By Brianna Rae March 27, 2015 Beginning as International Women’s Day in 1911 and eventually becoming Women’s History Week by 1982, the designation of March as Women’s History Month became nationally recognized in 1987. Since then, it has continued its legacy of bringing the focus on women’s immense contributions to culture and society […]
Little League Star Mo’ne Davis Named AP’s 2014 Female Athlete Of The Year
By Rob Maaddi March 27, 2015 Mo’ne Davis PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — No one in the sports world had heard of the 2014 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year until August. That's when 13-year-old Mo'ne Davis became an instant celebrity as she took the mound in the Little League […]
Preparing for 2016 Campaign, Hillary Clinton Embracing Obama
By Julie Pace & Ken Thomas, Associated Press March 27, 2015 (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) “Candidates that get all tangled up trying align with or separate from their party or their president have a very poor track record of success.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Rather than keeping him at […]
Male Nurses Scarce but Make More Money Than Women RNS: Study
By Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer March 27, 2015 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Even in an occupation that women overwhelmingly dominate, they still earn less than men, a study of nurses found. The gender gap for registered nurses' salaries amounts to a little over $5,000 yearly on average and it […]
Community Program: Learn to Build a Rain Garden
March 27, 2015 Help create a beautiful new garden in our neighborhood! A rain garden is a planting of native grasses and flowers that can brighten up any outdoor space and help keep our lakes and streams clean. The Catholic Multicultural Center and Badger Rock Middle School, in collaboration with UW-Arboretum Earth […]
Starbucks Baristas Stop Writing ‘Race Together’ on Cups
By Candice Choi & Tom Krisher, Associated Press March 27, 2015 (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) NEW YORK, NEW YORK (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Starbucks baristas will no longer write "Race Together" on customers' cups starting Sunday, ending a visible component of the company's diversity and racial inequality campaign that had sparked widespread criticism in […]
TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® to Celebrate Mothers with Annual Movers for Moms® Donation Drive
March 27, 2015 Items to benefit clients of YWCA in Madison and Rock County As families across the nation anticipate Mother’s Day this May with brunches and flowers, many women in the US will be spending the day in homeless shelters, many as a result of domestic abuse. To make […]
Over 1,000 Gather for Tony Robinson Funeral, Autopsy Released
By Elizabeth Stephens March 20, 2015 Uncle Turin Carter, centre, and pallbearers wheel the casket of Tony Terrell Robinson, Jr. during his funeral at Madison East High School. (Photo by Reuters) Anthony “Tony” Robinson Jr., the unarmed biracial teen shot and killed by a Madison Police officer a little over a week […]
Gov. Scott Walker Signs Right-to-Work Law, Mixed Reactions Result
By Lindsey Gapen March 20, 2015 A crowd of about 200 people and union members gather in frigid temperatures in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin February 23, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Brendan O'brien) Gov. Scott Walker signed a right-to-work law last week at an invitation-only ceremony at Badger Meter north of Milwaukee, effectively ending mandatory […]
Black Men Run: A Culture of Brotherhood, Unity & Health
By Vanessa Jenkins March 20, 2015 Aaron Perry understands the importance of a healthy lifestyle and pushes his fellow African-American brothers to do the same. In 1989, Perry was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 29. In 2004, he took control of his disease and 362 days later became the World’s first […]
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