Politics
Left perspectives on power and policy across Wisconsin and the Madison area.
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Ignore the people, build the jail
Dane County Supervisors dodged a vote on Resolution 145, revealing a disdain for the public and democracy itself.
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The Dane County GOP’s Lincoln billboard is a sick stunt
Local Republicans can’t erase history, or their party’s profound hostility toward Black people.
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Reparations Thrift asks white Madisonians to pay it back in style
The mutual-aid organization makes a case for fashion-based reparations.
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UW-Madison has no leadership
During a botched re-opening, those with the most power on campus have repeatedly chosen profits over people.
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Madison police’s budget double-talk
Chief Wahl makes a cynical ploy in the debate over police funding.
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Law enforcement agencies are targeting and surveilling Black activists in Madison
From federal prosecutions to snatch-and-grab arrests, local activists face an alarming but familiar pattern of repression.
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The moral uselessness of Wisconsin Democrats
Josh Kaul, Tammy Baldwin, and other elected officials have failed to draw clear lines between rioters and murderers.
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Wisconsin’s upside-down criminal-justice conversation
When it comes to the dynamics of rioting and policing, our leaders are telling ever more dissonant lies.
