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The Milwaukee County Historical Society and Wisconsin History Press join to host Milwaukee Word, an inaugural multi-author book-signing event. The inaugural event will take place on December 9 from 10:00 a.m. to noon, and will feature ten authors and their Milwaukee-themed books. The authors will be on-hand to sign their books and to chat with visitors. Their books and other unique gift items will be available for sale. Milwaukee Word will take place at the Milwaukee County Historical Society, 910 N. Old World Third Street and is free and open to the public. Free admission to the Society’s Milwaukee...

Historical contribution of Native American Code Talkers is invaluable, cultural insensitivity is unfortunate. During an event at the White House on November 27 honoring Native American Code Talkers who used their indigenous languages to encode American military communications during World Wars I and II, President Donald Trump made reference to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas.” The remark prompted immediate backlash. “First and foremost, we appreciate the honor and recognition that has been bestowed upon the Navajo Code Talkers, who truly are National Treasures and protectors of freedom,” Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye said. “It was our Code Talkers...

Faith leaders put on sackcloth and ashes, to dramatize their grief over Christians who make excuses for racial hatred and sexual abuse rather than fighting oppression on November 20. Christian theologians symbolically grieved over the corruption of United States Christianity and called the country into a time of reflection and action to end oppression. The American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature met in Boston, Massachusetts, and launched the pronouncement at the Old South Church. Over 100 theologians, bishops, and leaders in Christian seminaries and denominations were signatories the Boston Declaration to protest the demise of...

The Pringles Thanksgiving Dinner is a pilot taste test and has only limited availability. Generation-X (GenX) remembers not having parents at home to cook, and the thrill of the pre-microwave TV dinner. Even the overpriced Lunchables were preferred to a smashed PB&J sandwich with the companion sliced apple that had turned brown, or the over-ripe banana. For kids of the 1980s, pre-packaged meals were a realization of the future. But holidays were different, and usually involved real food. Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful, even though in Milwauke and around the country it takes the form of family...