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Two groups of Dominican Americans in Wisconsin are reaching back to support the island nation still recovering from flooding in November.
Badger basketball players Nigel Hayes and Ethan Happ are on the midseason watch list for the Wooden Award, college basketball’s top honor.
Everett Mitchell and Carmen Porco were named as the recipients of the MLK Humanitarian Awards for 2017.
President Barack Obama returned to Chicago to deliver an emotional farewell address.
A 30-year-old letter from Coretta Scott King surfaced which could impact the confirmation of Attorney General nominee Jefferson Sessions.
The VFW Community Band will perform its 1,000th concert next week under the baton of James Latimer, one of the only African American community band conductors in the country.
About 700 faculty and students at UW received a racist email responding to the controversial “Problem of Whiteness” course offered this spring.
A Golden Globe win for Blackish star Tracee Ellis Ross unearthed an old tweet from Donald Trump calling the show “racism at the highest level.”
Columnist Miles Brown outlines the two most frightening red flags of the Trump presidency.
For columnist Gloria Ladson-Billings, the film Hidden Figures is a reminder of the racism always hiding in plain sight.
Columnist Stephan Hiroshi Gilchrist says Madison has the opportunity to choose inclusion and practice inclusive leadership.
In other news …
A new $100 commemorative coin will depict Lady Liberty as a strong black woman.
The federal Department of Justice reported that the Chicago Police Department have engaged in long-term violations of civil rights.
President-elect Donald Trump has ordered National Guard chief Major General Errol Schwartz to step down during the inauguration — an event he’s in charge of keeping secure.
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