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- Do Madison’s schools underperform Milwaukee’s? Let’s talk about it.
- Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha rail idea back on radar, despite costs, existing options
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Bob Woodson — the Black, onetime civil rights activist who stresses time and again that poor, Black people can be agents of their own uplift — has this bit that he does when speaking to largely white audiences.
Learn more about the internship opportunities available this Fall
Editor’s Note The infantilization of AmericaBy Mike Nichols A welfare spasm to dwarf the Great Society Progressives ignore past failures,…
From all of us here at the Badger Institute, we hope you have a great Independence Day as we celebrate our shared blessings.
Premiere features youngest hostage during 1979 embassy crisis in Iran, now president of Mosinee school board
Nichols: Both hires are ‘rare finds’
What, exactly, have our governments just done for us?
In a truly horrible year, perhaps there have been planted the seeds of miracles
Editor’s Note In a truly horrible year, perhaps there have been planted the seeds of miraclesBy Mike Nichols Police use…
Editor’s Note Balancing risks with freedomBy Mike Nichols Read More… Harmful history of government set-asides Preferential contracts undermine the truly…
Editor’s Note Think politicians and bureaucrats are looking out for you? Think again.By Mike Nichols Read More… Badger Briefing: Here’s…
Think politicians and bureaucrats are looking out for you? Think again
Martin will expand the Badger Institute’s social media engagement, improve user friendliness of the website and grow the institute’s reach throughout the Badger State.
Institute adds public affairs associate, corrections consultant and visiting fellow to team.
In a free society, it’s better when we the people — not the government — make the decisions
Editor’s Note In a free society, it’s better when we the people — not the government — make the decisions.By…
Institute also announces promotion of Michael Jahr to senior vice president, addition of Gail Hanson to Board of Directors.
Nichols: Growth will allow even greater impact on key policy issues.
UW-Madison journalism center and women’s studies major raise some questions — and eyebrows
Editor’s Note The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s journalism center and Gender and Women’s Studies major raise some questions — and eyebrows.By…

