Category: THE dEMOCRACY
dIVEST, dISSENT, dÉJÀ VU: THE ETHICAL INVESTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF WISCONSIN
OTHER TITLES: Embarassing Endowments: Students nationwide expose Problematic Portfolios, Divest or Digest: The Bitter Pill of University Investments
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, INACTION: BIdEN’S BAd BET ON HOLLYWOOd
As President Biden’s reelection campaign kicks into high gear, he’s turning to a...
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LISTEN: PROGRESSIVE CAPITALIST RO KHANNA on LARRY WILMORE
The Biden campaign is ramping up efforts to secure the crucial youth vote in swing states like...
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LISTEN: “Why Are Wisconsin Public Universities Collapsing Financially?”
It should be no surprise the Chair of Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional district would have the...
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IVORY SILOS: The Eradication of Rural Education
The University of Wisconsin System has dealt a devastating blow to Richland County, as...
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ARTS INVESTMENT dROUGHT STUNTS RURAL RENAISSANCE
In small town West Bend, Wisconsin, the Museum of Wisconsin Art generates approximately $3 million...
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LISTEN: POCAN RALLIES 3Rd dISTRICT dELEGATES
In an invigorating speech to Democratic delegates from Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional...
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BOB, BELLE AND THE BATTLE OF 1912
By the time the speech was over, so was the campaign, though the senator wouldn’t be sure of it until he saw it in his wife’s eyes. At that moment, he knew that the fallout from this evening would be swift and brutal. The once-grand ballroom of the Philadelphia banquet hall, which had earlier buzzed with the energy of 500 influential journalists and writers, now lay nearly empty, a testament to the disastrous turn of events.
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LISTEN: BERNIE SANdERS ‘POLITCAL REVOLUTION’
In this podcast, Senator Bernie Sanders discusses his book “It’s Okay to be Angry...
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HISTORIC HEAdLINES: LA FOLLETTE’S LEGACY
The progressive faction of the Republican Party in Wisconsin, founded by Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in 1894, played a crucial role in shaping the state’s politics for 40 years. La Follette, who served as a U.S. Representative, Governor of Wisconsin, and U.S. Senator, fought against party bosses and corrupt practices throughout his career.
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MAdISON: FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION (ANd MANY MORE)
James Madison, is considered the father of the Constitution, as well as many other things and...
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HISTORIC HEAdLINES : WOOdCUTS AND THE WORKS PROGRAM
Among the many artists employed by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project in Wisconsin during the 1930s, Frank Utpatel left behind a uniquely haunting artistic legacy.
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