Featured Columnists

As an award-winning Senior Columnist for the Milwaukee Independent, Reggie Jackson covers a range of African American issues. He is also a Consultant with Nurturing Diversity Partners, and volunteers as Head Griot for America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) in Bronzeville.

Reggie Jackson: Why the denial of Black oppression is growing as another false American narrative

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Reggie Jackson: The little-known history of Black History Month

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Reggie Jackson: My childhood miseducation and the institutional control of Negro thinking

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REGGIE JACKSON: 5x Award Winner in Best Column categories from the Milwaukee Press Club

As a teacher for over twenty years, Dominic Inouye helped students to develop their reading, writing, critical thinking, and, most of all, their voices. He worked as The Pfister Hotel Narrator, a one-year appointment, and currently manages the ZIP MKE project that photo documents the city to promote cultural understanding.

We Need Imagination: A glance at my 2020 bookshelf

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Art as War: Bringing attention to the class struggle through creative activism

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The Milwaukee Flyers: Up in the air but still soaring

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Dominic Inouye: 2x Award Winner in Best Column category from the Milwaukee Press Club

Dr. Kenneth Cole is a Licensed Psychologist who has spent the past two decades helping members of the community in developing the ability to bring about positive change for their lives, and empowering those individuals to advocate for themselves.

One life saved: Why speaking openly about suicide prevention is vital for growing community support

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From Montana to Wisconsin: Mountain Biking finds a home in Milwaukee after 100 years

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Reopening Schools in Wisconsin: The dilemma of returning to normal during abnormal times

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Kenneth Cole: 2x Award Winner in Reporting categories from the Milwaukee Press Club

Pardeep Kaleka is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, published author of The Gifts of Our Wounds, award-winning columnist with Milwaukee Independent, and a clinician specializing in utilizing a trauma-informed approach to treat survivors and perpetrators of assault, abuse, and acts of violence.

Pardeep Kaleka: The “might makes right” mindset is acculturated into the racial hurt we consume

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Pardeep Kaleka: Why American regret about January 6th is both healthy and the path forward

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Pardeep Kaleka: The dangers of Kanye West’s antisemitic rants four years after Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy

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PARDEEP KALEKA: Winner in Best Blog category of the 88th Annual Milwaukee Press Club Awards

The Pandemic We Wasted: How we could have transcended our self-erected barriers of politics

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An indictment of Trump’s supporters: When “law and order” Americans tolerate crimes against America

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Theology shaped by race: Why it is time for American Christians to kiss a White Jesus goodbye

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John Pavlovitz: Winner of Best Blog at the 89th Annual Milwaukee Press Club Awards

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