Author and civil rights activist Ruby Bridges to speak at Wisconsin Union Directorate event April 8
by Madison365 staff
March 10, 2026
Author and civil rights activist Ruby Bridges will give an address at Shannon Hall in Memorial Union on Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m., at a Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) Committee event, presented in collaboration with the WUD Society and Politics Committee. In 1960, at the age of six, Bridges became […]
Meriter Hospital staff seeks fair raises, additional PTO, and MLK Day as a paid holiday
by Omar Waheed
March 10, 2026
Service and support employees at Meriter Hospital are currently in negotiations for a contract campaign to receive equal time off as nursing staff and to have MLK Day as a paid holiday. Employees represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Wisconsin at Meriter Hospital have been in negotiations for weeks over its demands. For […]
OPINION: Why the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is dangerous and will curtail our freedom of speech
by Madison Jewish Voice for Peace
March 10, 2026
As members of Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison, we feel it incumbent upon us to offer our view of the legislation that would codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The IHRA definition of antisemitism was developed as a tool for research, not for legislation. The IHRA document gives 11 illustrative examples of […]
Mariachi-playing brothers and their parents are released from ICE custody
by CNN
March 10, 2026
By Lauren Mascarenhas, Karina Tsui, Ruben Correa, CNN (CNN) — Two promising young mariachi musicians and their parents, who were being held in ICE detention for nearly two weeks after they were detained by the Department of Homeland Security in Texas, have been released, according to an X post from US Rep. Joaquin Castro, […]
A partial government shutdown has hit the Department of Homeland Security. Here’s what that means
by CNN
March 10, 2026
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of February 13. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on the job — even if many won’t get paid until the lapse […]
