by Adriana Brook, Richard Kyte, Richard Monette, Rebecca Webster, Margaret Ann Noodin, John Kaminski | Apr 15, 2021 | Videos
Americans find themselves in the grip of a global pandemic and climate crisis as well as racial and economic inequality—big problems that can only be addressed through government leadership and citizen participation. There is an inherent tension in the U.S....
by Jeff Snowbarger | Mar 10, 2021 | Magazine Article
Few things have shaped our state more than the Wisconsin Idea, a more-than-century-old commitment of the University of Wisconsin to serve the state’s citizens. To this day, the fingerprints of the Wisconsin Idea are clearly visible on Wisconsin’s education, economy,...
by John Kaminski, Adriana Brook | Mar 5, 2021 | Videos
The concept of democracy is constantly evolving. The framers of the U.S. Constitution had surprisingly diverse visions for American democracy, and found inspiration in multiple sources, including classical scholars from ancient Greece and the Roman Republic and the...
by Jane Elder | Mar 3, 2021 | Magazine Article
Last fall, I had what our friends at public radio call a “driveway moment” (although mine was in the living room). I stopped what I was doing and listened intently to a television program featuring Danielle Allen, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at...
by Joseph Heim | Aug 7, 2013 | Magazine Article
The new book by veteran reporters Jason Stein and Patrick Marley is likely to be the definitive chronicle of the first two years of Scott Walker’s term as Governor of Wisconsin. Straddling the line between journalists and witnesses to history, Stein and Marley provide...
