In 2009, at a student roundtable in Istanbul, President Barack Obama — who would win the Nobel Peace Prize later that year — told the students and professors of the Tophane Cultural Center: “Simple ...

On Feb. 25, UW Madison assistant professor of Latin American and Caribbean History Jorell Melendez-Badillo shared his research on Puerto Rico for UW’s premier history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta.

Welcome to The Badger Brief, where we debrief the latest news from our UW, Madison and Wisconsin communities. Join hosts Dylann Wright and Anna Field who run us through the previous week’s stories ...

Student activist organizations at the University of Wisconsin are recirculating a petition with demands to make campus grounds a sanctuary space from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and to ...

Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny used the national spotlight at the 2026 Grammy Awards and the Super Bowl halftime show to share a message about identity and belonging. His halftime show, one of the most ...

Wisconsin’s long-running version of C-Span or Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, named WisconsinEye, shut down due to a lack of funding in December 2025, according to Isthmus News. A lack of ...

It was early in the morning of June 24, 1977, and three Madison youths were gearing up for some late night fisticuffs in front of a service station along East Washington Avenue. Suddenly, a limousine ...

In less than three weeks, two fatalities occurred in Madison due to fires, and the Madison Fire Department hopes to encourage fire prevention and safety on the dangerous issue. Fires in the Buena ...