Last week, the city of Madison announced that it will no longer be recycling plastic bags now that it doesn’t have a buyer for them. This got us thinking: What happens to recycled plastic anyway? Where does it go? It turns out the answer is more complicated than we’d imagined. To help us sort it […]
Inside the World of the Wealth Hoarders
As many Americans have struggled to make ends meet during the pandemic, the wealth of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other billionaires has gone up by $1.3 trillion. And there is an entire professional sector—including tax attorneys, estate planners, accountants, and wealth managers—dedicated to help wealthy individuals and corporations protect, preserve, accumulate wealth […]
Edward Ball, “Life Of A Klansman: A Family History In White Supr...
Madison authors, topics, book events and publishers Stu Levitan welcomes Edward Ball, his latest book is the most extraordinary family memoir I have ever read, Life Of A Klansman: A Family History In White Supremacy, from the good people at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Demographers tell us that about 137 million white Americans – more […]
“Give the Drummer Some” to Chronicle Clyde Stubblefield...
Clyde Stubblefield, best known for his drum work with the James Brown Band in the 1960’s and 1970’s could possibly be the most sampled human of all time. His drumbeats have reappeared — often uncredited — in countless hip-hop songs. Stubblefield, who in his later years, called Madison home, died in 2017. Filmmaker Trevor Banks […]
Ladyscissors Releases “Ascending Like Flies” Music Video
Madison band Ladyscissors, which features Lorrie Hurckes and Brent George on guitar, Anne Bull on bass and Stephanie Rearick on drums, had been planning a tour when the pandemic hit. With the live universe ground to a halt, the band turned to video projects instead. Ladyscissors released their new music video for “Ascending Like Flies” […]
Think Like A Breadwinner
Although nearly half of working women in the United States are now their household’s main breadwinner, the majority of women still aren’t raised to think like breadwinners. That is the premise behind the new book “Think Like a Breadwinner: A Wealth Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More and Worry Less” by author […]
