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12:23

Dale Scott Describes Life As First Openly Gay MLB Umpire

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2024/07/15

Our national pastime has often been the forum for the advancement of social progress in America. From Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s whites-only policy to Curt Flood fighting baseball’s unfair labor […] The post Dale Scott Describes Life As First Openly Gay MLB Umpire appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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12:45

WORT’s Sara Gabler Reports on Community Activism at...

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2024/07/15

On July 14, former President and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump survived an apparent assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump sustained gunshot injuries to his right ear but […] The post WORT’s Sara Gabler Reports on Community Activism at Republican C... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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20:55

Inactivating Act 10

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2024/07/11

John Shelton, Professor and Chair of Democracy and Justice Studies at UW-Green Bay, joins the 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the recent ruling by a Dane County Judge that […]The post Inactivating Act 10 appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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22:14

No Guacamole for Immigrant Haters

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2024/07/11

Jose Torres-Tama, visual and performance artist, playwright, and poet, pushes back against the US of Amnesia and the hate directed at immigrants by those wanting a homogenous society of interlopers. […] The post No Guacamole for Immigrant Haters appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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21:46

Pizzigati: Inequality is a Class Issue, Not a...

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2024/07/11

In his recent article in Inequality.org entitled “To Best Understand Inequality, Think Class, Not Generation: Our age cohorts don’t tell the full story“, author and Associate Fellow at the Institution […]The post Pizzigati: Inequality is a Class Issue, Not a Generational One appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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50:53

Making Poetry Cool Again

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2024/07/10

Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Lolo Lature and RR Moore, talking Fourth of July and how people celebrate or not, and the life and times […]The post Making Poetry Cool Again appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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9:21

Keith Brower Brown Updates Monday Buzz on Heat as...

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2024/07/08

As of July 8, 2024, the National Weather Service had issued heat warnings for nearly all of the east and west coasts of the continental United States. As many as […] The post Keith Brower Brown Updates Monday Buzz on Heat as Labor Safety Issue appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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9:46

Journalist Rachel Hale Describes Efforts to Ban Books...

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2024/07/08

The practice of banning books isn’t just for the South anymore. A recent investigation by Wisconsin Watch found that over 100 Wisconsin School Districts had to respond to challenges seeking […] The post Journalist Rachel Hale Describes Efforts to Ban Books in Wisconsin appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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12:20

The Making of a King

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2024/07/04

In the year 1801, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, John Marshall, established the principle of judicial review which made the Court the official arbiter of what laws and […]The post The Making of a King appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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22:29

US Supreme Court Forever Blowing Bubbles

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2024/07/04

Under EPA’s “bubble policy,” determined in 1979, a plant complex with several facilities can decrease pollution from some facilities while increasing it from others, so long as total results are […] The post US Supreme Court Forever Blowing Bubbles appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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13:18

Incentives of Methane from Manure Brings Huge Influx...

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2024/07/03

Did you know that Kewaunee County has five times more cows that people? A recent article by Molly Armus, Agriculture Policy Program Manager with Friends of the Earth entitled “Dramatic […]The post Incentives of Methane from Manure Brings Huge Influx of Cows appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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14:42

Mills Rodrigo: U. S. Left Needs to Learn from...

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2024/07/03

In his recent article “Lessons from Europe: The Left Can’t Win by Running to the Right“, Chris Mills Rodrigo discusses the losses of the Left in Europe’s recent elections, and […] The post Mills Rodrigo: U. S. Left Needs to Learn from Elections in Europe appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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19:44

Johnson: No Vote for Radiation Exposure Compensation...

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2024/07/03

Despite passing the U. S. Senate by a bipartisan vote, and in the face of support from both sides in the House, Mike Johnson has refused to bring the “Radiation […] The post Johnson: No Vote for Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in the House appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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11:45

Authors Discuss Queer International Crime Fiction

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2024/07/01

On July 1, Madison’s Mystery to Me bookstore will host an online panel discussion entitled The Lineup from Soho Crime: Queer International Crime Fiction. The discussion features the authors Kwei […]The post Authors Discuss Queer International Crime Fiction appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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10:07

Four Star Video Carries On the Video Rental Tradition

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2024/07/01

The City of Madison does not have a Maxwell Street, but once a year, State Street does its best impersonation of Chicago’s 150-year old Maxwell Street Market. Striving for the […] The post Four Star Video Carries On the Video Rental Tradition appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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14:04

Wisconsin Conservation Voters Releases Scorecard of...

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2024/07/01

If you are wondering how green your legislator is, Wisconsin Conservation Voters has you covered. Each year, the advocacy organization ranks all state legislators and the governor based on how […] The post Wisconsin Conservation Voters Releases Scorecard of Elected Officials appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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13:45

Badgering Wisconsin Clerks

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2024/06/27

Elections in Wisconsin are conducted by more than 1,800 local clerks at the town, village, city, and county levels, some of whom only work a minimum number of hours a […]The post Badgering Wisconsin Clerks appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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20:24

Tending the Garden of Fair Elections

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2024/06/27

There’s an adage, “making the billy goat the gardener” that may apply to a member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), the organization entrusted with making sure the State’s elections […] The post Tending the Garden of Fair Elections appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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28:53

Wurst: Bringing Two Unions into One — It’s Hard But...

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2024/06/26

As freight railroads continue to consolidate and propose single-operator trains, two unions — one for the engineers and another for conductors — are at each others’ throats to see which […]The post Wurst: Bringing Two Unions into One — It’s Hard But Import... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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19:45

Why has the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act”...

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2024/06/26

In his June 18, 2024 article “Four Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Congress Has Unfinished Work to Bring Needed Change“, Director of Justice Reform at the Friends Committee on National […] The post Why has the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act” Stalled... appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

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