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A Milwaukee Lynching: Activists to install headstone at unmarked grave of George Marshall Clark
Over the past several years, Milwaukee Independent has used its editorial platform to push for...
Sheldon Lubar: Climbing mountains for adventure and as a metaphor of life’s journey
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill...
- Columns
- Reggie Jackson
- Pardeep Kaleka
- Dominic Inouye
- Kenneth Cole
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The danger of denial: Ignoring domestic terrorism and the propaganda that blinds us to its threat
“A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes truth.” – Joseph...
Reggie Jackson: I can’t find any common ground with racists
“Most racists have been uninterested in reform…racists have been either of the type who wished to...
Beyond a political Thunderdome: Our feelings are being weaponized against us
“This is the truth of it. Fighting leads to killing, and killing gets to warring, and that...
Until our voices go hoarse: Reflections on a summer of protest in Milwaukee
On Sunday, September 13, 2020, I marched for the thirteenth time this summer in a peaceful protest...
When Silence Kills: What has your inaction done to stop the deaths of innocent black people?
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our...
Second Life Revisited: Using a virtual world to escape the isolation of social distancing
For most people, the term “Second Life” could easily be confused as a post-death resurrection...
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- John Pavlovitz
- Heather Richardson
Controversial “thin blue line” flag replaces America’s “Stars and Stripes” at Trump rally in Waukesha
Flags matter. They are the tangible symbol of a people united for a cause. That Trump replaced the...
Refusing terms of concession: When it is not possible to “agree to disagree” because one view is not valid
We recently found ourselves in a now-familiar location: hopelessly stuck in an unnavigable impasse...
Lord of the Flies: Small insect generates big social media buzz from Vice Presidential debate
The first and only vice presidential debate for the 2020 election was held on October 7, and it...
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Milwaukee voters line up amid an escalating pandemic to cast early in-person ballots
Across Wisconsin on October 20 residents lined up to cast their ballots on the first day of early in-person voting in the presidential battleground state, marking the beginning of the final push to Election Day in two weeks. With the coronavirus surging, many people have been seeking alternate ways to vote.
