Just over 10 years ago, in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, began on 17 September 2011. Within a month, Occupy protests had taken place or were ongoing in over 951 cities across 82 countries, and in over 600 communities in the United States. Arun Gupta, Journalist and co-founder of “The Occupy Wall Street Journal”, talks […]
Dan Kaufman on the Legacies of Act 10
As we approach the ten-year anniversary of the passage of Act 10, we spend the hour with journalist Dan Kaufman to reflect on the history and legacies of Act 10 and what it’s meant for labor in Wisconsin. Dan Kaufman is a Brooklyn-based journalist who was educated in Madison public schools. His articles have appeared in […]
Legal Options for Removing Trump
On Friday, January 6th, the newly sworn-in 117th U.S. Congress undertook the normally ceremonial task of certifying the votes of the Electoral College for the 2020 Presidential Election. This year, however, was anything but normal. Hundreds of Republican representatives and senators were prepared to object to the certification. Earlier in the day, President Trump spoke […]
ACLU-WI supports protesters in Kenosha
Chris Ott, Executive Director of the ACLU-Wisconsin, talks about that group’s efforts to mitigate violence and allow free speech protest in Kenosha over the failure of prosecution of the police shooter of Jacob Blake.
Madison, October 1968
Madison in the Sixties – October, 1968 Sometime around 1 a.m. on October first, someone cuts the window pane of the state headquarters of the Selective Service System at 1220 Capitol Ct., pours in some gasoline, lights a gas-soaked towel, and tosses it in. The explosion blows out a window, and the fire burns some […]
Police Violence at Home and in Portland
Today, we hone in on two sites of police violence: at home and in the streets. First, we discuss the unseen epidemic of domestic violence among police officers and military personnel with Stacy Bannerman, including the uptick in domestic violence across households in the U.S. during the pandemic, the higher rates of partner abuse in […]
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