Madison Wisconsin

Two statues were torn down outside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison.

National

Unrest In Madison, Wis., Overnight Leaves Statues Toppled, State Senator Injured

12:47pm June 24, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

A Democratic state senator was assaulted after snapping a photo of protests. The unrest was sparked by the arrest of a Black man after he brought a bat and bullhorn into a restaurant.

People in cars participate in a protest against the coronavirus shutdown in front of the state capitol in Madison, Wisc., on April 24, 2020.

Mayor Of Madison Calls Decision To Overturn Wisconsin Stay-At-Home Order 'Outrageous'

2:26pm May 15, 2020

by Jason Breslow

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said this week's decision by the state's supreme court will put lives at risk from the coronavirus and she warned that businesses are still not ready to reopen.

NPR's Michel Martin at a recent event during her Going There series.

Education

Going There: Who Needs College?

1:27pm March 02, 2017

NPR's Michel Martin joins Wisconsin Public Radio for a night of conversation and entertainment to discuss the purpose of college in 2017.

Madison, Wis., Council Votes To Ban Discrimination Against Atheism

8:22am April 02, 2015

by Bill Chappell

In what's believed to be a first in the United States, the city's equal opportunities ordinance is amended "to add nonreligion as a protected class."

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin addresses a crowd of protesters on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Madison, Wis., during a protest of the shooting death of Tony Robinson.

National

Racial Tension Draws Parallels, But Madison Is No Ferguson

11:03pm March 11, 2015

by Gilman Halsted

There are stark differences between what happened in Madison, Wis., and the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. But protesters say racism is still at the root of Tony Robinson's shooting death.

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