Know the Warning Signs of Domestic Violence

Know the Warning Signs of Domestic Violence

She testified in the O.J. Simpson trial; now Denise Brown speaks in Madison

Madison Magazine, June 2012

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Across two brisk days in February 1995, Denise Brown took the stand in one of the most infamous murder trials in U.S. history. Denise’s sister, Nicole Brown Simpson, was dead; Nicole’s ex-husband, O.J. Simpson, was accused of murdering her. Witnesses came out of the woodwork testifying to O.J.’s alleged abuse, but it didn’t seem possible to Brown. There was no way her strong, vibrant sister had been a battered woman. She believed this, even as she testified to an incident in which Simpson, after hurling Nicole into a wall, physically threw both Nicole and Denise out of the house and onto the sidewalk.

“I just thought it was an isolated incident, I just thought he was crazy,” says Brown, who spent that night in a hotel with Nicole. “The words ‘domestic violence’ never even came into my head. I tell people all the time now, educate yourself about the cycle of domestic violence. Because that’s what I didn’t know anything about.”

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Best Places to Work 2012

Best Places to Work 2012

Our exclusive survey reveals the top twenty companies in Madison

Madison Magazine, April 2012

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Two years ago, while announcing the results of our third Best Places to Work survey, we wrote these words: “We know what you’re thinking: After two years spinning in an economic crisis, with national unemployment rates teeter-tottering toward ten percent ... any job is a good job. Every company is a Best Place to Work.”

Sigh.

There’s no point in sugarcoating it: things have been hard. In the four years since the economic downturn, many of us face tougher challenges than ever before.

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One Worker, One Vote

One Worker, One Vote

Madison cooperatives offer an alternative to a system of haves and have-nots

Isthmus Cover Story, 3 February 2012

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Protesters flood the street, chants and song punctuated by drumming and the low, steady honk of a tuba. Sign after sign decries the attack against nurses, teachers and sanitation workers; others demand a living wage in bold letters. A man stands before a podium addressing the masses, crying, "Those who need the increases least get most, and those that need them most get least!" The crowd erupts in response.

Sound familiar?

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Why Doesn't She Just Leave?

Why Doesn't She Just Leave?

A special report on domestic violence

Madison Magazine, October 2011

 

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Women in abusive relationships are far likelier to be killed while attempting to leave their partners — a surpising and frightening fact that Lisa Judd Blanchard, who lost her sister, and Julie Rook Schebig, who nearly lost her life, know all too well.

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Life in Alignment

Life in Alignment: The Healing Power of Yoga

Scott Anderson's Spectrum Yoga Therapy is a miracle for those diagnosed with autism

Madison Magazine, August 2011

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The boy in red slides sock-footed down the length of the Mound Street Yoga studio, yipping rhythmically in a high-pitched keen. At his feet a girl takes no notice, focused on the invisible orchestra she conducts with twirling wrists, third finger and thumb pressed tightly together. There are about a dozen students here spanning the autism spectrum, each engaging in his or her own “self-stim” behavior. One rocks, another spins in circles, yet another smacks his head against the floor repeatedly. Noisy chaos ricochets off the walls in stark contrast to your average yoga class, but it’s the unfailing norm for these families.

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