What did the planet feel like 3 million years ago? Well, most of us alive today might find out. UW-Madison geography professor Jack Williams’ study published this week shows that by 2030, the earth’s climate will resemble the pliocene — the dawn of human evolution, when the climate looked starkly different than it does now. […]
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Lawrence Tabak digs deep into Foxconn
Some of the best and most damning journalism on Wisconsin’s multibillion-dollar, taxpayer-funded deal with Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn has come from Lawrence Tabak, a freelance writer based in Madison. In a series of deep-digging stories for Belt Magazine and other outlets, Tabak has detailed the unjust use of property seizures and eminent domain to clear […]
Environmental Group Sues DNR Over Withheld Foxconn Records
An environmental law firm in Wisconsin is suing the Department of Natural Resources. They say the agency didn’t hand over public records that it should have related to the city of Racine’s plan to divert water from Lake Michigan. That water is meant for Foxconn — which says it needs 7 million gallons a day […]
Block Cleaners Closes After Almost 100 Years
Cast your mind back 100 years ago to 1919, and imagine the shops you might find in a typical Madison neighborhood: a grocery store, a tavern, a flower shop. Chances are you didn’t imagine a dry cleaners! It turns out, dry cleaning goes back to Roman times, and the modern version originated in Paris in […]
Madison In The Sixties: December – The Death of Otis Redding
Fifty-one years ago this week, a plane crash in Lake Monona causing music lovers around the world to mourn the loss of a soulful singer. Stu Levitan looks back on the death of Otis Redding on this week’s Madison in the Sixties. Madison, December 10, 1967 Otis Redding was one of the breakout stars at the […]
Madison in the Sixties: December – December Early 1960s
An ex-CIA agent gives advice, freezing firemen battle a State Street blaze, and Mr. Richter goes to Washington. Just some of the things happening in December in the early 1960’s. Stu Levitan has all the details on this week’s Madison in the Sixties. Madison, 1960 December 7— Dean of students LeRoy Luberg, a Korean […]
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