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Civil rights icon and 17-term Congressman John Lewis died Friday. He was 80.
The total number of coronavirus cases in Wisconsin passed 40,000.
Madison schools will begin the year all-virtual, and reassess each quarter.
We introduced a new weekly podcast, Black Oxygen.
Forward Madison unveiled a 16-game season that’ll begin at North Texas next weekend.
Pastor Alex Gee said racist “zoombombers” won’t deter his work for racial justice.
Edgewood students and alumni are pushing to reinstate the ethnic studies major, which was cut in a recent round of cost-saving measures.
A Middleton man was facing felony charges after defending himself against racial slurs, but the charges were later dropped.
Sable Flames and 100 Black Men of Madison have joined forces to help feed families in need.
UW Badger athletes will wear a black W on their uniforms this year in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
We updated our coronavirus map, showing what neighborhoods have the most new and active cases.
Several Madison breweries have joined the Black is Beautiful movement, which benefits Black-led organizations.
Several community leaders announced distribution plans for 30,000 donated masks.
A Madison woman is seeking hate crime charges against a man who attacked her and her children in a grocery store parking lot.
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