Politics
Left perspectives on power and policy across Wisconsin and the Madison area.
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Tone Madison’s best reporting of 2017
Venue realignments, expensive picnics, and other stories we chased this year.
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We apologize for Channel 3000’s “We apologize to Taco Bell” editorial
Neil Heinen thought he had the stomach to take on the Bell, but reversed course.
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This dance is gonna be a drag: Glenn Grothman takes over WORT
The Republican Congressman recently spun some oldies at Madison’s lefty community radio station.
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UW’s disingenuous “Hillbilly Elegy” conversation
This year’s Go Big Read selection only further poisons the narrative about rural decline.
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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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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.
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Podcast: Ken Klippenstein’s FOIA-fueled jabs at the powerful
The Madison-based journalist discusses breaking a pivotal Puerto Rico story and doing good tweets.
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Scott Walker is hip to these postmodern trends
On his 50th birthday, the Wisconsin governor shows that he’s in touch with the times.
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We fixed Scott Walker’s shitty Bitmojis
Bitmojis are bad. The Governor’s use of Bitmojis is even worse.
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A look at arts funding in Madison’s 2018 city budget, part II
A boost for the Bubbler, another big subsidy for Overture, and other arts-related highlights in the upcoming city budget.










