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Kenneth Cole: Finding Hope in Our Divided State of America
A new decade begins and America finds itself more divided than ever. Stepping back from the brink of war with Iran, and a president impeached due to extortion and failing to honor his oath of office. A divide marked by a growing acceptance of white supremacy,...
Exhibit featuring diary of Rywka Lipszyc found in the rubble of Auschwitz starts U.S. tour in Milwaukee
A diary found in the rubble of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp went on display for the first time in the United States in Wisconsin’s only Jewish museum from January 23. The Jewish Museum Milwaukee’s (JMM) exhibit sheds new light on the diary found when the...
Past Atrocities in Pictures: The ethics of showing images from the Holocaust
By Paul Morrow, Human Rights Fellow, University of Dayton Seventy-five years ago, the world first saw the horrors of Nazi concentration camps. Shot by photographers Lee Miller, George Rodger and others, and published in Time, the Daily Mirror and other outlets, these...
Let the Sunshine In: 2019 was most successful year for City’s residential home solar program
The Milwaukee solar group buy program wrapped up its most successful year to date in 2019, resulting in 48 homeowners installing 255.70 kilowatts of new solar installations. The City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO), in partnership with...
Port of Milwaukee sees continued tourism growth from passengers on Great Lakes cruises
Viking Cruises recently unveiled its entry into the Great Lakes cruise market beginning in 2022, with Milwaukee selected as a primary destination. The company’s Viking Expeditions joins the renowned Viking River Cruises and Viking Ocean Cruises, offering travel...
High water levels across Great Lakes prompts warning of safety hazards around Lake Michigan structures
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- Detroit District, recently urged individuals to use caution around Great Lakes structures and to be aware of safety hazards resulting from high water levels. Many accidents and incidents near harbor structures occur during the...
Register of Deeds initiates cost savings plan to store real estate records for Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds (ROD) Israel Ramón announced major reforms for 2020 on January 6, which include changing providers for credit card services, updating record storage and creating personnel efficiencies....
Hard-Wired to Worry: How our brains sabotage the happy moments
By James Carmody, Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School A new year brings both hopes and anxieties. We want things to be better for ourselves and the people we love, but worry that they won’t be, and imagine...
Motivation is not Indefinite: Why most New Year’s resolutions quickly end in failure
By William Clark, Adjunct Lecturer of Health and Wellness Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York In January, 40% of Americans will make New Years resolutions, and nearly half of them will aim to lose weight or get in shape. But 80% of New Year’s...
A Day On, Not A Day Off: Community voices offer encouragement on MLK holiday to improve Milwaukee
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on January 20 marked the 25th anniversary of the day that celebrates the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off,” Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the...
Breaking the “Privileged Wall of Silence” for Justice: An Apology to Dr. King from a White Moderate
Dear Dr. King, I wish I’d have written this sooner. Indeed I should have, but doing so was simply not possible, as it’s taken me this long to realize that these were words that needed to be said — and that they needed to be said by me. For much of my life I’ve...
A Union Man: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. saw organized labor as a cure for pervasive discrimination
By Peter Cole, Professor of History, Western Illinois University If Martin Luther King Jr. still lived, he would probably tell people to join unions. King understood racial equality was inextricably linked to economics. He asked, “What good does it do to be able to...
