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In my first piece, I wrote about what it feels like to be Black in Madison. I wrote about the quiet loneliness of being the only Black person in the room, the discomfort of spaces that were never built with you in mind, and the exhaustion of living in a city that calls itself progressive while producing outcomes that tell a much uglier story. There is another part of that story we need to confront. Madison has Black people in visible positions of authority. A Black sheriff. A Black district attorney.

A sign and candles during a vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. (Photo: Antranik Tavitian/Reuters via CNN Newsource) By Julianna Bragg, Priscilla Alvarez, Alisha Ebrahimji, Caroll Alvarado, Danya Gainor, Carolina Peguero, Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — Days after a federal immigration agent fatally shot a Houston man, frustration is growing among local officials who say federal agencies are resisting collaboration on the investigation into the contentious shooting.

By Holly Yan, Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — Christine and Elmore Wonsley don’t sleep. They can’t, not since their 18-year-old son, Nolan Wells, first went missing. “This was our baby boy,” Christine Wonsley said, wearing blue to match Wells’ father, the couple tightly holding hands. “I birthed him.” Wonsley is now fighting for answers, so that she may find peace in knowing she did everything possible to uncover the truth behind her son’s death, she told CNN’s Victor Blackwell on Saturday.

A harm reduction vending machine provides Narcan, fentanyl testing strips, condoms and other resources for free, July 23, 2025, outside the Social Justice Center in Madison, Wis. (Photo: Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch) Local Wisconsin governments have received more than $160 million in settlement payments from drug makers, distributors and pharmacies that were sued for their role in the country’s opioid epidemic.

Anthony Cooper. Photo by Robert Chappell. In August 2016, Madison was reeling from a rash of shootings that touched nearly everyone in the city’s Black community — not just the people who were shot, but their families, their neighbors, and a whole community left anxious about who might be next. Anthony Cooper, who had gone through re-entry from prison years earlier and who was working as vice president of re-entry services at Nehemiah Center, decided to meet that moment head-on.

When she obtained confirmation that her daughter would be denied entry to a dual language immersion program Signe`Mbainai knew the basis of not being able to accommodate her disability was both unfounded. Her daughter is in advanced placement in all her subjects. Upset and frustrated, Mbainai decided not to fight. “Looking back, I wish I had fought it, not for her to go but for the next kid. That’s my failure in this,” Mbaini said. “I saw something and I said I should fight that?

From the 2025 All American Showcase. Before they play their first high school game, many of Wisconsin’s brightest young basketball players will share one court. Dozens of Wisconsin’s top incoming freshmen will gather at the Verona Athletic Center on Friday, Aug. 7, for the TYBC Girls Class of 2030 All American Showcase, an event that brings together many of the state’s brightest young basketball players before they begin their high school careers.

Dr. Jonathan Øverby (Photo supplied.) An important voice in Wisconsin broadcasting and world music for more than three decades, Dr. Jonathan Øverby has announced his retirement from Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR).

Literacy Network has received a $50,000 investment from AT&T to support its digital literacy programs and help bridge the digital divide for underserved adults in Madison. Funds will support Literacy Network’s digital literacy programs to teach students how to utilize technology. The investment from AT&T comes as it looks to reduce barriers in the digital divide. For investments like the one given to Literacy Network, the focus is on access, affordability and adoption to better utilize technology.

Listen now: Those swarms by the lake? Harmless, mostly. Miles gets the buzz on Madison’s midge season from a UW entomologist, then Omar breaks down Meriter’s nurses union facing pushback from hospital management after their historic vote. Beth shares an intimate conversation with a Madison mother fighting to get her autistic children the support — and the belief — they’re entitled to.