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Juan Carlos Garcia Martinez

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Juan Carlos Garcia Martinez is a journalism and Chicano studies student at UW–Madison with an interest in community-based reporting.

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The meanings of Tone Madison
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April 3, 2026

Current and former editors reflect on the publication's life and legacy.

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Tone Madison is saying goodbye
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March 20, 2026

We are sad, but grateful too.

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Police surveillance technology needs proper accountability
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March 13, 2026

Grassroots resistance against Flock cameras are writing the blueprint for comprehensive reform.

A simple image includes two movie posters: one in the Spanish language on the left for "Hasta Cierto Punto," released in 1983, and one in English on the right for "Lucía," released in 1968. The left poster is rather minimalist in black and white with a bird flying in the center. The tagline above it reads "Si yo quisiera podria cortarle las alas pero no podria volar y lo que yo amo es el pajaro." The right poster renders the title LUCIA in a large font along with three women in pretty psychedelic-era colors like orange, green, maroon, blue, and blue on a bright yellow background. The tagline of "The Cuban epic of love & revolution" appears towards the bottom.
The Cardinal Bar’s Cuban film series invites local support for Madison sister city
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March 2, 2026

Cine Cubano bridges interest in Cuban cinema with the cultural exchange and aid mission of the Madison-Camagüey Sister City Association.

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Beltline expansion proposals suggest dead-end logic
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December 17, 2025

"Another lane will fix it" still reigns at WisDOT, but the public is pushing back.

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Opting out of the tech-backed AI inevitability narrative
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December 12, 2025

As data centers set their sights on harvesting Wisconsin's human and natural resources, refusal and resistance starts locally.

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Resilience and strength in ethnic studies
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October 24, 2025

Federal attacks on representation can't overshadow visibility, as UW–Madison establishes the first Midwestern Puerto Rican Studies Hub.

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Neighborhood noisemaker
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September 26, 2025

Assessing the local political and social climate through a community dispute.

Photograph at a medium-long shot of a large conference room where an audience is seated in the foreground and facing the stage. In the background, on the stage, two panelists are seated at a table with a white banner thrown over it that reads "LWV League of Women Voters of Dane County." The two panelists turn towards the female speaker standing at a wooden lectern. She faces the audience and holds a microphone. On the far wall behind them is a projection screen that displays a presentation's bullet points.
Defending immigrant rights in the fight against fascism
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September 18, 2025

Local activists deploy a renewed emphasis on legal strategy and grassroots organizing.

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Meet Tone Madison’s new News and Politics Editor, Juan Carlos Garcia Martinez
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July 18, 2025

Listening to underrepresented perspectives and continuing our impactful politics coverage.