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Historic Forest Home Cemetery celebrates 175 years as Milwaukee’s beloved and enduring Silent City
Beneath the sweeping canopy of century-old trees and towering monuments, Forest Home Cemetery...
Aly Miller: Playfully navigating the relationship between place and identity with illustrative maps
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
The state of Wisconsin and city of Kenosha announced on January 27 that Microsoft had purchased...
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Wallace in Wisconsin: The 1964 campaign that tested America’s soul over the politics of identity
In April 1964, Alabama Governor George Wallace entered the Wisconsin Democratic presidential...
An open letter to MAGA: History will not remember you as patriots but as a cult that betrayed liberty
To those still clutching their red hats, still chanting in arenas, still calling yourselves “the...
Excluded by design: America’s racial wealth gap exists because of laws to promote White prosperity
For generations, the United States has used federal policy not only to distribute land, property,...
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A forgotten federal housing program once built entire communities to meet the needs of America
By Eran Ben-Joseph, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Massachusetts...
Revere’s ride: Remembering the night 250 years ago when lanterns lit the Revolution at Old North Church
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
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
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.
