A Public Affair

Parenting Without a Safety Net

“Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.”

That’s sociologist Jessica Calarco speaking with journalist...

Native Perspectives on Removing the S-Word from U.S. Maps

The U.S. Department of the Interior is currently seeking public comment on replacement names for geographical features that include the...

Richard Powers on Writing about the More-than-Human World

“Both Echo Maker and Bewilderment have strong ties to the ethos of a state where our present and our future are being...

UW’s Free Speech Survey Debacle

A plan to circulate a conservative-backed student survey regarding “free speech” on the University of Wisconsin System’s twenty-six...

Roundtable on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Confirmation

Last week, the Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to serve on...