Lee Winkelman

Dec 25, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Lee Winkelman |Brooks Lamb |S. Nicole Lane |Maija Hecht

2024 is the year a storied R&B artist put out a transcendent country album. I am talking of course about Swamp Dogg’s latest album Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St. I first encountered Swamp Dogg some 30 years ago when I bought a budget CD that collected soul songs about the Vietnam War.

Dec 22, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | S. Nicole Lane |Eva Tesfaye |Lily Carey |Lee Winkelman

It resulted in 69,000 gallons of crude oil spilling onto the ground in Jefferson County, the largest oil spill in Wisconsin history. Yet the public was not informed of the size of the spill until a month later, on December 13. Under Wisconsin law, entities that cause environmental contamination are responsible for reporting and remediating the damage.

Sep 1, 2024 | barnraisingmedia.com | Joe Engleman |Lee Winkelman |Stephanie Woodard |S. Nicole Lane

A year later, with the help of a Kickstarter campaign, Garringer set out on a cross-country road trip to document and preserve the stories of rural lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and Two Spirit people across the United States. In 30 days, Garringer covered 7,000 miles and spoke with 30 people in Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma.