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The second session of the Hip Hop Architecture Camp had kids dreaming big for what their neighborhoods could be.
More than a dozen area schools held “Read Your Heart Out” events.
A federal judge dismissed the City of Madison as a defendant in the civil rights lawsuit brought by the mother of Tony Robinson.
A Syrian refugee living in Wisconsin has sued the Trump administration over the Muslim travel ban.
Bria Brown, better known as Unapologetically Bria Bea, answered our 12 questions.
HGTV star Carmen de la Paz will headline the Latino Chamber of Commerce gala next weekend.
Sankofa Behavioral and Community Health held its first “Black Love” fundraiser last night.
Things got a little testy at a special preview screening of the racially-charged horror film Get Out at Union South.
UW Badger forward and Boys and Girls Club volunteer Nigel Hayes was nominated for the Senior CLASS Award.
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced an effort to provide more services to immigrants.
Columnist Stephanie Díaz de León noted that more people participated in the Women’s March on Madison than voted in the spring primary last year — even though voting is far more convenient — and would like everyone to consider making their next march right to their polling place on Tuesday.
Columnist Robert Montgomery wrote that it’s quite troubling the way Donald Trump makes a moral equivalence between America and Russia — and how dangerous the alt-right has gotten.
In other news …
Hampton University President William Harvey hammered BET and its new show The Quad for what he considers an inaccurate portrayal of HBCU life.
An African American aide to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Nominee Ben Carson was fired for past criticism of Donald Trump.
Kareem Abdul-Jabar enjoyed La La Land, but has some things to say about its whitewashing of jazz.
It was revealed this week that the founder of Little Caesar’s quietly paid the rent for Rosa Parks for years.
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