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Ukraine is Here: Immersive virtual platform allows anyone to experience Ukraine’s culture from anywhere
Google and the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine launched “Ukraine is...
Diane Baima: Former Milwaukee teacher shares stories of life in rural Ukraine during 9 months of war
Diane Baima grew up in America’s midwest, being born and raised in Minnesota, attending...
Post-Election Audit: Wisconsin Elections Commission begins process to verify votes and certify results
Following the General Election on November 8, the Wisconsin Elections Commission confirmed...
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Reggie Jackson: The ugly path from hateful speech to America’s style of pervasive violence
In the past several years in this country we have witnessed an alarming rise in hateful words turn...
Pardeep Kaleka: The connections of our Sacred Faiths are calling us to embrace mutuality
There are no shortage of discussions that highlight how we are more disconnected now than ever...
We Need Imagination: A glance at my 2020 bookshelf
In the early days of the stay-at-home orders, I woke up and immediately – as if guided by...
Reopening Schools in Wisconsin: The dilemma of returning to normal during abnormal times
This is an opinion piece. No more and no less. Just an opinion shared in an online publication,...
Cinema as a surrogate parent: Outgrowing the shared experience for entertainment in a fragmented culture
Legendary film director Martin Scorsese has invited a lot of controversy in recent years over the...
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A process not an event: Genocide still persists decades after the Holocaust
By Kerry Whigham, Assistant Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton...
A haunting precedent: The punishment of abolitionist John Brown in 1859 still reverberates today
On the clear, windy morning of December 2, 1859, just before 11:00, the doors of the jail in...
Our authoritarian society: When an American political party needs an armed paramilitary wing to rule
When I was a child there was a kid in our neighborhood who made my life hell. Dennis was a bully...
The predictable tragedy of Club Q: When intolerant Conservatives lament the hate crimes they help create
The mass shooting at a Colorado Springs nightclub on the eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance...
Abandoning Democracy: Congressional Republicans are refusing to be bound by the 2022 election results
“Far Right Republican extremists have been running their dry mouths, claiming that any...
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A Dazzling Downtown: Milwaukee celebrates 109th Christmas Tree with fireworks and festival of lights
Milwaukee held its annual Christmas Tree Lighting on November 18, transforming the Deer District plaza outside the Fiserv Forum into the “Cheer District.” 2022 marks the 109th year of the Christmas tree lighting in Milwaukee, making it the longest running official tree lighting ceremony in the United States other than New York City’s.
