Democracy in Crisis
Alt-right second acts
I’ve been really uncomfortable with the narrative that the alt-right is on the wane. Lower visibility doesn’t mean their ideas are any less attractive to a certain portion of America than they were right after Trump's election.
“Cops and Klan Go Hand in Hand”
Chelsea Manning reflects on the connections between fringe fascists and the surveillance state.
Apr 11, 2018
Brandon Soderberg
Confronting the death cult
Parkland's student activists know what to say about guns in this country. Democrats five times their age leading the so-called #resistance just don't, and never will.
Mar 26, 2018
David Michael Miller
Pseudonymous sex and anonymous experts
Trump and Stormy can use pseudonyms to protect privacy. So can cops. But when activists do it, they’re prosecuted.
Mar 13, 2018
Time Magazine
Diarrhea diaries and dead drug dealers
Trump floats the idea of the death penalty for drug dealers. But what about when its big pharmaceutical companies that are the dealers?
Mar 6, 2018
Our president’s dickpunching politics
It makes cosmic sense that a movie where the hero proudly punches someone square in the dick would be Trump’s favorite.
Feb 26, 2018
Law enforcement, antifa, and the alt-right
When popular culture starts to mimic Trump, declaring “both sides” are bad, it adds another dangerous layer to our already-toxic political discourse about violence, race, and law.
Feb 20, 2018
The FBI and dirty cops
Ultimately, The Memo was a dud — but it does highlight this weird moment where the right is attacking law enforcement agencies and the left is valorizing them.
Feb 12, 2018
2:58 PM
Anson Stevens Bollen
Prosecutors push on against 59 protesters despite defeat
The U.S. Attorney’s Office dropped charges against 129 J20 defendants last week — but continues to prosecute journalists and others who have spoken to the press
Jan 24, 2018
5:00 AM
Fire and fury and “Fire and Fury”
Steve Bannon had a terrible week. And it wasn’t even the worst week in Washington.
Jan 15, 2018
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
The state of protest in 2018: a case study
If people really want to resist and not just #Resist, they need to answer some fundamental questions and figure out how to form coalitions.
Jan 9, 2018
5:00 AM
David Michael Miller
How screwed are we in 2018?
Well, 2017 is over. But things aren’t looking good in the new year.
Jan 1, 2018
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David Michael Miller
Ten of Trump’s insane tweets
Reading all 2,375 tweets Trump has written since the election was like reliving all the unbelievable moments of this last year in fast forward.
Dec 29, 2017
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In the April issue
50 years and counting
Isthmus was founded in 1976 by Vince O’Hern and the late Fred Milverstedt. The first issue was eight pages long and featured a shot from the movie ‘Taxi Driver’ on the cover. It’s changed a lot over five decades.
50 Moments in 50 years
Madison has undergone enormous change since Isthmus published its first issue in April 1976 and the paper has chronicled that evolution with care and affection. Here are some of the stories from the last half-century of Isthmus coverage.
Making the news
Former news editor Bill Lueders on living up to his charge to make sure that ‘news-minded people find the paper worth reading.’
Welcome to arts heaven
Dean Robbins, who steered Isthmus’ cultural coverage for more than two decades, looks back on ‘arts-critic heaven.’
The way we were
Revisit Madison's past with a collection of Isthmus file photos from the '70s, '80s and '90s.
