Isthmus Cover Stories
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Carolyn Fath Ashby
Thank you, Ben
Ben Koppa’s tragic death provided his ever-generous soul one final, grand opportunity to give. For 13 years, two of his organs — a kidney and pancreas — have been keeping John Groleau alive. Read more
Supreme decision
The state Supreme Court race presents Wisconsin with a dramatic choice, especially since Daniel Kelly, appointed to the bench in 2016 by Scott Walker, has a track record of expressing contempt for the idea of government assistance to people in need. Read more
Mar 25, 2020
David Michael Miller
Homeless in a pandemic
“With schools being closed it’s difficult for families who are working, especially being homeless,” says Melissa Sorensen, executive director of social services for the Salvation Army. “It’s really making it hard for folks to have a place to go." Read more
Mar 18, 2020
Anders Nienstaedt
Lather, rinse, reprogram
Hand hygiene’s role in disease prevention is both highly effective and generally underappreciated. Dr. Ajay Sethi and Dr. Nasia Safdar of UW-Madison testify to its importance. Read more
Mar 18, 2020
Alexei Vella
The new normal
COVID-19 is in Dane County and changing life in dramatic ways for all. We look at impacts and proposed solutions. The situation is extremely fluid. Read more
Mar 18, 2020
Madison City Channel
Crisis mode
Prepare for the long haul. Madison and Dane County say extreme measures have been taken to limit the spread of the coronavirus. After the immediate crisis, local governments will reckon with the financial consequences. Read more
Mar 18, 2020
We the undercounted
Baltazar De Anda Santana did not fill out the U.S. census in 2010. Undocumented at the time, he was afraid to let the government know where he was. This year he’s helping educate others about the importance of the national survey. Read more
Mar 12, 2020
WILL power
“The public interest legal movement on the left is quite robust and has been quite successful in using the courts to effectuate policy change,” says WILL president Rick Esenberg. “There was a need to change the intellectual conversation.” Read more
Mar 5, 2020
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James Heimer
The new town square
Libraries are “a place for people no matter their status, their wealth, their income. Where you can go to learn, to participate, to research. You can become part of something that is bigger than yourself.” Read more
Feb 27, 2020
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Chris Bacarella
Writing a new future
Odyssey Beyond Bars is the first face-to-face accredited course offered by the UW-Madison inside any state corrections facility since 1917. Read more
Feb 20, 2020
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Country love song
Bill and Bobbie Malone met in a tiny bar across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Forty years later the couple has become part of the fabric of Madison: writing books, performing music and creating the WORT-FM show “Back to the Country.” Read more
Feb 13, 2020
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Nicole Taylor
The laureate next door
In January, Angela Trudell Vasquez became the seventh poet to hold the volunteer position of poet laureate of Madison. She’s a longtime social justice activist and poet of witness, but she is also a poet of play and of place. Read more
Feb 6, 2020
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Alexei Vella
After the purge
With a “Wisconsin is open for business” mantra, former Gov. Scott Walker and legislative Republicans set a course to dramatically diminish the role of science in regulating and protecting Wisconsin’s abundant natural resources. Read more
Jan 30, 2020
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Supreme decision
The state Supreme Court race presents Wisconsin with a dramatic choice, especially since Daniel Kelly, appointed to the bench in 2016 by Scott Walker, has a track record of expressing contempt for the idea of government assistance to people in need. Read more
You’ve got time
Dennis Chandler’s “The Devil Takes One and Other Stories” is a meandering visit to small-town Wisconsin. Read more
Final vision
James Cagle, a painter-turned-photographer with a terminal form of cancer, creates an exhibit for MMoCA, “A Final Meditation on Art." Read more
The Imagists take MMoCA
Another generous gift from Mark and Judy Bednar means the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art now houses 279 works from the Chicago Imagists. The museum will extend the run of this exhibit through September due to COVID-19. Read more
Who’s got the right?
Have you heard of Marsy’s Law? Voters will decide April 7 whether “additional rights” for crime victims should be added to the Wisconsin constitution. Read more
