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October 27, 2020 Winning Wisconsin: Closing Arguments
To win Wisconsin, campaigns can't solely rely on turning out their base of supporters, they need to persuade voters.
Read FiveThirtyEight's analysis of how Trump's gaining support with young Black and Hispanic men and losing support among white women in suburbs .
Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is our Executive Producer. Dana Munro contributed reporting to this episode.
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46 min
October 20, 2020 Winning Wisconsin: Milwaukee's Fight
The city blamed for Hillary's defeat is home to some of the starkest racial disparities in the country. Four years later, the citizens of Milwaukee are in a fight for the vote, for their health, and for racial justice.
Read Joseph O'Neill's article in The New Yorker, "How Milwaukee Could Decide The Next President"
Learn more about BLOC and their work in Milwaukee
Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer.
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Grace Lynch on twitter
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35 min
October 13, 2020 Winning Wisconsin: America's Dairyland
Four years after overwhelmingly supporting President Trump, Wisconsin's dairy farmers are struggling to stay afloat.
Read Dan Kaufman's article in The New Yorker, "How Suffering Farmers May Determine Trump's Fate"
Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer.
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Grace Lynch on twitter
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40 min
October 06, 2020 Winning Wisconsin: Divide and Conquer
How Governor Scott Walker's attack on labor transformed Wisconsin into ground zero for divisive politics.
Read The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics by Dan Kaufman
Read How The Right Lost Its Mind by Charles Sykes
Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer.
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Grace Lynch on twitter

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32 min
September 29, 2020 Winning Wisconsin: The Tipping-Point
Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer.
Background reading:
FiveThirtyEight's tipping-point analysis.
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Grace Lynch on twitter

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28 min
September 28, 2020 Introducing: Winning Wisconsin
Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It is created by Grace Lynch and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer.
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Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gracelynch08
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3 min
September 22, 2020 Introducing: Winning Wisconsin
A new Wonder Media Network original series about the unlikely decider of the 2016 election and how this fiercely divided state could determine our nation's future once again.
3 min

About Teaching Texas

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In 1961, Norma and Mel Gabler were a quiet couple living in Hawkins, Texas. One day, they noticed some factual errors in their son's school book. What began as a small complaint morphed into a…