2020 has been a big year for Madison. Today, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow spends the hour with Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway to take stock and openly discuss issues facing the city, with the input of listener callers. It’s a wide-ranging conversation that covers topics like racial injustice in Wisconsin, the mayor’s opinion of the Madison Police […]
Groundswell of grassroots efforts for the USPS wakes up Congress and t...
U.S. Postmaster General is scheduled to appear before a special session of the Senate on Friday and the House of Representatives on Monday — this would not have happened without a huge grassroots effort, coordinated, in a large part, by the Communities and Postal Workers United organization. Organizer Jamie Partridge talks about the national efforts […]
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 […]
Madison City Council Shoots Down Business Programs
Tuesday, during a nearly eight hour meeting, Madison’s city council put off two plans to help local businesses. One would aid downtown businesses that have faced vandalization and looting. The other program would support entrepreneurs of color. The relief plan allotted $250,000 for costs that Madison businesses say they’ve accrued from protests and riots following […]
This Week in the News with Matt Rothschild
For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff has one of his periodic check-ins with friend of the show Matt Rothschild, director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Together with the input of listener callers, they have a freewheeling conversation about recent news items like the deployment of paramilitary forces in Portland, Oregon, threats to democracy and […]
On with Heg’s head
Yesterday, officials approved a resolution to restore two statues removed from the capitol building’s grounds during protests last month. The Wisconsin Capitol and Executive Residence Board, which oversees maintenance of the state capitol building and its grounds, voted unanimously yesterday to eventually restore the statues. Now, Hans Christian Heg a union soldier and anti-slavery activist, […]
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