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Social Media fuels politicized fake news about Las Vegas shooter
The spread of rightwing blogs, claiming the shooter was an anti-Trump liberal, on to mainstream...
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Bryan Stevenson: America has done a terrible job of telling the truth about racism
Acclaimed author and lawyer Bryan Stevenson talks about why a new museum in Montgomery, a key...
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Swastikas and pro-Trump graffiti found near historic synagogue on Rosh Hashanah
A memorial near the Gates of Heaven synagogue in Madison’s James Madison Park was spray-painted...
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State budget to boost property taxes for local low-income households
An estimated 11,400 households will have tax increases averaging $614. Despite the claims of state...
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Burma crisis fueling refugee resettlement in Milwaukee
Discussions about international refugees in Milwaukee have focused largely on three groups: The...
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Frank Martinelli: “On The Table” lacks difficult questions on racism and poverty
“Philanthropy maintains systems of inequality by attracting attention to the behavior of poor...
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Op Ed: Blaming blacks and a much maligned Milwaukee
Milwaukee houses the region’s poor and enriches the pocketbooks of the region’s workers....
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Frank Martinelli: When the good done by nonprofits Is not good enough
Many of us have something important in common. We all have a connection to nonprofit...
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Top Five reasons Foxconn would be a bad deal for Wisconsin
With the support of the Trump Administration, Governor Walker has proposed an unprecedented...
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Duo walking 332-miles for Great Lakes conservation awareness
It takes roughly five and a half hours to drive from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Michigan’s Porcupine...
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Stonewall Jackson’s descendants call for removal of Confederate Monuments
Full text of an open letter from William and Warren Christian, the great, great grandsons of...
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Dairy jobs go unfilled as Milwaukee County debates Sanctuary City status
In Milwaukee County, the debate over ‘sanctuary cities’ continues, while in rural Wisconsin,...
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Milwaukee makes formal proposal for Amazon’s second corporate HQ | The Milwaukee Independent
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Milwaukee makes formal proposal for Amazon’s second corporate HQ Posted by Staff | Oct 19, 2017 | Featured | As co-chairs of the Milwaukee 7 regional economic development organization, Milwaukee May...
LEGO honors Women of NASA with mini-figure set of STEM professions mkeind.com/2zkLokZ
LEGO honors Women of NASA with mini-figure set of STEM professions | The Milwaukee Independent
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LEGO honors Women of NASA with mini-figure set of STEM professions Posted by Editor | Oct 19, 2017 | Articles | The LEGO Group presented the final design and launch date for the Women of NASA LEGO set...
Milwaukee Marathon course set incorrectly short leaves runners without qualification credit mkeind.com/2zzXfwk
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Milwaukee Marathon course set incorrectly short leaves runners without qualification credit Posted by Staff | Oct 19, 2017 | Articles | The marathon was advertised as a qualifier for the Boston and Ne...
Milwaukee physics team detects first-ever neutron star collision mkeind.com/2zfi9QC
Milwaukee physics team detects first-ever neutron star collision | The Milwaukee Independent
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Milwaukee physics team detects first-ever neutron star collision Posted by Curated Content | Oct 19, 2017 | Curated | Scientists at LIGO, Virgo, and astronomical observatories around the world announc...
We are afraid to talk about Racism and the Cognitive Dissonance is nationwide mkeind.com/2zcWIj1
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We are afraid to talk about Racism and the Cognitive Dissonance is nationwide Posted by Reggie Jackson | Oct 18, 2017 | Featured | We are currently living in a time that offers proof that the era some...
Ali Velshi: How Fake News Grows in a Post-Fact World mkeind.com/2z8J947
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Ali Velshi: How Fake News Grows in a Post-Fact World Posted by Staff | Oct 18, 2017 | Video | “If you wish to avoid the purveyors of fake news who live in dark alleys, stay out of the dark alleys. T...
Founders of Uihlein Wilson Architects to step down after 32 years mkeind.com/2zedyhr
Founders of Uihlein Wilson Architects to step down after 32 years | The Milwaukee Independent
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Founders of Uihlein Wilson Architects to step down after 32 years Posted by Curated Content | Oct 18, 2017 | Curated | Uihlein Wilson Architects announced the new leadership team of Scott Ramlow and N...
Milwaukee’s wave of “change” is more like a merry-go-round of the “same” mkeind.com/2zp9dsP
Milwaukee’s wave of “change” is more like a merry-go-round of the “same” | The Milwaukee Independent
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Milwaukee’s wave of “change” is more like a merry-go-round of the “same” Posted by Op Ed | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured | “It’s long overdue, as far as I’m concerned. We’ve needed a resur...
Op Ed: Sex, Abortion, Birth Control, and Christian Faith mkeind.com/2znwM55
Op Ed: Sex, Abortion, Birth Control, and Christian Faith | The Milwaukee Independent
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Op Ed: Sex, Abortion, Birth Control, and Christian Faith Posted by Curated Content | Oct 17, 2017 | Curated | The Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and conservative Protestant Churches have two clear moral ob...
A message to the men on the other side of #MeToo mkeind.com/2zcnUhS
A message to the men on the other side of #MeToo | The Milwaukee Independent
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A message to the men on the other side of #MeToo Posted by John Pavlovitz | Oct 17, 2017 | External | As I watched my social media feeds fill up over, with hundreds of #MeToo hashtags from women shari...
