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Bob Uecker received a hearty ovation from fans chanting “Ueck” when the legendary broadcaster appeared on the American Family Field video board early in the Milwaukee Brewers’ home opener on April 2. Brewers fans do not know how many more times they will get to continue cheering the presence of “Mr. Baseball.” Uecker was back at the ballpark handling play-by-play on the radio broadcast of Milwaukee’s game with the Minnesota Twins as team officials remained circumspect about the 90-year-old’s workload for the rest of the year. This will be Uecker’s 54th season broadcasting Brewers baseball, though he has limited...

Governor Tony Evers on April 4 signed into law a bipartisan bill that amended Act 31 and now requires Wisconsin schools to teach Asian American and Hmong American histories. The Governor signed Wisconsin Act 266 at an elementary school in Wausau, which is home to about 4,700 Hmong. That is 12% of the city’s residents, making Wausau the highest per-capita Hmong population in the state and country, according to the Hmong American Center. “The Hmong and Asian American communities are a critical part of our state’s history, culture, economy, and our future,” Governor Evers said in a statement. “It’s...

As Donald Trump campaigns on promises of mass deportations and pardons for those convicted in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, his ideas are being met with little pushback and some enthusiasm by a new era of Republicans in Congress. It is a shift from the first time around when the presumptive Republican presidential nominee encountered early skepticism and, once in a while, the uproar of condemnation. Rather than being dismissed as campaign bluster or Trump speaking his mind to rouse his most devoted voters, his words are being adopted as party platforms, potentially able to move...

Since the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015 that “you want to control your politicians” and suggested the audience used money to exert control. In the White House, he said Jews who vote for Democrats are “very disloyal to Israel.” Two years ago, the former president hosted two dinner guests at his Florida residence who were known to make virulent antisemitic comments. Trump charged that Jewish Democrats were being disloyal to their faith and to Israel. That had many American Jews taking...

When Shawn Landis, an evangelical Christian from Pennsylvania, heard about the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, he knew he would come to Israel to volunteer as soon as it was safe. Five months later, he was chopping vegetables in a Tel Aviv kitchen, preparing meals for Israeli soldiers. Evangelicals have been among Israel’s fiercest foreign supporters for years, particularly in the United States, where their significant political influence has helped shape the Israel policy of recent Republican administrations. They believe Israel is key to an end-times prophecy that will bring about the return of the Christian Messiah....

The world’s largest democratic election could also be one of its most consequential. With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad alliance of opposition parties that are struggling to play catch up. The 73-year-old Modi first swept to power in 2014 on promises of economic development, presenting himself as an outsider cracking down on corruption. Since then, he has fused religion with politics in a formula that has attracted wide support from the country’s majority Hindu population. India...