Long before the Civil War, thousands of African Americans owned property and worked the land as homestead farmers in the Northwest Territory, or the present-day states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. On today’s episode, guest host Richelle Wilson and news director Molly Stentz uncover the forgotten history of Black pioneers on the first […]
A Police Officer Walks into a Facebook Hate Group
Earlier this month, the story broke that border patrol agents were participating in a secret Facebook group where they joked about the death of migrants, made racist comments about members of Congress, and posted vulgar and offensive images. But it turns out that this was only the tip of the iceberg. A team of reporters […]
Welcome Richelle Wilson
WORT welcomes Richelle Wilson as our new Talk Producer. Richelle Wilson is a PhD student in literature and Scandinavian studies at UW–Madison. In addition to teaching Swedish language courses on campus, she moonlights as a freelance editor for academic journals and books. Richelle is responsible for handling logistics for A Public Affair, WORT’s call-in talk […]
