Politics
Left perspectives on power and policy across Wisconsin and the Madison area.
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Podcast: The “daily fight” against harassment in music
Hear our Consent, Amplified panel discussion, recorded live on November 15 at Arts + Literature Laboratory.
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A few notes on safety, harassment, and equity at shows
What we’re hearing so far from our Consent, Amplified survey.
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Podcast: Lauren Franchi on keeping the dancefloor safe
The DJ and former Madisonian discusses her efforts to create dance nights for marginalized people.
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Dane County blues: On Wisconsin voting and white liberalism
The voters black people should really fear from this election.
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A violent reaction to the “All White People Are Racist” hoodie
In a parking garage on State Street, a white man proves why America is still racist and homophobic.
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Ribs on notice: the That BBQ Joint controversy
Two writers consider a restaurant’s over-the-top struggles with its East Side neighbors. | By Michael Penn II, Scott Gordon
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On free speech and a noose in Wisconsin
The Obama lynching costume was not a contribution to discourse in a free society, and UW should not defend it as such.
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A few more notes about the Madison Songwriter Conference
Kip Winger is coming, and other highlights from the conference’s launch event this week.
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The book of Pickett (or how to talk about practice)
Are we missing the bigger picture around a UW student’s “All White People Are Racist” hoodie?
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Podcast: Jeff Chang on the bad loop of history
The author and hip-hop historian speaks October 22 at the Wisconsin Book Festival and Passing The Mic conference.
