Politics
Left perspectives on power and policy across Wisconsin and the Madison area.
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Flight Path Part 4: The fight continues
Madisonians who’ve organized against the F-35s have learned a great deal, and can still hold local leaders accountable.
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A UW System crisis a decade in the making
The system’s COVID-19 response would exploit the pandemic to help Republicans dismantle higher education in Wisconsin.
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Flight Path Part 3: “Loud but affordable”
Callous commentary and weak leadership from elected officials have marred the debate over basing F-35s in Madison.
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Flight Path Part 2: Rights signed away and forgotten
How activists dug up obscure documents that will make it harder for people dealing with the F-35s’ noise to soundproof their homes.
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Flight Path Part 1: How F-35s galvanized neighbors in Eken Park
The proposal to base new fighter jets in Madison inspired an extraordinary and fast organizing effort.
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Join us on May 20 for a community journalism workshop
Tone Madison is partnering up with the Madison DSA and The Progressive to bring together Madisonians interested in changing the local media landscape.
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Flight Path: When resistance takes off
An audio documentary kicks off our in-depth series on the neighborhood activism against the basing of fighter jets in Madison.
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Wisconsinites need more help accessing period products than ever, thanks to COVID-19
The economic impact of the pandemic is deepening the age-old inequities menstruating people face.
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Saudi Arabia’s investment in Live Nation is good for Madison’s music scene, actually
Make no bones about it, we saw this one coming.
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The pandemic has Dane County Jail inmates terrified
Incarcerated people and their families report hellish conditions as the virus spreads in the downtown Madison lockup.
