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A Public Affair
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August 10, 2026
Deregulating Head Start Will Harm Wisconsin Families
<p><img width="2560" height="1702" src="https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-300x199.jpg 300w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-720x479.jpg 720w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-768x511.jpg 768w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/10132705/Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_8770602500-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p><p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2379232994&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The early education program, Head Start, serves roughly 12,000 children in Wisconsin and about 800 in Dane County. On today’s show, host Douglas Haynes speaks with Jennifer Bailey, executive director of </span><a href="https://www.reachdane.org/programs/headstart.cfm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reach Dane</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and president of the </span><a href="https://whsaonline.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wisconsin Head Start Association,</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about proposed federal cuts to and looming deregulation of this program. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Head Start is a comprehensive early childhood program that serves pregnant people and kids ages 0-5 years. It’s unique because of its wraparound services, from mental and physical health to family services. Bailey says that when parents are doing well, kids will do well. So they support parents to reach their goals, like getting a GED, finding stable housing, or going back to school. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Head Start is a federal-to-local program that also serves the most vulnerable families, those at 100% of the poverty level. Bailey says that she’s seen a rise of unhoused families in Madison and the kids who make it into Head Start “are living in trauma.” Reach Dane serves more unhoused children than any program in Wisconsin. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Head Start program has faced other proposed cuts and challenges during the second Trump administration. About half of the regional offices have been closed, including one that served Wisconsin. And the recent proposed changes to the program would compromise the standards that have been put in place by many providers. New provisions would raise child-staff ratios and mandate English-only instruction, even though low child-staff ratios and multilingual education are supported by decades of research. They also discuss the broad-scale childcare crisis especially in rural areas, what Bailey envisions for a brighter future, and how people can leave comment on the proposed federal changes.</span></p> <hr /> <p><b>Jennifer Bailey</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is the executive director of Reach Dane in Madison which provides early childhood services to over 800 underserved children in Dane and Green Counties.</span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Featured image of children in a Head Start program via </span></i><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_Start_visits_New_River_Trail_%288770602500%29.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wikimedia Commons</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (</span></i><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CC BY 2.0</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></i></p> <div style="border-style: solid; background-color:#f69022; color: #000000; padding: 1em 1em 1em 1em; font-weight:600;">Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. <a href="https://wortfm.org/donate">Donate here</a></div><p>The post <a href="https://www.wortfm.org/deregulating-head-start-will-harm-wisconsin-families/">Deregulating Head Start Will Harm Wisconsin Families</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.wortfm.org">WORT-FM 89.9</a>.</p>
August 7, 2026
From the Corey Ruiz Autonomous Zone to Accountability
<p><img width="2048" height="946" src="https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/07135740/12588-1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/07135740/12588-1.jpg 2048w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/07135740/12588-1-300x139.jpg 300w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/07135740/12588-1-720x333.jpg 720w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/07135740/12588-1-768x355.jpg 768w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/07135740/12588-1-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/07135740/12588-1-600x277.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px" /></p><p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2377543643&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s show we’re continuing our coverage of the police killing of Corey Ruiz. Producer Sara Gabler speaks with scholar and activist, Dr. Amadi Ozier. They talk about how the vigil at Baldwin and Willy Street served as a site of community and mutual aid, what leadership looks like in decentralized movements, how autonomous zones occupy space, and how people can get involved no matter their </span><a href="https://killinitsmalls.substack.com/p/community-defense-needs-a-game-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">risk tolerance</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can find Ozier’s writings about the Corey Ruiz vigil and other community-led movements at her </span><a href="https://killinitsmalls.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Substack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <hr /> <p><b>Amadi Ozier</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is an assistant professor of English at UW-Madison and a community builder with Madison Tenant Power in Madison, WI. She has previously worked with the Crown Heights Care Collective, which Ozier co-founded in 2022, and the Crown Heights Tenant Union in Brooklyn, NY. Their political priorities include housing and healthcare, including abortion access. Ozier’s scholarly research explores black identity, humor, and the black middle class.</span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Featured image from the vigil to Corey Ruiz, courtesy of Maria Segura/WORT.</span></i></p> <div style="border-style: solid; background-color:#f69022; color: #000000; padding: 1em 1em 1em 1em; font-weight:600;">Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. <a href="https://wortfm.org/donate">Donate here</a></div><p>The post <a href="https://www.wortfm.org/from-the-corey-ruiz-autonomous-zone-to-accountability/">From the Corey Ruiz Autonomous Zone to Accountability</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.wortfm.org">WORT-FM 89.9</a>.</p>
