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There’s some Gemini slander on the internet lately, and Bria Bea is not having it.
As we celebrate America’s Declaration of Independence, Percy Brown, Jr wonders if we need a new declaration.
The Madison365 Academy is underway! Our student journalists got their creative juices flowing with opinion pieces:
- Diana Paiz: Undocumented parents of citizens need protection, for the sake of their children
- Trinity Jackson: Kevin Durant is indeed a cupcake, but deserves his championship ring anyway
- Sophia Willer: Better training is the answer to police violence
- Maggie Xiong: We shouldn’t force trans people to identify as “other”
- Desia Xiong: Hmong youth are losing their culture to Japanese anime and Korean pop
- Bailey Reis: There’s a nasty double standard in how people treat threats to presidents
- Shaneece Taylor: There’s also a double standard in how black and white women are viewed
- Kyrah Schneidemann: Students of color are too often punished more harshly than white students. MMSD’s behavior education plan is a step in the right direction.
- Siti Hydara: Latinx and Asian people shouldn’t get away with blackface either.
- Jemelynn Castro: Please learn what Cinco de Mayo really is, and then stop with the sombreros.
In a big win for small business, a federal judge dismissed the “trademark bullying” case Mars brought against local chocolatier Syovata Edari.
Businesses in Monona got tagged with racist graffiti on Friday.
Kimila Daniels has embraced the role of Chief Administrative Officer at Quartz Health Solutions.
For the second consecutive summer, Gilbert Brown brought some NFL vets and other football folks to teach life lessons through tough love.
A Madison police officer wrote a stirring letter in response to the acquittal of the officer who killed Philando Castille.
Justice Media got a $3,000 Game Changer grant from Forward Community Investments for their empowerment campaign, “We Are Icons.”
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