Author Dan Fitch Dan Fitch is a local writer, noisemaker, and activist in Madison. Sponsor Dan's Latest Articles Tone Madison’s favorite songs of 2023, pt. III By Steven Spoerl, Dan Fitch, Emily Mills, Grant Phipps & Luis Acosta Jr. ● Music ● January 17, 2024 A small collection of Madison songs that made a genuine impact. Tone Madison’s favorite songs of 2023, pt. II By Steven Spoerl, Luis Acosta Jr., Dan Fitch, Emily Mills & Grant Phipps ● Music ● January 16, 2024 A small collection of Madison songs that made a genuine impact. Dane County’s jail money pit gets deeper, but some want to keep digging By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● January 16, 2024 The project now tops $200 million, but some are giving in to sunk-cost thinking. Tone Madison’s favorite songs of 2023, pt. I By Steven Spoerl, Luis Acosta Jr., Grant Phipps, Emily Mills & Dan Fitch ● Music ● January 15, 2024 A small collection of Madison songs that made a genuine impact. Dane County tries to buy itself a six-figure helping of Mahoney baloney By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● June 28, 2023 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? By Ally Bates, Dan Fitch, Oona Mackesey-Green & Bonnie Willison ● Inhumane Dane ● May 2, 2023 The lasting impacts of Jimmie Joshua’s ordeal inside the Dane County Jail. The Dane County Jail project heads toward a crucial vote By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● April 18, 2023 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 By Ally Bates, Dan Fitch, Oona Mackesey-Green & Bonnie Willison ● Inhumane Dane ● April 17, 2023 Coming soon: A podcast series about the backlash against a new jail in Dane County. Book banning is alive and well in Wisconsin prisons By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● March 14, 2023 The state's Department of Corrections uses opaque and arbitrary rules to control what incarcerated people can read. Funding non-police mental health responses in Dane County is more important than ever By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● November 3, 2022 DCSO is killing more people and asking for more money—but where’s the investment in alternate mental-health models? Posts pagination Previous 1 2 3 Next