President Biden plans to highlight progress for Black-owned small businesses during Milwaukee visit
President Joe Biden is aiming to use a visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin on December 20 to spotlight a surge in federal government support for Black-owned small businesses during his White House tenure, and to highlight his administration’s efforts to...
Insight about the abuse of power by MAGA Republicans and their “Three Stooges” antics to avoid governance
The Associated Press ran a story by national political reporter Brian Slodysko on December 14 titled “The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden has his own shell company and complicated friends.” It told the story of how Representative James Comer (R-KY), the...
Longstanding Jewish allies feel ties strained as Black Americans shift to solidarity with Palestinians
Cydney Wallace, a Black Jewish community activist, never felt compelled to travel to Israel, though “next year in Jerusalem” was a constant refrain at her Chicago synagogue. The 39-year-old said she had plenty to focus on at home, where she frequently...
Finding relief: How a cure for epidemic of loneliness would make Americans less likely to abuse drugs
By Clay Marsh, Chancellor and Executive Dean for Health Sciences, West Virginia University A national health advisory issued by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on May 3, 2023, shed light on the urgent public health issues of loneliness and isolation. The report...
John McGivern’s Home for the Holidays: Another heartwarming blend of storytelling and reflection
The Oak Creek Performing Arts & Education Center hosted a special performance on December 15 by Milwaukee-native and Emmy Award-winning comedian John McGivern. “John McGivern’s Home for the Holidays” is another heartwarming blend of storytelling...
Milwaukee and Nigeria’s Abuja formalize Sister City relationship to expand cultural and economic ties
Leaders from Milwaukee and Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, met on December 13 to formally establish a Sister City relationship between the two municipalities. The historic agreement was signed during an official ceremony at City Hall by His Honorable Christopher Zakka,...
U.S. car buyers will get tax credits immediately in 2024 for eligible electric and plug-in vehicles
Starting next year, people who want to buy a new or used electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle will be able to get U.S. government income tax credits at the time of purchase. Eligible buyers, including those that bought an EV or hybrid this year, have had to wait until...
Hijacking wireless keys: Thieves go high-tech to steal today’s computerized cars
By Doug Jacobson, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University These days, cars are computer centers on wheels. Today’s vehicles can contain over 100 computers and millions of lines of software code. These computers are all networked...
“What-if” politics: Journalists begin to examine the disaster to democracy of a second Trump presidency
Even before anyone has cast a vote in a 2024 presidential primary, the attention of many political journalists has shifted to January 20, 2025. There has been a flurry of recent stories about the implications of a potential second presidency for Donald Trump, and his...
Fake Trump elector on Wisconsin election commission will not be removed by Republican leadership
The majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate on December 11 rejected calls to rescind his appointment to the state elections commission, who was one of the Republicans that attempted to undermine America’s democracy by serving as a fake elector for former...
Regents reject GOP deal to enshrine conservative ideology at Wisconsin Universities and limit diversity
Universities of Wisconsin regents narrowly rejected a deal on December 9 reached with Republicans that would have given employees a pay raise, and paid for the construction of a new engineering building, in exchange for drastic reductions in staff positions focused on...
John Gurda’s Milwaukee: New book transforms iconic bus tours into self-guided adventure of discovery
“Someone who discovers this tour on a dusty shelf decades from now will likely find it curiously antique, a yellowing testament to a city lost to memory. I welcome that fate as confirmation that cities, like the people they serve, are constantly in motion,...
