Mobile Markets: Bringing fresh food directly to customers in underserved areas of Milwaukee
For Shirley Johnson, getting groceries is not easy. Johnson, a 64-year-old retiree who lives alone in Milwaukee, does not own a vehicle and has to rely on others to get food. She often calls her daughter or other family members who live in the city, hoping to catch a...
Wisconsin residents still face decades-old barriers in qualifying for Federal food aid assistance
Although she has been receiving federal food assistance for around 15 years, Madison resident Elizabeth Blume has never eaten government cheese. She has heard horror stories from people who have, though. “There was just this big block of (…) something gelatinous...
Exploiting our food system: How precision agriculture has made farming overly dependent on technology
By George Grispos, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity, University of Nebraska Omaha; Austin C. Doctor, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska Omaha Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery,...
A land of plenty: Even with abundant agricultural resources Wisconsin has a multitude of food deserts
Large parts of Milwaukee and rural Wisconsin lack easy access to groceries. The state, cities and communities are working to change that. When Tony Moore wants to make a quick grocery run, his options are limited. Most of the foods that fill the shelves in his...
Civil War Veterans of the Battle of Chickamauga honored at Milwaukee’s historic Forest Home Cemetery
The public was invited to a special ceremony on October 8, presented by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), that honored two local solders who fought in the legendary 1863 Battle of Chickamauga and were buried at Milwaukee’s historic Forest Home...
Toxic Chemicals in War: Health providers for Wisconsin Veterans prepare to expand care for burn pit exposure
After federal lawmakers recently approved new benefits for veterans exposed to harmful chemicals, Wisconsin service providers are working to ramp up and meet the coming needs. Veterans may now enroll in benefits under the PACT Act, which President Joe Biden signed...
Independent commission determines Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery must be removed
An independent commission has recommended that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on the renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy. Panel members in...
Remembering Denis Sullivan: Departure of Milwaukee’s nautical icon is another loss for our local heritage
It was suddenly announced in September that Wisconsin’s flagship schooner, Discovery World’s S/V Denis Sullivan, would be sold to a nonprofit educational sailing organization based in Boston. It was an unexpected end to a journey that began in 1991, and ran...
Health Risks: Why people living along many Wisconsin waterways face increased Nitrate pollution
Nitrate compounds were the top toxic substances released into U.S. waterways in 2020, including the Mississippi River, according to a recent study conducted by an environmental policy and advocacy group. Industries — primarily petroleum refineries and meat and poultry...
Infrastructure Upgrades: Logistical hurdles remain as hopes for offshore wind power become a reality
President Joe Biden’s administration laid out ambitious additional goals in September to boost offshore wind power generation, one of the American renewable energy industry’s emerging wide open frontiers. The federal announcements come as coastal states across the...
Kill Move Paradise: Next Act’s performance of the James Ijames play shares the anguish of afterlife for Blacks
The Next Act Theatre production of playwright James Ijames’ play “Kill Move Paradise” as an emotional rollercoaster. The four characters Isa (Marques Causey), Grif (braheem Farmer), Daz (Dimonte Henning), and Tiny (Joseph Brown Jr.), find themselves one by one,...
Conservative Activism: Clarence Thomas is poised push Supreme Court to roll back more landmark rulings
By Neil Roberts, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto With the opening of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new session on October 3, Clarence Thomas is arguably the most powerful justice on the nation’s highest court. In 1991, after Thomas became an associate...
