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Milwaukee resident reflects on spiritual service during Veterans Day as a chaplain in the Navy Reserve
As Americans reflect on the service of military men and women this Veterans Day, some may not realize that they are fellow residents with those who serve in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Lt. Cmdr. Brian Comrov, a resident of Milwaukee, supports and defends freedom around the...
Code of Faith: How the military chaplaincy has embraced growing religious diversity
By Ronit Y. Stahl, Assistant Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley In 1919, Lee Levinger buried four soldiers in France. The responsibility to preside over a funeral was not unusual for military chaplains. But during World War I, most Americans...
Veterans who fought in America’s wars have long been among advocates for peace
By Michael Messner, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences If President Donald Trump had gotten his way, the nation would have celebrated the centennial of the World War I armistice...
Milwaukee reflects America’s failed proxy war to fight racism and inspire social justice
The United States fought a costly proxy war against Russia and China in the small country of Vietnam. It cost billions of dollars, erased a generation, and left scars upon our national soul. One of the objectives of that conflict was to win the hearts and minds of the...
City budget amendment proposes pilot program to support families with basic income stipend
“On October 31, the Finance and Personnel Committee voted 3-2 to recommend for approval a bold budget amendment I sponsored that would create a pilot program to provide $500 monthly basic income stipends to families in Milwaukee.” – Alderwoman Chantia Lewis “The...
Reimagining public safety by spending more for people and less on police budget will actually decrease crime
The City of Milwaukee is facing a series of crises seemingly at odds with each other. On one hand, Milwaukee has helped fuel mass incarceration as much as, if not more than, many other cities in the country, and wants to do its part to end it. On the other hand, the...
Veterans Day Parade fights to prevent apathy so Milwaukee’s retired soldiers are not forgotten
Milwaukee may hold its last Veterans Day Parade this year due to fading financial support and dwindling interest from the public. The 2019 Day of Honor for local veterans will take place on November 16 at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center. The annual...
I Am Not Invisible: Exhibit helps raise awareness about the dedication of women veterans in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA), Wisconsin Veterans Museum, and Governor Tony Evers unveiled a unique educational exhibit highlighting the military service of dozens of Wisconsin women veterans on November 7. The “I Am Not Invisible” (IANI)...
Mildred Fish-Harnack: The Nazi Resistance hero from Milwaukee who was executed on Hitler’s orders
Mildred Fish-Harnack was a Milwaukee-born, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate and the only American woman executed on the direct orders of Adolf Hitler. Architect John Dubrow first learned about her from the book called, “Resisting Hitler: Mildred Fish-Harnack...
Dominic Inouye: Milwaukee community pours love into Coffee Makes You Black
It used to be a bank, an insurance company, and a drug rehabilitation center. But for the past eighteen years, it has been a beloved community hub serving up coffee, culture, and chicken and waffles. But when road reconstruction began on Teutonia Avenue in May, it...
Historic block of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel campus sold for adaptive redeveloped
J. Jeffers & Co. announced on October 31 that it had closed on a real estate transaction to purchase the Journal Communications Building and the adjoining properties from the Gannett Newspaper company. It plans to begin an adaptive reuse plan of the historic...
Cheesehead Couture: From geographic slur to hometown pride and global fashion accessory
Many Wisconsinites have personal reasons for plopping giant triangles of yellow foam on their heads at every Wisconsin sporting event — from football to baseball, but many forget the origins of the uniquely Dairy State tradition. It all started with taunts from...