August 6, 2026
There’s No Better Time to Abolish Nukes
<p><img width="2560" height="2011" src="https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-300x236.jpg 300w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-720x566.jpg 720w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-768x603.jpg 768w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-1536x1207.jpg 1536w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-2048x1609.jpg 2048w, https://d35i5brrnx3uxo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/06143840/Able-Day-Explosion-over-Bikini-Lagoon-flash-of-light_a-600x471.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p><p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2376940022&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%" height="166" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the 81st anniversary of the US’s nuclear attack on Hiroshima, host Bert Zipperer is in conversation with Mari Faines of the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists and Steve Leeper of Physicians for Social Responsibility.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They discuss all the human, ecological, and moral harms perpetuated by powers committed to a nuclear status quo. </span><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2023/02/no-justice-is-possible-without-studying-the-injustices-of-nuclear-weapons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Faines writes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “There is no question the nuclear status quo upheld since 1945 is rooted in colonial systems of power and White supremacy that started centuries ago. But nuclear security scholarship that explicitly makes this connection and examines the harm resulting from this socio-political, cultural, economic, and ecological history is still incredibly limited.” Faines draws connections between militarism and justice movements and says that our current moment requires an intersectional approach to crises, local and existential. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leeper advocates for a “peace culture” as opposed to the “war culture” he sees as driving nuclear proliferation and Trump’s MAGA movement. The path of peace, says Leeper, leads to universal health and well being, and that goes for all humanity and the non-human world. He will be speaking at a </span><a href="https://psr-wisconsin.org/lanterns-for-peace2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lanterns for Peace</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> event tonight, sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They also discuss the doomsday clock that is currently set to 85 seconds until midnight, how there’s no such thing as a small nuclear weapon, nuclear power, and how to change the kitchen table conversation about nuclear weapons. </span></p> <hr /> <p><b>Mari Faines</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> serves as a Board Fellow for the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists. Just prior, Faines served as a strategic advisor and policy expert at the U.S. Department of State working on AUKUS, the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Prior to joining the State Department, she spent five years in the United Kingdom completing graduate work in Peace and Security studies, while working as a project manager for an international solutions corporation. Upon returning to the United States, she continued working at the intersection of nuclear nonproliferation policy and social justice issues. Faines has written for a multitude of publications and was a former podcast host. She remains engaged in global policy issues by volunteering with various advocacy organizations and has been recognized for many of these contributions over the past decade. Faines holds a Master’s of Science (MSc) from SOAS University of London and a Bachelor’s from Colgate University.</span></p> <p><b>Steve Leeper</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has spent about half of his 78 years in Japan. He began working as UN representative of Mayors for Peace in 2002. This led to his appointment in 2007 as chairman of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. He stepped down in 2013 to be a professor at Hiroshima Jogakuin University. He shifted from professor to visiting professor in 2015. He is co-founder of Peace Culture Village in Hiroshima and PEAC Institute in Montclair, NJ, Detroit, MI, and Atlanta, GA. He is a recipient of the Academia Prize from Kyoto University, the Tanimoto Peace Prize (Hiroshima’s highest peace award), and an honorary doctorate from Hiroshima Jogakuin University. His publications include Hiroshima Resolution (bilingual), Nihon ga Sekai wo Suku (Japanese), Hiroshima wo Tsutaetai America-jin (Japanese), and Kakuheiki Haizetsu e no Michi (Japanese).</span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Featured image of the aerial view of the flash of light from the Able Day explosion over Bikini Lagoon in 1946 via </span></i><a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6234436" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">National Archives</span></i></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></i></p> <div style="border-style: solid; background-color:#f69022; color: #000000; padding: 1em 1em 1em 1em; font-weight:600;">Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. <a href="https://wortfm.org/donate">Donate here</a></div><p>The post <a href="https://www.wortfm.org/theres-no-better-time-to-abolish-nukes/">There’s No Better Time to Abolish Nukes</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.wortfm.org">WORT-FM 89.9</a>.</p>
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