Radio interview: Breaking the hate habit

Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” program featured a half-hour discussion of We Are Many United Against Hate’s 12-step program to deal with the disease and not just the symptoms. If you missed it when it aired live, you can listen to the entire conversation by following the link.

State Advocacy Group Unveils Their 12-Step Program To Combat Hate And Violence

We Are Many-United Against Hate recently released a 12-step program which the organization says serves as a guide for people to break the country’s addiction to violence. We talk about the plan and the goals of the organization.

Newspaper column: Ways to stop hate dead in its tracks

The Capital Times and other state newspapers like the Janesville Gazette published this commentary by We Are Many United Against Hate founder Masood Akhtar and executive director Mike McCabe.

Masood Akhtar and Mike McCabe: How to strike at the root of evil

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” American journalist and poet Henry David Thoreau wrote those words more than a century-and-a half ago. They still speak volumes about what’s happening in our country today. We’re seeing one mass shooting after another.

State driver card program would put safety of all motorists ahead of the politics of immigration

There’s a way to make roads safer for everyone and ensure that all drivers have passed a road exam and have proper auto-liability insurance, if anti-immigrant biases can be overcome.

Immigration and Refugee Task Force Recommendations Include Call for Universal Driver’s Card

A press conference was held at United Way today to officially launch the recommendations for the community issued by the Immigration and Refugee Task Force, which included the creation of a Driver’s Card. Chief Deputy Jeff Hook of the Dane County Sheriff’s Office and Karen Menéndez Coller, execut