property, and wealth; and the intertwined histories of racial capitalism and state violence. Peter Linebaugh is a historian who has […]
Roundtable: Reforming the MPD and Alternatives to Policing
The growing movement to defund the police and nationwide demands for police accountability have a history in Madison as well. Today, Allen hosts a roundtable discussion about local police practices, ongoing efforts to reform the MPD, and alternatives to policing with Brandi Grayson of Urban Triage, alder Rebecca Kemble from the Madison Common Council, and […]
Unpacking How Much Wisconsin Spends on its Police
Since 2015, the Madison Police Department’s Operating Budget has grown by nearly thirty percent, according to a report recently published by the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The report takes a look at overall spending trends on the state’s police forces since 1987. Earlier today, WORT Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Ari Brown, a researcher with the […]
Madison Mayor Announces Vote to Remove Police from Local Schools
“People are asking for real, substantive changes and the city is responding,” said Madison mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway. “Today, Madison city and school district leaders agreed to end the contract for school resource officers, known as SROs-the police officers that are stationed in high schools-calling for a new approach to managing conflicts in our schools and […]
What’s the Word: Rangers
In the past week we’ve seen renewed demands to tear down Confederate monuments and to rename sites and products that uphold racist logics. And just a few days ago the Texas Rangers found themselves implicated, with columnists and fans now debating whether the baseball team should be named after a police force with a documented […]
Should Police Be Unionized?
As calls to defund the police reverberate across America, today Thursday host Allen Ruff takes a look at the renewed controversy around police unions with labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr. They talk about the nature of policing in a capitalist society, police accountability, the role of law enforcement in a democracy, and […]
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