Democracy Minute

Between 2021 and June 2023, Matt Rothschild, the executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (2015 - June 2023), recorded weekly radio commentaries for WMUU 102.9 in Madison, WI. He called each commentary his “Democracy Minute” though it may run closer to two minutes. They were timely, pithy commentaries about democracy issues in Wisconsin and nationwide.

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Current Year | 2022 | 2021

A grateful farewell
June 27, 2023

Budget wraps early Christmas present for the rich
June 27, 2023

Wisconsin GOP’s nasty cuts to child care
June 20, 203

Vos and Evers messed with racial justice reforms in Milwaukee
June 20, 2023

Bad deal on shared revenue
June 20, 203

About time Trump faced accountability
June 20, 2023

Military voter bill deeply flawed
June 12, 2023

One LLC, one vote?!?
June 12, 2023

Bad debt ceiling deal
June 2, 2023

Wisconsin's disgraceful infant mortality
June 2, 2023

Nasty strings on shared revenue
May 25, 2023

Bryan Steil's dubious hire
May 25, 2023

Reasons for hope
May 18, 2023

Wauwatosa police target protestors
May 18, 2023

Wisconsin falls from 4th to 47th in voter accessibility!
May 12, 2023

Wisconsin GOP wants to muffle your voice
May 12, 2023

GOP wants to suppress student vote
May 4, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court is ethically challenged
May 4, 2023

Republicans have amendment fever
May 1, 2023

The toll of lead poisoning in Wisconsin
May 1, 2023

Republican Party is stuck in a double trap
April 21, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court can’t do it all
April 21, 2023

Dems: Don’t learn the wrong lesson about campaign finance
April 11, 2023

Why Republicans lost the Wisconsin Supreme Court
April 11, 2023

Lessons of the record-breaking $
April 4, 2023

Trump indicted, finally!
April 4, 2023

Make sure you vote!
March 29, 2023

Doug La Follette’s exit
March 29, 2023

Vote, no, no, no
March 22, 2023

Kenosha’s incendiary appointments
March 22, 2023

Why we’re flooded with big and dark money
March 14, 2023

Punishing protest
March 14, 2023

Ugly ads in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race
March 8, 2023

Troupis should not have been reappointed
March 8, 2023

The new irrationalism
March 1, 2023

Records breaking in Wisconsin State Supreme Court race
March 1, 2023

Nasty GOP bill on voting for former prisoners
February 21, 2023

We need paid leave
February 21, 2023

Vote February 21!
February 14, 2023

Joe Biden hits his stride
February 14, 2023

Confronting Spindell
February 7, 2023

Records smashed in governor’s race
February 7, 2023

Tyre Nichols and the toll of sadistic policing
January 31, 2023

Why campaign records keep getting broken in Wisconsin
January 31, 2023

Unhappy 13th anniversary for Citizens United
January 24, 2023

Inspiring Women’s March
January 24, 2023

Biden's unforced error
January 17, 2023

Bob Spindell has got to go
January 17, 2023

Bipartisan support for clearing your record
January 10, 2023

Evers defends democracy
January 10, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court race is paramount
January 3, 2023

No more Fred Prehns
January 3, 2023

2022 | 2021