Politics
Left perspectives on power and policy across Wisconsin and the Madison area.
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Neighborhood noisemaker
Assessing the local political and social climate through a community dispute.
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Defending immigrant rights in the fight against fascism
Local activists deploy a renewed emphasis on legal strategy and grassroots organizing.
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Propaganda hoedown: How the Dane County Sheriff tried to sell the Smart Communications contract
Mail-scanning systems are spreading, not for safety purposes, but to strengthen punishment bureaucrats’ surveillance powers and corporate extraction.
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Ever-expanding AI continues to invade higher education
Trump and Big Tech promise “human flourishing” in the UW System.
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Hippie Christmas has come and gone again. But what exactly are we celebrating?
Get some free stuff, but let’s stop putting a cutesy spin on housing instability and waste.
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Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for wrongfully denied unemployment claims
Thousands of workers could see relief after a judge struck down the state’s ban on unemployment insurance for Social Security Disability recipients.
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A genocide, manufactured in Wisconsin
Since Oshkosh Corporation told The Cap Times that it was moving away from military vehicles, it has only doubled down on selling them to Israel.
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The outsides of other people’s homes
Complaints about ugly new housing abound in Madison, but they aren’t getting us anywhere.










