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Dan Fitch is a local writer, noisemaker, and activist in Madison.

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Tone Madison’s favorite songs of 2023, pt. III

A small collection of Madison songs that made a genuine impact.

A 5x3 grid displays the album art for all of the releases included in this list as a banner image.
Tone Madison’s favorite songs of 2023, pt. II

A small collection of Madison songs that made a genuine impact.

A glowing cube located where the proposed Dane County Jail warps the surrounding buildings.
Dane County’s jail money pit gets deeper, but some want to keep digging

The project now tops $200 million, but some are giving in to sunk-cost thinking.

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Tone Madison’s favorite songs of 2023, pt. I

A small collection of Madison songs that made a genuine impact.

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Dane County tries to buy itself a six-figure helping of Mahoney baloney

The former sheriff is an atrocious pick to lead the county’s new Department of Justice Reform.

Inhumane Dane Episode 1: Where is the justice?

The lasting impacts of Jimmie Joshua’s ordeal inside the Dane County Jail.

The Dane County Jail project heads toward a crucial vote

As the County Board once again takes up the bloated project, don't trust the powers that be on punishment.

Introducing the Inhumane Dane podcast

Coming soon: A podcast series about the backlash against a new jail in Dane County.

A pencil drawing of a fist breaking through bricks. Illustrated by Joshua Micke, currently incarcerated at the Wisconsin Resource Center.
Book banning is alive and well in Wisconsin prisons

The state's Department of Corrections uses opaque and arbitrary rules to control what incarcerated people can read.

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Funding non-police mental health responses in Dane County is more important than ever

DCSO is killing more people and asking for more money—but where’s the investment in alternate mental-health models?