Consortium launches “Ramp Up” business incubator for distressed neighborhoods mkeind.com/2zponhk
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The final mile of the annual “100 Miles in 100 Days with Mayor Barrett” took place on September 27 at Cathedral Square Park.
Senate hearing draws hundreds opposed to Anti-Immigrant Bill AB190/SB275 mkeind.com/2z3ggX7
Senate hearing draws hundreds opposed to Anti-Immigrant Bill AB190/SB275 | The Milwaukee Independent
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Senate hearing draws hundreds opposed to Anti-Immigrant Bill AB190/SB275 Posted by Curated Content | Oct 16, 2017 | Curated | Hundreds of Wisconsin residents filled a Senate hearing room, three overfl...
Ex Fabula kicks off 9th season by asking “What Could Go Wrong?” mkeind.com/2xuzLvc
Ex Fabula kicks off 9th season by asking “What Could Go Wrong?” | The Milwaukee Independent
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Ex Fabula kicks off 9th season by asking “What Could Go Wrong?” Posted by Curated Content | Oct 16, 2017 | Curated | Ex Fabula has produced StorySlams over the last 8 years and the Milwaukee nonpr...
Gender diversity report highlights rise of women in Milwaukee businesses mkeind.com/2zchFv7
Gender diversity report highlights rise of women in Milwaukee businesses | The Milwaukee Independent
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Gender diversity report highlights rise of women in Milwaukee businesses Posted by Curated Content | Oct 15, 2017 | Curated | Study finds that female representation on Wisconsin Top 50 Public Company ...
Supporters of Donald Trump don't get to be outraged at Harvey Weinstein mkeind.com/2z79saN
Supporters of Donald Trump don't get to be outraged at Harvey Weinstein | The Milwaukee Independent
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Supporters of Donald Trump don’t get to be outraged at Harvey Weinstein Posted by John Pavlovitz | Oct 15, 2017 | External | Based on the stories that continue to surface from women in Hollywood, fi...
Encyclopedia of the Yiddish Theatre publishes new digital volume mkeind.com/2yWXLDx
Encyclopedia of the Yiddish Theatre publishes new digital volume | The Milwaukee Independent
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Encyclopedia of the Yiddish Theatre publishes new digital volume Posted by Curated Content | Oct 14, 2017 | Curated | The Digital Yiddish Theatre Project announced the digital publication of volume 7 ...
Milwaukee Film Festival 2017 awards $140K in prizes mkeind.com/2yXOBGH
Milwaukee Film Festival 2017 awards $140K in prizes | The Milwaukee Independent
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Milwaukee Film Festival 2017 awards $140K in prizes Posted by Curated Content | Oct 14, 2017 | Curated | The 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival, presented by Associated Bank, announced this year’s festiva...
Map: Another Walk Across Milwaukee - Two Years Later mkeind.com/2xpCqGx
Map: Another Walk Across Milwaukee - Two Years Later | The Milwaukee Independent
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Map: Another Walk Across Milwaukee – Two Years Later Posted by Lee Matz | Oct 13, 2017 | Locations | A return look at the city’s slow shift from decay to renewal On October 6, 2015 the Milwaukee I...
A Journey along North Avenue tells neighborhood stories mkeind.com/2kyl8AO
A Journey along North Avenue tells neighborhood stories | The Milwaukee Independent
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A Journey along North Avenue tells neighborhood stories Posted by Lee Matz | Oct 13, 2017 | Featured | After reviewing photographs taken in 2015 with new ones from the 2017 Another Walk Across Milwauk...
Photo Essay: Detailed patchwork shows patterns of community mkeind.com/2kxj7oG
Photo Essay: Detailed patchwork shows patterns of community | The Milwaukee Independent
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Photo Essay: Detailed patchwork shows patterns of community Posted by Dominic Inouye | Oct 13, 2017 | Photos | As someone who has driven and walked more miles of Milwaukee streets over the past year, ...
Photo Essay: Sights through a corridor of Milwaukee mkeind.com/2yXQxzb
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Photo Essay: Sights through a corridor of Milwaukee Posted by Tim Holte | Oct 13, 2017 | Photos | A handful of photographers participated in “Another Walk Across Milwaukee,” each with a different ...
Bublr launches crowdfunding campaign for Riverwest bike station mkeind.com/2zdMkZ2
Bublr launches crowdfunding campaign for Riverwest bike station | The Milwaukee Independent
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Bublr launches crowdfunding campaign for Riverwest bike station Posted by Curated Content | Oct 13, 2017 | Curated | Bublr Bikes, Milwaukee’s nonprofit bike share system, recently launched its first...
Discovery World breaks ground on a new decade of learning mkeind.com/2z1Ozhp
Discovery World breaks ground on a new decade of learning | The Milwaukee Independent
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Discovery World breaks ground on a new decade of learning Posted by Lee Matz | Oct 12, 2017 | Featured | “We’ve been in business now for over a decade and the needs of the community have changed, ...
Rally for Safe Streets seeks to end epidemic of reckless driving mkeind.com/2zdm8h4
Rally for Safe Streets seeks to end epidemic of reckless driving | The Milwaukee Independent
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Rally for Safe Streets seeks to end epidemic of reckless driving Posted by Curated Content | Oct 12, 2017 | Curated | The Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) organized a “Rally...
