Crime Wave Hysteria vs. Reality
Is hysteria over a supposed crime wave in Madison grounded in reality? Let’s look at the facts. Continue reading Crime Wave Hysteria vs. Reality
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We Should Ban Facial Recognition Technology
A critical look at the evidence suggests that new technology doesn’t resolve racial disparities in who gets arrested and charged. In fact, it might make it worse. Continue reading We Should Ban Facial Recognition Technology
The Fight Against Trumpism Must Continue Even After Trump is Gone
The Defend Democracy Alliance was ready to fight for every vote to be counted. We must also be ready to fight the conditions that gave rise to Trump which won’t just disappear once he leaves the White House. Continue reading The Fight Against Trumpism Must Continue Even After Trump is Gone
Working for Something New
This is a transcript of a speech that Benji Ramirez Gomez made on Wednesday, November 4 at a Count Every Vote demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol. I’m here to speak on behalf of the Madison DSA but before I … Continue reading Working for Something New
Together With Joanna Love
Joanna Love has been all over activism in Madison this year. In an interview with Benji Ramirez Gomez, she shares her outlook on this year’s uprising and the future of the fight in Madison. Continue reading Together With Joanna Love
Demanding the bare minimum on COVID in Wisconsin’s prisons
A sustained protest outside the Governor’s Mansion calls out the state’s failure to protect incarcerated people during the pandemic Continue reading Demanding the bare minimum on COVID in Wisconsin’s prisons
Rural America Isn’t Your Quaint Escape
Northern rural areas are not a playground, especially during a pandemic. They do not exist solely as a backdrop or a photo, or an escape from realities back home. Continue reading Rural America Isn’t Your Quaint Escape
Approval Voting: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Approval voting. It works just as it sounds: you vote for everyone you “approve” of. Your ballot looks exactly the same as it does in familiar first-past-the-post. A bunch of circles with names by them — but now, you can fill in more than one circle. That’s the only difference. We get rid of the rule of only voting for one. Continue reading Approval Voting: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Support Immigrants, Abolish Ice
On Sunday, November 1, 2020, community activists will hold a socially-distanced all-day event at Capitol Square to honor children and adults who have died at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection and for all people of color who have been killed by police. Continue reading Support Immigrants, Abolish Ice
It’s Not Just the South: Anti-Black Racism in the Great Lakes
US cultural memory seems to embrace the defeat of the South in the US Civil War as an exoneration of the North. But the North has racism baked into its core. The contemporary and historical experiences of Black Americans in the North – especially in the Great Lakes region – show how true this is. Continue reading It’s Not Just the South: Anti-Black Racism in the Great Lakes
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