Isthmus Cover Stories
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Wisconsin Film Festival
You are entering…The Wisconsin Zone
This year 141 films were submitted for Wisconsin’s Own, with 40 making it into the festival. Isthmus talks to eight of the filmmakers. Read more
Direct Action Everywhere
A crime of compassion?
In 2017 three animal rights activists removed three beagles from a dog breeding facility outside of Mount Horeb. The defendants face felony burglary and felony theft charges and are set to go on trial in Dane County court on March 18-22. Read more
Mar 7, 2024
Nick Garcia
Nate Helbach is a fresh face in Madison’s development scene with big ideas
At just 25, Nate Helbach is driving some big development projects in Madison and beyond. He is looking outside conventional thinking for development practices, financing models and building materials, especially when it comes to using mass timber. Read more
Feb 1, 2024
Can ‘social housing’ help address Madison’s affordability crisis?
As Madison faces continued growth and a housing shortage, the city is taking a more active role in developing projects on city-owned land. Read more
Dec 7, 2023
Madeline Vogt
Epic and Microsoft partner up
Epic and Microsoft are focused on a huge challenge in healthcare: the ‘inordinate amount’ of time consumed documenting physician-patient interactions. Cost savings, improved productivity and higher job satisfaction could result. Read more
Nov 2, 2023
Drake White-Bergey / Wisconsin Watch
What gender-affirming care means in Wisconsin
Misinformation is plentiful about what gender-affirming care means. Three Wisconsin families share their experiences seeking medical services for their transgender children. Read more
Oct 4, 2023
Joseph Oslund
Teaching an old party new tricks
Few in politics are better at raising money than Ben Wikler. The nonprofit Wisconsin Democracy Campaign estimates that, between his election as party chair in spring 2019 and this spring, Wikler-led Democratic committees have raised a stunning $110 m Read more
Aug 3, 2023
Andres Sanchez
Time to get a gun
Iris Pullan decided that if she couldn’t beat America’s gun culture, she would join it. So last year, she took a free class with the Liberal Gun Club’s Wisconsin chapter. And late last year, she purchased an AR-15-style rifle. Read more
Jul 6, 2023
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Dynae Allice Photography
Opportunity lost
Critics say Epic’s noncompete agreements needlessly restrict former employees from earning a living and seriously retard the growth of health-information technology firms spurred by Epic’s extraordinary success. Read more
Jun 1, 2023
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Submitted photo
‘We’re in our forever home’
Enbridge Energy wants to continue to operate a pipeline on or near Wisconsin's Bad River Band reservation. The Ojibwe want it shut down, arguing that a potential rupture threatens their way of life and future. Read more
May 4, 2023
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Eric Tadsen
‘It doesn’t have to stay like this’
The 2021 youth risk behavior survey found that half of all Wisconsin public school students surveyed reported experiencing “significant problems with anxiety.” Read more
Apr 6, 2023
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Tommy Washbush
The Madison mayor's race is a referendum on the last four years
The results of the February primary for Madison mayor were the most lopsided in two decades. Heading into the April 4 general election, Mayor Rhodes-Conway may be in the strongest position of any incumbent mayor in recent history. Read more
Mar 9, 2023
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Tommy Washbush
Supreme divide
The Wisconsin Supreme Court race could decide the future of reproductive rights in Wisconsin, determine whether the state’s political maps will continue to favor Republicans, and have huge implications for future fights over election rules. Read more
Feb 2, 2023
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In the May issue
Wisconsin is for the birds
By almost any measure, birdwatching in Wisconsin has never been more popular — with technology making it easier than ever to tell a nuthatch from a chickadee or to post colorful photos on social media sites. Read more
Dinner at Nonna’s
It seems reasonable to assume that at a spaghetti house, you should start with the spaghetti. Also: take the cannoli. Read more
Churches eye redevelopment as buildings age and membership dwindles
‘The status quo for these properties is simply not viable for many of [these churches]. So they will change,’ says Pres House executive director Mark Elsdon. Read more
Auntie Luke explains why constitutional referendums are so confusing
Auntie Luke Explains, a new series by T.L. Luke, demystifies complex topics through the use of comics. She begins this month with an explainer on constitutional amendments that go to statewide referendum. Read more
Behind the Isthmus cover — May 2024
Designer and animator Chris Bennett finds the fun in a Madison run for the May 2024 Isthmus cover. Read more
