What was lost in anger: Alderman Scott Spiker shared an overview of the troubled MPS situation
Dr. Keith Posley, an honorable man who served the district he loved as best as he knew how, resigned [on June 4] during a closed session of the Milwaukee School Board. This was after a raucous and lengthy meeting, which I attended, in which understandable frustration...
Charles Shay: The 19-year-old Army medic was one of a generation ready to give their lives on D-Day
On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic who was ready to give his life and save as many as he could. Now 99, he is spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he takes part in the 80th-anniversary commemorations of the landings in...
Grief tourism: The growing popularity of visiting Normandy beaches and spending holidays in hell
By Liz Sharples, Senior Teaching Fellow (Tourism), University of Portsmouth As Europe commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, visitors have traveled in large numbers to pay their respects at the Normandy beach landing sites. The event in 2024 takes place...
Relics from the battlefield of Omaha Beach are still telling the story of D-Day 80 years later
By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Curator of Military History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte...
Why the history of U.S. militarism motivated so many young Asian Americans to align with Palestine
During Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in May, students across the country shut down college campuses and spurred mass movement for a free Palestine. Younger generations are significantly more pro-Palestine than their elders, and according to a...
Barred from combat: The women codebreakers and cartographers who helped D-Day succeed
What did you do in the war, Granny? For British women who came of age during World War II, the answer to that question is often: quite a lot. The history of D-Day is often told through the stories of the men who fought and died when the Allies stormed the beaches of...
June 4 anniversary: Why private hackers are an essential tool for China to suppress online activists
By Christopher K. Tong, Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Every year ahead of the June 4 commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese government tightens online censorship to suppress domestic discussion of...
Hunting critics: Why the FBI is racing to counter threats to dissidents in the U.S. by China and Iran
After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the...
Milwaukee Celebrates Pride Month 2024 with inclusive LGBTQ+ flag raising at municipal building
The City of Milwaukee marked the beginning of Pride Month on June 3 with a significant and inclusive celebration, when the Intersex Progress Pride Flag was raised at the Zeidler Municipal Building. Symbolizing the city’s ongoing commitment to diversity, inclusivity,...
Milwaukee County highlights successes from initiatives funded by opioid litigation settlements
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley highlighted a recently released report about Milwaukee County’s strategic and data-informed efforts to combat the opioid epidemic through the effective utilization of opioid litigation settlement dollars. The report details how...
The struggles of a trans daughter were a wake-up call for the father to push past his prejudice
Before his transgender daughter was suspended after using the girls’ bathroom at her Missouri high school. Before the bullying and the suicide attempts. Before she dropped out. Before all that, Dusty Farr was in his own words “a full-on bigot.” By...
When Christian Nationalism twisted Reagan’s shining “city upon a hill” into Trump’s dark dream
By Diane Winston, Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism In August 1982, Ronald Reagan’s father-in-law was dying. Nancy Reagan’s beloved dad, Loyal Davis, was an atheist. That was a troubling...
