With recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, race has jumped to the forefront of people’s minds. But for some, the battle against racism has been going on for a long time. In this two part series, Helena White takes a closer look at a local organization addressing racism: The Institute for the Healing of Racism. Twice […]
Professor Looks To Combat Racism
With recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, race has jumped to the forefront of people’s minds. But for some, the battle against racism has been going on for a long time. In this two part series, Helena White takes a closer look at a local organization addressing racism: The Institute for the Healing of Racism. Twice […]
The New Jim Crow
In this week’s Democracy Checkup, Mike McCabe explains the features of the new Jim Crow laws — the forms of oppression that aim to keep racial minorities out of the game, from monopolizing political speech, racial profiling, and discriminatory practices.
Jamala Rogers and the Resistance Movement Against Racism
How do we understand “White Nation” supremacism and the struggle against it in the current period? What has changed and what kind of organized movement will we need to resist and get beyond “Trumpism?” Today’s guest is the decades-long antiracist and gender equity activist Jamala Rogers, author of Ferguson is America: Roots of Rebellion—a chronicle of […]
The state of free speech on campus
It seems lately that every political commentator and columnist has become an authority on the state of free speech on college campuses. We’re constantly hearing that universities have been taken over by coddled students demanding to be protected from any idea or opinion that might make them uncomfortable. Lately the debate over campus speech has gotten […]
The “daily fight” against harassment in music
The Consent, Amplified panel discussion Tone Madison hosted on November 15 at Arts + Literature Lab was hardly the first conversation people have had about making Madison’s music community a better place for women and other marginalized people. However, moderator Emily Mills invited four guests—Martha White of the Cardinal Bar, independent promoters Lili Luxe and Sarah […]