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Honore Nolting: Holding onto humor and hope as a family caregiver
No one expects at age 28 that a spouse will be diagnosed with a fatal disease like cancer. But for Honore Nolting and her 30 year old husband Tom, they chose laughter as the best medicine to fight for their lives against a threatening late stage illness. With the...
360° Video: TeddyLoid remixes the Rave at Anime MKE
The Milwaukee Independent produced this 360° video segment of a performance by Japanese musician TeddyLoid, who headlined the Nocturnal Underground on February 17 during the 11th annual Anime Milwaukee. Viewers can spin the camera in any direction while the footage...
Norma Duckworth: Caring for people in need despite fear, apathy, and lack of cooperation
As a young girl, Norma Duckworth found America a place of wealth but desperately wanted to return to her home in the poor countryside of Mexico. Food has always been a part of her life, as a bond with family loved ones and a hardship when it was scarce. Those...
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Audio: Dr. Mary Pattillo shares poems about black urban life
Dr. Mary Pattillo was the keynote speaker at a special fundraising event for Phase II of the Walnut Way’s Innovations & Wellness Commons on June 2. The Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University has devoted her study to race and...
Audio: Mercy Housing celebrates apartment grand opening
“Every one of us wants to go home tonight to a place where we can feel that we can be ourselves. That’s a natural, to want a home where you can feel as though you are valued and that you are respected.” – Mayor Tom Barrett, City of Milwaukee Mercy Housing...
Audio: A journey for truth in the shadow of genocide
The Reverend Patrick Desbois gave a powerful lecture about his decade-long work helping to identify mass execution sites of Jews during World War II as part of his exhibit at the Milwaukee Jewish Museum on April 19. Editor’s Note: The research and discoveries made by...
FEATURED: Podcast
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 052120
Voices in Union: with Reggie Jackson and Maria Hamilton – is a weekly podcast that focuses on the African American Diaspora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects local concerns to national trends on social justice, and educates the general population on the...
Milwaukee Stories Podcast: Zeynab Ali
Zeynab Ali, a Somali refugee, author and local activist, talks about her experience growing up in Dadaab, Kenya, the largest refugee camp in the world.
Time & The Mystery Podcast: Sam Witwer (Part 2)
Before the role of Aidan Waite on the show Being Human, or Doomsday on Smallville, Sam Witwer was a roleplaying, sci-fi loving, bass slapping, trench coat wearing punk from the northern suburbs of Chicago.
