On Tuesdays, the Daily Cardinal — one of UW-Madison’s student newspapers — shares the latest in campus news. This week, producer Hope Karnopp talks with campus news writer Alison Stecker about the increase in UW-Madison’s student voter turnout and how the BadgersVote initiative has reached younger voters. We also discuss the raising of the Ho-Chunk […]
Supreme Court Roundup: Voting Rights and NCAA Athletes
For today’s show, we present part 2 of Carousel’s annual SCOTUS roundup about some of the major U.S. Supreme Court decisions coming out of the latest session. For the first half, law professor Robert Yablon breaks down Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, two cases that could have an […]
Wisconsin’s Budget Windfall and Voter Suppression Legislation
Tax collections are projected to rise sharply in Wisconsin, giving the state government an unexpected windfall. What can they do with the money—and what should they do? The Wisconsin Policy Forum recently released a report about this called “A Golden Opportunity for Wisconsin.” In it, they write that Wisconsin has a “once-in-a-generation chance to address […]
Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America
Nearly five years ago, in July 2016, Philando Castile was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop after mentioning that he was licensed to carry. Many journalists and commentators at the time wondered: why the radio silence from the NRA? Historian Carol Anderson wondered the same thing. For this show, Monday host […]
Voting Rights are Under Attack
According to research from the Brennan Center for Justice, lawmakers in forty-seven states have recently proposed legislation with restrictive provisions related to voting, including limiting early and absentee voting, voter ID law, election-day registration, disability access, and availability of polling places and ballot drop boxes. To get a clearer picture of what this means for […]
Voting in tomorrow’s election? Here’s what to know before ...
Wisconsin voters will see only one statewide election on their ballots tomorrow — the race for the state’s new superintendent. Candidates Jill Underly and Deborah Kerr will square off to lead the state’s Department of Public Instruction. That race comes as the state’s schools have weathered a turbulent year, after the pandemic forced districts to […]
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