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Milwaukee hosts U.S. premiere of film documenting Russia’s brutal war on education in occupied Ukraine
Jun 24, 2025
The North American premiere of “War on Education,” the acclaimed documentary about...
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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Nationalist revisionism: How the 1776 report laid the groundwork for Trump’s war on U.S. history
Jun 9, 2025
Four years after it was quietly released in the final days of Donald Trump’s first term, a...
An open letter to MAGA: History will not remember you as patriots but as a cult that betrayed liberty
Jul 4, 2025
To those still clutching their red hats, still chanting in arenas, still calling yourselves “the...
Wallace in Wisconsin: The 1964 campaign that tested America’s soul over the politics of identity
Jul 5, 2025
In April 1964, Alabama Governor George Wallace entered the Wisconsin Democratic presidential...
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Toxic Families: The trend of “no contact” estrangement shows that blood is not thicker than water
Jun 30, 2025
By Jeanette Tran, Associate Professor of English, Drake University Is blood thicker than water?...
Revere’s ride: Remembering the night 250 years ago when lanterns lit the Revolution at Old North Church
Jun 16, 2025
On April 18, Heather Cox Richardson was invited to speak at the anniversary of the lighting of the...
A digital addiction: How social media amplifies fear and rage like a psychological version of heroin
Jun 27, 2025
A fascinating article in “The New York Times” by Kurt Gray, professor of psychology...
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“No Kings” protest draws massive Milwaukee turnout in defiance of Trump’s military spectacle
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Thousands of demonstrators packed Cathedral Square Park in Milwaukee on June 14 in a powerful display against Donald Trump and his military-themed birthday celebration in Washington DC. The protest, part of the nationwide “No Kings” movement, was one of the largest in Wisconsin.