It’s a hockey thing

Sled hockey offers opportunity to players with physical disabilities Twelve players artfully glide across the freshly smoothed ice as the...
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It’s a hockey thing

Phil Scales: The man with a plan… and a violin… and a viola… and a baseball bat… and a 5-star rating on Uber

The bases are loaded and Phil Scales just walked up to bat for the Sterling College baseball team.  “If we...
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Phil Scales: The man with a plan… and a violin… and a viola… and a baseball bat… and a 5-star rating on Uber

The Madison Metropolitan School District believes that human rights are not up for debate

Laura Bettenhausen identified as queer and non-binary, but their process of self realization had a delayed start. Growing up, Bettenhausen...
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The Madison Metropolitan School District believes that human rights are not up for debate

Defending trans rights in Wisconsin: A community unites against discriminatory bills

Last fall, three bills were introduced in Wisconsin that would impede the rights and security of the trans community, specifically...
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Defending trans rights in Wisconsin: A community unites against discriminatory bills

Addressing mental health challenges with diverse approaches for community solutions

In Dane County, a community of 563,951 people, one in four adults grapple with mental illness each year, according to...
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Addressing mental health challenges with diverse approaches for community solutions

Federal grant get wheels turning on Amtrak in Madison

When Madison resident Sabah Khan went home to the Twin Cities for Thanksgiving, she boarded one of three buses leaving...
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Federal grant get wheels turning on Amtrak in Madison

For the first time, ASL offered in UW’s language department

In the United States, approximately half a million people use American Sign Language as their primary language at home —...
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For the first time, ASL offered in UW’s language department

Common Ground with… Chali Pittman

Chali (pronounced SHA-lee) Pittman became the news director for the local radio station WORT in September 2019, but she’s been...
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Common Ground with… Chali Pittman

The journey to journeyman: How Build Academy guides young people through Wisconsin’s vast and complex construction industry to find stable careers

Ryan Raschke learned the carpentry trade from his father. He recently returned to Wisconsin to become a supervisor for Build...
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The journey to journeyman: How Build Academy guides young people through Wisconsin’s vast and complex construction industry to find stable careers

Madison’s first municipally-owned grocery store

When people think about hunger, they have a picture in their mind of opening cupboards and seeing them bare, said...
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Madison’s first municipally-owned grocery store
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