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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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Systemic collapse: Why local news dies when journalism follows money over community need
Jul 6, 2025
By Abby Youran Qin, Ph.D. candidate at School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University...
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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Milwaukee veterans inspired by visit to Hero Street as a national model of Latino military remembrance
by Lee Matz
A group of Latino veterans and community leaders from Milwaukee made a solemn and inspirational visit on June 28 to "Hero Street, U.S.A." in Silvis, Illinois, a one-and-a-half block neighborhood known for the many Hispanic residents who served in the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War.