Josiah Hesse brings curiosity and compassion to his reporting for his memoir on growing up on the Christian Right. He gets right what JD Vance gets all wrong about the white, rural working class.

We can’t undo the horrors of Dobbs in a small series of wins, but we can improve access for some. We can also signal that abortion is worth defending and protecting, that we will not accept a political framing that pits us against our own bodies.

“Republicans say we don’t have climate change. But this is golf ball-sized hail in my front yard,”said Wisconsin Democrat Sarah Godlewski. Congressman Tom Tiffany, a Republican running for governor, mocked her and said renewable energy sources were harmful. “These people are cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.”

Illinois is among the states that have put in place new policies — along with millions of dollars — to welcome patients who aren’t their residents. From @stateline.org:

The first 14 days of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran assault released over 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. This is more than the annual emissions of mid-sized economies like Iceland or Kuwait, and roughly the same as dozens of the lowest emitters together.

College students don't really want luxury dorms or AI tools, they want meaningful relationships with their peers and instructors that build self-efficacy and teach real lessons for continuing civic life beyond the ivory tower. Had a great chat with Douglas Haynes place-based education in WI.

🎙️As college students face rising food insecurity, isolation, and eco-anxiety, educators are turning to place-based learning to prepare students for a changing world. @saragabler.bsky.social speaks with Douglas Haynes about his new book from @hopkinspress.bsky.social. www.wortfm.org/healing-the-...

We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.

Such an honor to fill in for @alimuldrow.bsky.social on @apublicaffair.bsky.social today and the joy was all mine. So grateful to have @josierosec.bsky.social as my guest. Hope you enjoy it as much as I!

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Fiber artists, sheep farmers, and dog breeders flock to the Jefferson County Fair Park every September to showcase their crafts. @saragabler.bsky.social brings us on a tour of this year’s Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. www.wortfm.org/from-sheep-t...

Making tariffs transparent. A new WI bill would make it clear that tariffs are taxes on US consumers by requiring large retailers to list tariffs on receipts like sales tax.

A little peek behind the curtain of what I do as a radio talk show producer for @apublicaffair.bsky.social . Check it out: www.wortfm.org/producers-di...

Call arms manufacturers like Oshkosh Corp what they are: war criminals. A fantastic interview by @fayeparks.bsky.social

Gary Dorrien catches me up on how liberal theology embraces intellectual freedom and historicism and describes a whole intellectual tradition of evangelicalism that doesn’t lead to Christian nationalism.

You start playing Prequel knowing that you’re going to lose. But how do you set up the next group of heroes to win? Worldbuilding games like this are a great way to imagine a better world with friends. ❤️

"Oshkosh Corporation continues to play a fundamental role in the genocide of Palestinians while profiting in the hundreds of millions," reports first-time contributor Julian Cooper. Header illustration by @cmy-kay.bsky.social

Christian Zionist beliefs give evangelicals a language to understand foreign policy and their theology is rooted in supremacy, not reality. I write about these and other lessons from my Christian Zionist upbringing for Truthout.

Sarah Eichstadt investigated the living conditions and eviction rate of Porchlight Inc. "'It’s legalized slumlording,' one Madison resident says." Illustration by Shaysa Sidebottom. tonemadison.com/articles/por...

ACLU report shows growth of Wisconsin immigration enforcement. @isiahholmes.bsky.social has details on the findings. buff.ly/vcrh0b3

🎙️On today's show, @neginowl.bsky.social and @szunes.bsky.social breakdown the bombs and the blowback of the US's attacks on Iran with host @saragabler.bsky.social. They unpack harmful media narratives and the unnecessary escalation of US hegemony. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/the-ongoing-...

We all know Trump's bill is "big," "mega," and "supercharged." But the scope of one of its most crushing ambitions appears to have been lost: more than $100 billion in new ICE funding. @inaeoh.bsky.social unpacks the staggering figure here—and the future of our police state below.

🎙️We're celebrating the recent win for abortion care in WI with @ppawi.org and @alimuldrow.bsky.social. Reproductive freedom and funding Medicaid go hand in hand, so today's show also focuses on how to increase access to healthcare for all. Learn more and listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-win-for-re...

Motherfuck.

Who grows your clothes??

"Framing resistance to housing reform as concern for 'public trust' or 'zoning protections' reflects a longstanding rhetorical tradition in Madison — one that dresses exclusion in the language of procedural integrity." From an opinion piece by Justice Castaneda: isthmus.com/opinion/opin...

The US’s unprovoked bombing of Iran was never about nuclear proliferation but about US hegemony, says @szunes.bsky.social. The result is violence that obscures more violence, says @neginowl.bsky.social.

An important reminder from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social that budgets are moral and we can be proud of thing like public and independent MEDIA (like WORT 89.9 FM), libraries, and the weather service that our tax $$ pays for.

🎙️ On today's show, @saragabler.bsky.social speaks with @maklelan.bsky.social about what the Bible has to say about sex and what it doesn’t have to say about sexuality, how white Christian nationalists use the Bible to maintain their power, and much more. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/how-to-put-d...

"The UW System's seemingly banal rollout of the beautifully bureaucratic Workday shows just how much public higher education in Wisconsin has been captured by corporate interests," writes Sara Gabler, with illustrations by @aertime.bsky.social

🎙️Disillusionment with modern medicine is a core ingredient in many new age conspiracy theories, but that shouldn’t send us running to quack theories about cod liver oil and other pseudoscience, @julianwalker.bsky.social tells @saragabler.bsky.social. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-crisis-of-...

"No matter how corporate, the death of an arts and crafts store feels like a reiteration that capitalism doesn’t care about our creativity, art, joy, or expression," @stinadale.bsky.social writes in this week's Microtones column

Two women incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution have died following hospital stays that began Feb. 22. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has shared limited information about their deaths, frustrating family members and those locked up at the women's prison.

NEW: The UW paid at least $51 million dollars to Huron consultants in a four year period — a figure one labor leader calls"astronomical." @wortnews.bsky.social took one year to report this story, and @saragabler.bsky.social spent hours analyzing open records ➡️ www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...

WORT has discovered via open records request that the UW System is spending tens of millions on contracts with a consulting group - one with a history of “austerity-based recommendations.” @saragabler.bsky.social has the details. www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...

Are you disturbed about Madison police wrestling an elderly Black man to the ground in front of customers at a Willy Street diner? Because that happened, on November 21 at Willaby’s Cafe

Handcrafted news right here. No corporate oligarchs calling the shots.

BREAKING: Attacking civil society is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes — and the House, including 15 Democrats, just gave Trump the power to do it.

I didn’t understand Twitter. And I don’t understand Blue Sky. Here’s my gremlin with a tech deck.

The Trevor Project, an advocacy organization that provides crisis services and peer support for LGBTQ+ youth, reported a 700% increase in calls to their crisis hotline on Nov. 6, the day after the 2024 presidential election. isthmus.com/news/news/st...

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