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Review: The Water Dancer
Memory’s power is one of the central themes in Ta-Nehisi Coates’s fictional debut.
The State of Our State
Mike McCabe: The state of our state government is paralyzed. This political paralysis leaves Wisconsin stuck in a rut and more directionless than it has been in a very, very long time.
A Letter to Tom Vilsack
Driftless Young Farmers Coalition: We envision a different future for agriculture…and we need the active participation of the USDA to create it.
The Indy: Capitol Blues
On this episode of The Indy, the team discusses the storming of the capitol, La Crosse’s mayoral candidates, and the city’s open container laws.
Democrats: It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
Democrats have the power to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in 11 years. The arguments in favor of doing so are overwhelming.
Notes on the American Siege: Epiphany at the Capitol
Attendees at Wednesday’s “coup klux klan” included a tech CEO, a woman who flew in on a private jet, and a group who relaxed at the four-star Grand Hyatt after the day’s events.
Meet WIZM’s New “Fact Checker”
Who could be better qualified to serve as a fact-checker in this age of misinformation than La Crosse County GOP Chair Bill Feehan?
Finding Hope in the Rubble of 2020
2020 saw one of the largest protest movements in the nation’s history, amid a pandemic that left 1 in 1,000 Americans dead. Only by confronting the reality of the system that brought us to this point will we find hope in the years to come.
Review: The Wisdom of the Beguines
A mostly forgotten medieval women’s movement is revealed in Laura Swan’s book on the beguines and the communities they formed across Europe.