With the COVID-19 pandemic causing unemployment to increase sharply across Wisconsin’s economy, the arts and culture sector has been among the…
In a gradual but far-reaching shift, the state government in recent years has accounted for a much larger share of public spending in Wiscons…
In a scene from the movie “A Few Good Men,” the character played by Tom Cruise spars with Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessup over a hazing that k…
In a time of global COVID-19 pandemic, and when – two decades into the 21st century – structural and institutional racism is very much a part …
For the past 40 years, I’ve made my living traveling Wisconsin as a singer-songwriter. During that time, I was never “unemployed” – until Marc…
There are many aspects to the value of a community having a local newspaper serving its community.
Recently, the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information issued a statement calling for grea…
We are currently experiencing and witnessing an important movement in our nation’s history. The recent senseless killings of George Floyd, Ahm…
The gap between the increasing diversity of Wisconsin’s K-12 student population and the lack of diversity in its teacher workforce has widened…
To the Dane County community,
This month’s national protest movement has risen to confront police forces that violate laws, escalate violence and resist accountability. The…
The annual Monona Munchies program that distributes free lunches to local children during the summer months is back again, but this time with …
In March, as Wisconsin enacted safer-at-home, state and local governments scrambled to build new ways to govern from remote locations while st…
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our lives. In higher education, it has sparked pointed questions locally and nationally about the short-term…
