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From detective to apiculturist: Why Sherlock Holmes found solace in nature when he retired
Jul 26, 2024
Few fictional characters have captured and endured for so long in the public’s imagination as...
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...
Republican Voters Against Trump bring billboard campaign to Milwaukee focusing on his felonies
Jun 16, 2024
Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT) initiated a six-figure billboard campaign in key swing...
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A failed Bolivian Coup: Reflections on how political violence impacts the lives of ordinary people
Jul 1, 2024
Bolivia’s Presidential Palace and main plaza in La Paz were under siege by its top military...
Reggie Jackson: Why the denial of Black oppression is growing as another false American narrative
Feb 14, 2024
“If some groups are simply meant to be at the bottom, then there are no questions to ask about...
Pardeep Kaleka: The “might makes right” mindset is acculturated into the racial hurt we consume
Feb 1, 2023
Sometimes it feels like the hate that we give back to ourselves cuts the deepest. This American...
One life saved: Why speaking openly about suicide prevention is vital for growing community support
Sep 27, 2023
As suicide prevention month draws to a close, we must remember that the door is always open for...
We Need Imagination: A glance at my 2020 bookshelf
Dec 26, 2020
In the early days of the stay-at-home orders, I woke up and immediately – as if guided by...
Essential Gear: The toolkit of a Milwaukee photojournalist on international assignments
May 4, 2024
Anyone who has taken a long-distance trip has an idea about what is required to pack for the...
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Joe Biden’s withdrawal from presidential race revives a party convention process not used since 1968
Jul 22, 2024
By Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Professor of Government, Hamilton College Now that Joe Biden...
Normalizing Hate: How Republicans have increasingly advocated violence as a way to gain power
Jul 20, 2024
At a Trump rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, a shooter on the roof of a building about 400...
Ungrateful Women: Why JD Vance attacked Kamala Harris for not showing “gratitude” to White Men
Jul 24, 2024
At a campaign stop in Ohio on July 22, JD Vance said that Kamala Harris should not lead America...
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...
Business politics: Corruption of U.S. Supreme Court was a corporate strategy 53 years in the making
Jul 5, 2024
The series of devastating rulings at the end of June and beginning of July are the consequence of...
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Historic Restoration: A first glimpse of next phase to save Theater, Chapel, and Mansion at Soldiers Home
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Milwaukee Independent joined an exclusive media tour of historic sites at the Milwaukee Soldiers Home campus, including the Ward Memorial Theater, Chapel, and Governor’s Mansion, for a look at their decayed environments before renovation work was scheduled to begin later this year.