Downtown while black: On “gang” activity and Madison’s irrational fear
A rowdy stretch of University Avenue is being policed and covered in a racialized light.
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Let’s hear it for 534 State Street
In Microtones, our newsletter-first column.
The UW System’s speech policy will make Wisconsin’s campuses more toxic
In blocking "disruptions of free expression," the UW System makes marginalized people easier to target.
Blood on the money
Why does Madison keep shooting its citizens and clearing its officers?
The “Campus Free Speech Act” is the Wisconsin right’s newest weapon
Assembly Bill 299 tells UW System students to debate and disagree, but only in Republican-approved ways.
Madison calendar, April 13 through 19
Teju Cole, Lil Wayne, Slow Pulp, "Human Highway," and more events of note in Madison this week.
Madison must rein in its volatile police chief
Does Mike Koval still deserve the benefit of the doubt?
Guns on the bus are just privilege in disguise
A Wisconsin gun group celebrates its court victory with a disingenuous appeal to low-income transit riders.
The posthumous character assassination of Tony Robinson
Officials continue to treat a police-shooting victim as a pawn in public discourse.
Ribs on notice: the That BBQ Joint controversy
Two writers consider a restaurant's over-the-top struggles with its East Side neighbors. | By Michael Penn II, Scott Gordon