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Another perspective on Dairy Drive

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October 27, 2025

Madison Common Council President Regina Vidaver responds to David Rivera-Kohr's October 7 editorial.

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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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Hidden Housing Histories: Joyce Funeral Home
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October 13, 2025

Living in a 100-year-old ex-funeral home, I uncovered an unusual and dark piece of Madison history.

A black-and-white photo of a large outdoor billboard tilted at a left angle. In large black font, it reads "AUSTERITY ISN'T WORKING." Below that, a winding crowd of people wait at the unemployment office. In the bottom right corner, smaller black font reads "Britain's better off with the alternatives."
Unlearning the impulses of austerity
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October 10, 2025

If we're going to not only survive but thrive, we will have to do it together.

An angled photos shows a grey-black sidewalk that contains an empowering, activist message drawn in various red, yellow, green, and blue chalk. In large capital letters, it reads "HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT." Three purple perennial flowers are drawn below it. To the left of the message is a box of chalk and an upside-down cardboard sign.
Madison deserves better than the alders who voted to demolish Dairy Drive
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October 7, 2025

Our current crises require a radical restructuring of the budget to meet the community's needs.

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Wisconsin’s elected officials need to put themselves on the line
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October 3, 2025

Get disruptive, get arrested, get creative, but don't play along with fascism.

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Juliana Bennett announces run for Francesca Hong’s Assembly seat
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September 30, 2025

Bennett promises to be "a real agitator in a space that tries to constrict innovation."

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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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Propaganda hoedown: How the Dane County Sheriff tried to sell the Smart Communications contract
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September 15, 2025

Mail-scanning systems are spreading, not for safety purposes, but to strengthen punishment bureaucrats' surveillance powers and corporate extraction.