In 1955, Polio was affecting more children than any other communicable disease. In 1956, a vaccine was declared to be safe and effective. It’s developer was a 40 year old medical researcher and virologist named …
An Activist Shaped by War and Study
It sounds like something out of a war comics adventure story, but it is all true. UW-Madison grad John Gilman earned some the highest military honors for bravery in WWII through several heroic exploits. These …
A Senator who would become an ‘ism’…
It has been 58 years since US Senator Joe McCarthy died on 2 May, 1957. He was 48 years old and serving his second term in the US Senate at the time. Senator McCarthy began …
The Month of May Begins
The 1st of May, or “May Day” and sometimes called “International Workers Day,” has the unusual distinction of being a holiday that was born in the United States, but rarely receiving any official recognition here …
Bonus Track
Today is the last day of April, and thus the day of “Poetry Month,” so we bring you this final entry. Take a moment to listen to Gil Scott Heron’s, “The Revolution will not be …
Found Poetry
Found Poems are those that are culled from others works, not intended as poetry, but slightly edited and restrung so they take on a poetic form. Found poems are all around us. One of the …
Poets and Cinema
Poets do not often figure as central characters in motion picture dramas, but the 1994 film, Il Postino, proved to be the exception to that rule:
The Power of a Young Voice
April is Poetry Month, please take a moment to listen to Natasha Vargas recite the poem, “Ecology” by Jack Collum, a poet native to Illinois.
A People, A Planet, A UW Graduate
Gaylord Nelson was born and raised in the Wisconsin North Woods. He would graduate from the Law School of UW-Madison, serve in the US Army, and be elected both Governor and United States Senator from …
Heeding the call of Carl
April is Poetry Month, we hope you take a moment to listen to this Carl Sandburg selection as read by Kula Kane… Chicago