Robin Washington

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How to talk politics across the dinner table divide

‘Superior Dialogue’ series offers advice on reaching out across the political aisle Wisconsin Public Radio By Robin Washington September 19, 2024 here’s little debate that the political divide in America is as deep as ever, perhaps going back to the… Continue Reading →

Meet WPR Director Sarah Ashworth, plus theme song composer Bruce Nelson on the final episode of ‘Simply Superior’

Just ahead of the premiere of WPR’s two new networks — “WPR News” and “WPR Music” — “Simply Superior” airs its final show this week. The regional news and features will continue, however, in new “Morning Edition” segments produced by… Continue Reading →

An ‘outsider’ on Park Point, Kathy Cargill is actually an Oredocker from Ashland

Wisconsin Public Radio By Robin Washington ASHLAND, Wisconsin — To read the hundreds of social media posts about her in recent weeks, Kathy Cargill is an uncaring outsider interloping on Duluth’s picturesque Park Point; an over-privileged billionaire intent on tearing… Continue Reading →

A beautiful, Black, Queen Esther with braids — and readers are liking what they see

Forward By Robin Washington March 20, 2024 It’s not at all surprising that a Jewish newspaper would publish an illustration of Queen Esther just before Purim. But a portrait of Esther as Black — dark skin, dark hair and braids… Continue Reading →

Author has ‘The Soul of Judaism’ — and the DNA to prove it

Bruce Haynes, the grandson of the National Urban League’s founder, discovers his forebear was half-Jewish Forward By Robin Washington February 28, 2024 Although Bruce Haynes is the author of The Soul of Judaism — arguably the most definitive book about… Continue Reading →

A priceless Hanukkah story — and it cost only $70

The menorah was way too expensive for a 12-year-old kid, so the Hebrew bookstore in Chicago put it on layaway Forward By Robin Washington December 12, 2023 I can’t remember if it was 1968 or ’69, or why my older… Continue Reading →

Back in Print: What Black WWII Reporters Wrote

Richard Prince’s Journal-isms By Robin Washington November 10, 2023 With the world on edge over Israel and Gaza and the continuing devastation in Ukraine, it’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to claim any association with war. But it was a… Continue Reading →

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