The real American carnage: How the ousted autocrat who led an insurrection can run again for president
Photo by Gage Skidmore and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 After filing the paperwork on November 15, former president Donald Trump announced a run for the 2024 presidency tonight in a speech from Mar-a-Lago. The audience included a number of far-right social media...
Ratings Worship: Can news outlets avoid another media circus with Trump’s third bid for White House?
By Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School Now that he is in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season. Trump is still newsworthy. He has been weakened by his...
People are tired of chaos: Autocrats like Putin lost the midterm elections along with the Republican Party
The contours of the midterm election on November 8 continue to come into focus. They are good, indeed, for the Democrats and Democratic president Joe Biden. Foremost is that the Democrats have not lost a Senate seat and could well pick one up after the December 6...
Twitter Bots: Research shows content rules help protect free speech from political manipulation
By Filippo Menczer, Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on October 27, 2022 has triggered renewed debate about what it means for the future of the social media platform, which plays an important role in...
Pabst Around Milwaukee: Illustrated map details vast reach of Captain Frederick Pabst beyond his brewery
The Pabst Mansion, the historic 1892 home of Captain Frederick Pabst and his family, recently released the beautifully illustrated map “Pabst Around Milwaukee” to share the extent of what had been the Beer Baron’s enterprises across the County. The...
From “near beer” to cheese: What Milwaukee breweries produced to stay in business during Prohibition
New York has Broadway. California has movie stars you will only see in Hollywood, Maine is known for its lobster, and Iowa has corn. Here in Wisconsin, we are known for a lot of products, but predominately beer. It is the state’s history with the beer industry...
A generational opportunity: Design plans unveiled for extension of Milwaukee’s Harbor District Riverwalk
As economic development and progress continues to spur throughout the Harbor District, the Department of City Development (DCD) unveiled on November 4 the proposed design renderings for the Riverwalk extension planned for the growing neighborhood. The Harbor District...
Nonbelievers rising: Pew Research Center’s study finds American Christians could be a minority group by 2070
Christians in the United States may become a minority group by 2070 if recent trends continue, according to data released by the Pew Research Center. To predict how the American religious landscape will change over the next 50 years, the center posed several...
Post-Election Audit: Wisconsin Elections Commission begins process to verify votes and certify results
Following the General Election on November 8, the Wisconsin Elections Commission confirmed Wisconsin’s 72 counties have reported 100% of the unofficial results. It is normal for election results to change slightly as election officials conduct the canvasses to ensure...
Reggie Jackson: My Fears for Jewish friends who face the rising tide of antisemitism
“The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ. We ask at this time that you take all security precautions to protect your community and facility.” – FBI Bulletin On a day when the FBI issues a warning of a credible threat...
Affirmative Action: Rightwing Supreme Court justices doubt legality of remedy for unlawful discrimination
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on October 31 questioned the legality of race-conscious policies in college admissions, as the justices weighed two cases that could upend the admissions process many colleges use to try to boost diversity on campus. At...
Why students of color will suffer from a national ban on Affirmative Action at selective colleges
By Natasha Warikoo, Lenore Stern Professor in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Tufts University The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in two lawsuits on October 31, 2022, brought by a group that opposes affirmative action in college admissions. The newly...
