Politics
Left perspectives on power and policy across Wisconsin and the Madison area.
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Library budget cuts are the last thing Madison’s arts community needs
It’s time we stuck up for the Madison Public Library system.
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It’s still a good time to shut down Line 5
Enbridge plans to reroute the aging pipeline, but that wouldn’t change the threat it poses to northern Wisconsin and Tribal communities’ watersheds.
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A reporter asked for body-camera footage. UW-Madison police threatened her with a fine.
A hands-on encounter with Wisconsin’s newest and most troublesome open-records law.
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Get yourself a “horse cop mom” T-shirt to support Tone Madison
You can now wear Rachal Duggan’s wonderful, absurd illustration for one of our strangest political stories.
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The Wisconsin Idea and eugenics: conflicting sides of Charles Van Hise
A proposed university plaque would acknowledge the former UW president’s influence in a 20th-century movement that prompted sterilization, discrimination, and genocide.
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After a ceasefire resolution, the City of Madison played host to some of Israel’s largest weapons suppliers
A recent defense-industry conference at Monona Terrace highlights the gap between local declarations and local action.
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Frank Emspak was an advocate for workers—and for labor media
The veteran labor activist, scholar, and journalist died on June 15, leaving behind a formidable legacy in Madison and beyond.
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A new Wisconsin law undermines the transparency pitch for police body cameras
Act 253 contradicts open-records norms, and now it’s time for law enforcement to put it to use.
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Online education is a key part of the UW System’s austerity agenda
For UW leadership and corporate interests, “distance learning” goes hand-in-hand with cuts to programs and campuses.
