November-December 2024

A Place to Turn for Help: Living Without Health Insurance
Rachel’s Story Rachel Lichtman of Madison knows better than most just how important it is to have affordable health insurance. She says, “As someone with…

Short Stack Eatery
Breaking your nightly fast comes as a warm syrupy hug, a creamy granola kiss, or just holding hands with a hot cup of coffee—all hinting…

Soup’s On!
Only four years running, Soup’s On! is one of Greater Madison’s newest traditions, connecting locally owned food producers with their communities through one of life’s…

Ben Jackson Foundation
Larry and Jen Jackson present a check to a Ticket Home recipient at the New Glarus Brewing Company. Photographs provided by the Ben Jackson Foundation….

Rick Hintze: Life of Clay
What about an act or a piece of art makes it both worth doing and worthy of an audience? The act of creation on its…

Enrichment Unlimited
Shaunté shaking hands with State Representative Samba Baldeh. Photograph provided by Northside Planning Council. Life is hard. Seriously. You’d think it’d be as easy as…

Splenic Tumors Make Me Want to Vent My Spleen
You probably don’t think much about your spleen. It’s kind of an odd organ: dark red, thicker near the top, and tapers to a “tail”…