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July 23, 2020
MPD recommends hate crime charges for alleged assailant of Black Madisonian.

The MPD recommended hardening the charges facing a 17-year-old white man stemming from a July 10 battery case on a Metro bus to reflect an alleged racist motive. Photo: Packerfan386, licensed under creative commons. Author: Sam Buisman The MPD is …

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July 22, 2020
Activists groups and Madisoninas malign Chief Wahl, MPD in open letter.

The letter demands the permanent police chief have a devotion to racial justice and be recruited from outside the MDP. Photo: Cliff, licensed under creative commons. Graphic: Sam Buisman Author: Sam Buisman A coalition of Madison activist groups and over …

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June 01, 2020
Peaceful protest for George Floyd followed by rioting, police crackdown on State Street.

As the sun set, shattered glass, riot police and tear gas blanketed State Street. Photo: Carla Christenson. Listen to the audio version of this piece here, originally aired on 6/1/20. Author: Sam Buisman Peaceful protests on State Street over …

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April 08, 2020
Black Wisconsinites disproportionately harmed by COVID-19.

Black Wisconsinites make up an oversized amount of COVID-19 deaths and cases, reflecting underlying inequities. Graphic: Wisconsin Department of Health Services, public domain. Author: Sam Buisman The harms of the coronavirus are disproportionately falling on black Wisconsinites. According to

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December 07, 2019
Table Talk Ep 2

In this episode of Table Talk, co-hosts Hannah and Francisco speak with UW third-year Chuefeng Yang. Yang shares their experience after being asked two days before Thanksgiving by UW Housing to move out due to complaints from students, claiming that …

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