Category: Syndicated
Offering a “Taste Of Place” puts Farmers Markets in competition over locally sourced food
Farmers markets provide many benefits for communities of all sizes. They offer a physical location...
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Democracy in Decline: Wisconsin residents feel discontent with state and federal government
Seven years ago, at age 73, Sheila Plotkin stepped onto the glossy tiles of the Wisconsin State...
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UN experts warn attacks on media raise threat of violence against local journalists
President condemned for ‘strategic’ attacks as Sarah Sanders refuses to disagree with Trump’s view...
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Downstream residents fear impact of Foxconn factory will create flooding
Flooding along the Des Plaines River in northeastern Illinois in the summer of 2017 damaged more...
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Aloha Poke ignites cultural firestorm by demanding Hawaiians stop using ’aloha’ with ‘poke’
The Chicago-based poke chain has been accused of cultural appropriation, after it sent...
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The unsustainable habit of rewarding corporations that cut local jobs
Wisconsin keeps paying more to profitable corporations to subsidize manufacturing, while demanding...
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Refugee resettlements in Wisconsin plummet over first half of 2018
Over the first sixth months of 2018, 221 refugees were resettled in Wisconsin. During the same...
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Milwaukee Notebook: The Great Courthouse Trouser Disaster
The first Milwaukee courthouse was built in 1836 at the site of what today is Cathedral Square...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: An open letter to the NFL’s owners
Dear NFL owners: Whew! What a tumultuous year for your league. Slipping attendance and ratings....
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26 Back-to-School Books: Resistance, Resilience, and Activism
Research from Harvard University suggests that children as young as three years old, when exposed...
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Security experts warn Wisconsin’s voting systems can be hacked
Even machines disconnected from the internet can be breached, demonstrations have shown — but...
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Parents of Sandy Hook victim slam Facebook for failing to protect them from online abuse
The parents of one of the 20 children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting...
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