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Moving the needle: Wisconsin students calling for divestment from Israel echo past protests
UW-Madison students have protested the university’s financial ties to Israeli institutions and Israel-aligned companies. Student calls for divestment actually go back decades in Madison’s history.Â
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Northwoods tribal leader reflects on 40th anniversary of court protecting treaty rights
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]
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WisContext: Many Police Officers In Wisconsin Live Outside The Cities Where They Serve
The killing of George Floyd, a Black resident of Minneapolis, reignited ongoing protests against police brutality — a movement fueled in part by a widening breach between law enforcement and […]
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Man charged with attacking anti-abortion group’s Madison offices earned a doctorate at UW-Madison
The person arrested Tuesday in connection with a 2022 attack on an anti-abortion group’s building received a doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but is no longer affiliated with […]
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Hundreds gather at state Capitol to push for reproductive rights
Hundreds of supporters of abortion rights gathered at the state Capitol in Madison on Saturday afternoon to rally amid growing concerns that a U.S. Supreme Court decision in the coming […]
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Police investigate possible arson at anti-abortion organization in Madison
Police and firefighters are investigating suspected arson at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group just days after the release of a leaked draft opinion that would overturn the landmark […]
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‘They are not safe’: Ukrainian-Americans collect donations, call for support of Ukraine at Appleton rally
Olga Halaburda Hietpas spent the week buying out military supply stores in Fond du Lac and northeast Wisconsin. On Friday, she put those supplies into a yellow moving truck. “I […]
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New beer label raises money for Ukraine by taking pointed and profane aim at Putin
Leave it to Wisconsinites to fight autocracy one can of beer at a time. Starting this weekend, Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery is selling 32-ounce take-home crowlers that come with a new […]
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Protesters trace route Rittenhouse took in Kenosha
Several dozen people gathered below the wind-whipped Wisconsin flag at Kenosha’s Civic Center Park on Sunday and warmed up with chants for justice before taking to the streets in protest […]
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Jackson to join Kenosha march to protest Rittenhouse verdict
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to join a march in Kenosha on Sunday to demand criminal justice reform following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. A statement by Jackson’s Rainbow […]