Muslim law professor teaches values of kindness and community
Asifa Quraishi-Landes is a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Quraishi-Landes says she’s “always liked learning” and believes “education ...
Somali refugee fosters community in Barron
Isaak Mohamed is a man of action. As the Somali district liaison for the Barron Area Schools, it’s Mohamed’s job ...
Madison writer and cardiologist celebrates the Good Samaritans in his life
We’re living in a time when things feel so ... polarized. Us vs. them. I’m right, you’re wrong. But writer ...
Short Story Night: A book club for the Fox Valley’s busiest readers
A room with a small stage in Lion's Tail Brewing in Neenah is packed on a Monday in mid-March. Folks ...
‘Representation matters’: Educators collaborate to teach histories, cultures, sovereignty of First Nations in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is one of 12 states that requires Native American content to be taught in schools. That prompted listener Maria ...
The Kaszubs of Jones Island: Remembering Milwaukee’s Polish immigrant community
There’s a peninsula just off Lake Michigan in Milwaukee that has lived many lives. Today, Jones Island is home to ...
“We just want to be part of the American dream”: Cuban exile talks troubled past and hopeful future
(This story is an excerpt from the podcast, “WPR Reports: Uprooted.”) Osvaldo Durruthy was sitting in a Wisconsin prison in ...
Cold-Smoking Sausage Tradition Continues in Marathon County
"Does anyone want coffee or a bloody mary?" It's one of the first questions asked on a blustery January morning. ...
Why is Mount Horeb the ‘troll capital of the world’?
Trolls are everywhere you look in the Dane County Village of Mount Horeb: troll cartoons on the street signs, troll footprints on the ...
Wisconsin’s first African-American mayor
In politics she paved a path, a very lonely path. Frances Huntley-Cooper did something no other African-American in Wisconsin had ...
Milwaukee artists bring unheard voices into the spotlight
The art community is often seen as very insular with specific places that serve as hubs for the arts. These ...
A Room of One’s Own co-owner shares the power of books
Gretchen Treu has always had a passion for literature. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, books gave them a chance to ...
‘Wouldn’t you help your relatives survive?’: The return of the Ojibwe horses
Emily Loerzel’s horse, Dimii, neighs while other Ojibwe horses munch on hay during one sunny, fall day in October 2022. ...
The joy and resiliency of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies
The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies are a staple in southern Wisconsin's parade scene. With their matching outfits and dance routines, they ...
Political aficionados in La Crosse make a sport out of elections
A small, bipartisan group of former politicians and political observers in the La Crosse area has been putting their money ...