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Sara Gabler

Sara Gabler is a writer and editor based in Madison. She covers topics such as literature, culture, and the environment.

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The illustration combines silhouettes of people on a campus tour on a pixelated background combining the campus with corporate charts and spreadsheets.
Workday and the excesses of higher-ed “efficiency” consultants

In higher ed, consulting fees and big technology buys go hand-in-hand with austerity.

A photo shows a large city bus pulling up to a station in the middle of a wide road. The bus is blue and white, and a grey accordion section in the middle joins its two halves. A figure is visible walking down the concrete platform of the station. Sky, tree, and a local coffee shop are visible in the background.
We set out in search of rapid on Metro Transit

Ground-level views from the long-awaited arrival of BRT.

Daniel Wiggins Jr. deputy director of the Bad River Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources and others hold signs reading "Shut Down Line 5" as they speak at a press conference.
It’s still a good time to shut down Line 5

Enbridge plans to reroute the aging pipeline, but that wouldn't change the threat it poses to northern Wisconsin and Tribal communities' watersheds.

Illustration shows people pulling open a giant book which will crush a school.
Republicans use milquetoast phrases to dress up the same old attacks on public education

Don't let the presentation of Wisconsin's "curriculum transparency" bills fool you.

A selection of eight café and alcoholic drinks are drawn on a cream-colored background. Arrows point to the drinks with individual notes about unbecoming customer behavior.
My service isn’t half-off during happy hour

Five truths about being a server that every customer needs to know.

A stained-glass window depicts an ivory tower, surrounded with colorful patterns in blue, red, white, and gold.
Dear UW-Madison: Stop spamming me about the new chancellor

A tiresome spectacle by and for academic gentry.

Aerial image of a deeply carved sidewall mine owned in Auburn, Wisconsin, owned by Superior Silica Sands, a Texas-based company.
Sand in your backyard, natural gas in your kitchen

Tracing the perverse routes that link Wisconsin’s frac-sand industry to points across our fossil fuel-addicted country.