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Frustration with AI failure loops pushes Milwaukee professionals to build damage control protocols
Apr 19, 2025
The rapid adoption of large language models like GPT has brought unprecedented capabilities to...
Aly Miller: Playfully navigating the relationship between place and identity with illustrative maps
Mar 3, 2023
In parallel with the uniqueness of an individual’s identity are the maps each of us formulates of...
Microsoft’s purchase of 240 acres in Kenosha is expected to launch a new era of tech-driven growth
Jan 28, 2025
The state of Wisconsin and city of Kenosha announced on January 27 that Microsoft had purchased...
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Why the unchecked power and tactics of ICE under Trump have earned comparisons to secret police
Apr 16, 2025
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not a secret police force, not yet. But recent...
Exploring when a political leader morally and legally qualifies to be called a domestic terrorist
Apr 17, 2025
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J.D. Vance se convierte en el protagonista de su propia mitología conspirativa horas después de reunirse con un papa moribundo
Apr 22, 2025
J.D. Vance construyó su carrera política sobre la sospecha, el espectáculo y la manipulación....
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How the right-wing’s political name game turned what a place is called into an ideological fight
Apr 3, 2025
By Seth T. Kannarr, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Tennessee; Derek H. Alderman,...
Lee’s surrender: Defeat without consequences allowed Confederate ideology to embed itself into U.S. law
Apr 11, 2025
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General...
MAGA America: Resurrecting the Confederacy’s goals to enshrine White dominance and crush Democracy
Mar 21, 2025
Restoring power to the richest, Whitest men in the room. How long can democracy survive under...
The Pandemic We Wasted: How we could have transcended our self-erected barriers of politics
Dec 17, 2023
What do you remember about the first days of the pandemic? I remember going to three grocery...
Being heartbroken and scared: Why a determined but peaceful resistance to Trump must start now
Nov 7, 2024
I will not try to hide it. I am heartbroken. Heartbroken and scared, to tell you the truth. I am...
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Thousands rally in Milwaukee as part of nationwide “Hands Off!” demonstrations against Trump and Musk
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Crowds of people angry about the way Donald Trump and South African oligarch Elon Musk are running the country rallied in Milwaukee and scores of American cities on April 5 in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying to regain its momentum after the shock of the Republican’s brutal first weeks in office.