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Book Review: “Tales from the Liminal”

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A sashquash in Spongebob swimtrunks. A lettered Professor Pig. A man who finds an unusual rock. And a SLIder who sees Gertrude Stein in the condensation on her window. What do all these people have in common? Well, they’re all characters in writer Sandra Kruse’s new book, “Tales from the Liminal,” which explores the meaning […]

Faiths 4 Climate Justice Protest

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Faiths 4 Climate Justice Protest The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference is starting at the end of this month and Green Faith International has organized a global multi-religious action, Faiths 4 Climate Justice, to send a message to world leaders before the conference that destroying the planet is against their […]

Madison Bicycle Center

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · Madison Bicycle Center Freewheel Bicycle Co is a local non-profit dedicated to transportation justice and teaching people to build, repair, and maintain their own bicycles. Freewheel and the city of Madison have collaborated to create the Madison Bicycle Center – a bicycle-focused, non-profit community center. The center is part of the […]

As Madison Grows, It Needs To Focus On Sustainability

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WORT 89.9FM Madison · As Madison Grows It Needs To Focus On Sustainability On Tuesday livability.com released its annual “100 Best Places to Live” and declared Madison the number one best place to live. But the city is changing and growing, and will need to do so in smart, sustainable ways to retain this status. […]

The Pandora Papers exposes tax havens in the U. S.

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The latest release of the “Pandora Papers” is the culmination of review of 600 members of the “International Consortium of Investigative Journalists” of documents released from fourteen international wealth management groups. Chuck Collins, Senior Researcher of the Institute for Policy Studies, describes the “U. S. becoming a tax haven for wealthy and criminal, with South […]

Li: Reform redistricting before it’s too late

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Michael Li, Senior Counsel of the Democracy Program of the Brennan Center for Justice, calls voting rights “The Infrastructure of Democracy”, and worries that the proposed voting rights act, which will work toward fair redistricting and representation of all people in upcoming elections is taking a backdoor to the current budget bills and may not […]

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