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Two instances of Trump-inspired hate speech cropped up in the Madison suburbs.
And there was another in Beloit.
Badger basketball star Nigel Hayes took some needy kids on a $10,000 shopping spree with the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County.
Sabrina “Heymiss Progress” Madison debuted her new Black in Business column with a conversation with photography Marcus Miles.
YWCA CEO Rachel Krinsky is leaving for a new opportunity in Washington state.
Madison-based Forward Community Investment is taking applications — via five-minute cell phone video — for its new Game Changer Grant program.
Madison College received a grant for international education, including study abroad scholarships, for minority students.
Latina Professionals Association of Greater Madison president Tania Ibarra answered our 12 questions.
Gloria Ladson-Billings lamented that, in the election, a majority of white women chose their whiteness over their gender.
Madison365 Associate Publisher Robert Chappell challenged the GOP to do some good with its more or less complete control of the government at every level.
Columnist Chris Ahmuty made the case for public release of all police shooting videos.
In other news …
Hamilton star Brandon Victor Dixon delivered a message to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, who was in the audience for last night’s performance.
The Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castille will face second-degree manslaughter charges.
Snapchat has teamed up with BET to bring college tours to black students.
The New York Times featured Badgers Nigel Hayes, Jordan Hill and Bronson Koenig as members of “college basketball’s most political locker room.”
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