“The Department of Defense currently operates 38 toxic burn sites in the U.S., mostly in low-income, rural communities. At these sites, the military collects excess, obsolete, or unserviceable munitions, including bullets, missiles, mines, and the bulk explosive and flammable materials used to manufacture them, and destroys them by adding diesel and lighting them on fire, or by blowing them up. Madison has the toxic burn sites, too!

Ashland Birth Center, a beautiful freestanding birth center in Northern Wisconsin, is fundraising for a down payment to own the building that is home to an incredible midwifery practice with strong, accountable connections to indigenous birth workers and communities. This will allow them to be able to keep operating there. Dana Churness, one of the primary practice partners, has a long history with WNPJ. If you are able, please support her and the important work they are doing! >>>Click here for the link to donate.

The Cold War on China intensifies. In the latest Appropriations Act, Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin added a bill that would make it illegal for the State Department to use or create maps that depict Taiwan as part of China.