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John McCracken

John McCracken is a journalist who focuses mainly on agriculture, climate change, and industrial pollution. A former Midwest Reporting Fellow for Grist, he won a 2022 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award. He lives in Green Bay and can be found on Twitter.

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This Giving Tuesday, give Tone Madison the future it deserves

Chip in to keep our reader-supported journalism afloat.

Wisconsin’s prisoner-made furniture business is still booming

Anti-carceral activists turn their attention to the state's long-running "Prison Industries" program.

If you feed a Brontosaurus a Japanese Kit Kat…

Exploring far-flung flavor variations with musician Nick Davies.

No more Kwikies

As Wisconsin's right-wing convenience store empire expands, what happens to contraception access?

Separating music from politics is a farce

An aversion to politics talk causes a Madison musicians Facebook group to implode.

Norris Court creates a playful, pensive patchwork on its debut album

The Madison band talks with us about "Imposter Syndrome," released on June 4.

Madison picked a disastrous time to welcome Amazon

The plan for a new distribution center imperils the future of Milwaukee Street, just as the retail giant's labor practices reach new lows.

Swedish pancakes, dashed plans, and a first Mother’s Day in isolation

The love language of food perseveres in a crisis.

Madison calendar, February 27 through March 4

“Downtown 81” at Chazen Museum of Art, Tubal Cain at Art In’s final show, and more events of note in Madison this week.

Madison calendar, February 20 through 26

The low-budget sci-fi classic “Primer,” new music from Johannes Wallmann, and more events of note in Madison this week.