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African American Council of Churches leads thousands in Black Lives Matter Solidarity march

On day number seven of protests in Madison, thousands turned out in representation of the faith community. 

The Black Lives Matter Solidarity march organized by the African American Church Council started at the Bethel Lutheran Church Sunday evening at the intersection of University Avenue and Park Street and ended at the state Capitol. Every nine minutes the group, which stretched for blocks, stopped in recognition of the 8 minutes and 46 seconds in which a white police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd. Mackenzie Krumme was there.

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Elections Health

Chapman concerned for family, community and country during COVID-19 crisis

Kathleen Chapman admitted she is bored under the current stay-at-home order, but she also recognizes the struggles faced by millions of others around the country — especially people of color and those in single- income households.

“I live in a position of enormous amounts of privilege. My husband’s job is secure. My job is secure. Heck, even my daughter’s job is secure,” Chapman said. “We are not in a position to worry about whether or not we’re going to make our mortgage payments or any of that. My concern is for the people who are going to be more disproportionately affected, and that’s going to be people who have always been more vulnerable in our society.”

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Elections Health

Finding political identity: How the pandemic changed one UW-Madison student’s primary vote

Dylan Witte can count on one hand the number of times they’ve brought up politics to their parents. In fact, it was only once, in fourth grade, when they were learning about then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. 

Their father’s response was, “Excuse me, what?”

Witte — a nonbinary, queer-identifying UW-Madison junior (who uses they/them pronouns) — thought that was a normal reply. That is until they came to study in the state’s politically diverse capital.

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