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Something to Say: Legacy of MLK honored with program to help Milwaukee families talk about racism
Residents from all over Milwaukee participated in the learning experience “Something to...
Lola Vaganova: A journey from Izium to Milwaukee in the footsteps of an ancestor who also fled a war
Lola Vaganova’s Ukrainian great grandmother was 20 years-old when WWII started. She became an “Ostarbeiter,” a Nazi German designation for foreign slave workers in Germany. Vaganova’s first stop as a displaced refugee from Izium was Oppeln, Germany, now known as Opole, Poland. A terrible history had again repeated itself.
World-renowned art duo HYBYCOZO brings “Lightfield” sculptures to Milwaukee for immersive experiences
Downtown Milwaukee will welcome a new geometric art installation to Cathedral Square Park....
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Reggie Jackson: The beating death of Tyre Nichols asks unanswered question of when will police abuse end
“There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, ‘When will you be...
Pardeep Kaleka: The dangers of Kanye West’s antisemitic rants four years after Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy
Four years ago, on October 27, 2018, the country and the world saw the traumatic consequences that...
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,...
A look down: Enjoying the Zen of the natural world from a collection of drone images
It has been a long year and, following the past three, there is an element of weariness baked into...
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How nonprofits get back on their feet while also playing a key role in local recovery from disasters
By Joy Semien, Research Assistant at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M...
How Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” defined the Civil War as a holy war for human freedom
On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the “Atlantic Monthly”...
Divided We Stand: How ALEC’s legislative agenda pushes racist reactions over egalitarian values
America is increasingly becoming two nations, a result of the Great Neoliberal Experiment playing...
The exhaustion that Blue people endure when living in a Red America that refuses to see them
I have spoken to a lot of exhausted people recently, even with the good news that many of us have...
Monsters of American Capitalism: Trump, Bankman-Fried, and Musk show how greed is a public danger
If 2022 presented any single lesson, it was the social costs of greed. Capitalism is premised on...
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Lola Vaganova: A journey from Izium to Milwaukee in the footsteps of an ancestor who also fled a war
Lola Vaganova’s Ukrainian great grandmother was 20 years-old when WWII started. She became an “Ostarbeiter,” a Nazi German designation for foreign slave workers in Germany. Vaganova’s first stop as a displaced refugee from Izium was Oppeln, Germany, now known as Opole, Poland. A terrible history had again repeated itself.
