Wisconsin Life

Wisconsin as the happiest state? Look to Norway!

People find happiness in all sorts of ways: listening to music, hiking or spending quality time...

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Choose your own journalism adventure: Teaching media literacy with ‘Headlines and High Water’ video game

We live in a time when fake news permeates social media feeds and partisan coverage blasts...

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• 8 días

‘All power to the pregnant people’: Waukesha’s Tamara Thompson on life as a doula

“What if we, as doulas and midwives, are agents of social change?” asked Tamara N. Thompson, a...

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• 13 días

Early mornings and the hard work ethic: Life on the farm with the Bordeleaus

Life on the farm used to be a common experience for many in this state. But with the number of...

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• 15 días

Madison community organizer Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores on police accountability

Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores has been involved in her Madison communities for decades. But, when her...

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• 20 días

‘Nothing is impossible’: Madison’s Samantha Green driven by change and camping dreams

Samantha Green of Madison has a philosophy she lives by: nothing is impossible. She channels that...

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• 27 días

When one door closes, another one opens just down the road

As the saying goes – home is where the heart is. But for writer BJ Hollars of Eau Claire, it’s a...

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• 29 días

Travel inspires tiny nail art painted by Katalina Sanchez of Graffiti Nail Salon

Katalina Sanchez of Madison has always been interested in art, which led her to open Graffiti...

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Jordan Schroeter on harnessing the power of his voice

Earning a masters degree and launching a business is no easy feat. WPR’s Margaret Faust met...

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Love of daughters, cooking fuels Angela Morgan of Food Junkies Catering

Angela Morgan of Madison was feeling uninspired in her job a few years back. It was too rigid....

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‘The fastest girl drummer in the world’: Celebrating Wisconsin’s Viola Smith

Drummer Viola Smith was a musical trailblazer and innovator. Known as “the fastest girl drummer...

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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Yellow: A Peek Into Wisconsin’s Quirky Margarine Laws

Wisconsin is America’s Dairyland. It’s a title we take seriously. From milk to cheese to butter,...

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‘The Biggest Daydream’: Living Cancer-Free

Dreaming can help some people get through incredibly difficult times. Tandalaya Taylor of Madison...

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Gwen Gillon’s fight for Civil Rights

Stokely Carmichael called her a “gutsy little sister.” Gwen Gillon became the youngest staff...

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Icy driveways and stranded drivers: Your valentine has been delayed in transit

There’s an old saying about the United States Postal Service: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor...

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‘I’m proud to be everything that I am’: A conversation about two-spirit, Indigenous identities

While Joseph Rey Torres of Oneida was on his path of self-discovery, something finally clicked...

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‘The Day The Music Died’: Buddy Holly and his final shows in Wisconsin

Buddy Holly is a rock ‘n’ roll legend. In the 1950s, he became a musical torchbearer, helping...

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Food Traditions: Estrogonofe de Carne

Cooking can help us stay connected with our roots, our family’s culture. That’s the case for Mara...

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Food Traditions: Mandaamin Naboob

Corn has been grown for thousands of years across North America, and tribes have been making corn...

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A winter night poker game played in the backyard

Winter can take its toll on your mind. The walls close in. The sky is grey and the snow piles up....

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