Weapons of War: We already have a Federal law to get military-style guns off our neighborhood streets
Steven Spainhouer’s son worked at one of the stores in the Allen, Texas shopping mall chosen by America’s most recent mass shooter. He arrived at the mall just after the neo-nazi murderer had slaughtered several people, sometimes ripping their bodies and faces into an...
Milwaukee community mourns migrant deaths in Brownsville after SUV driver hits crowd at bus stop
Milwaukee Independent was embedded with a delegation from Forward Latino for a fact-finding mission to the Mexico-United States border, that started at City of Brownsville in June 2022. Nearly a year later on May 7, at least seven people were killed and up to ten were...
A quest for significance: Why mass shooters seek a shortcut to stardom fueled by grievances
By Arie Kruglanski, Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland An acutely troubling aspect of life in contemporary America is the growing proliferation of mass shootings that claim thousands of innocent lives year after painful year and make everyone feel unsafe....
Survey finds majority of Wisconsin residents delay or decline access to medical care due to fear of cost
More than half of Wisconsin residents, including people with insurance coverage, delayed or decided to forgo health care because of the cost, according to survey results that were recently published. Some skipped a recommended medical test or treatment. Some cut pills...
Clashing abortion laws between Red and Blue States may be among next wave of national legal battles
Abortion is banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy, but the governor signed another law in April making it illegal to provide help within the state’s boundaries to minors seeking an abortion without parental consent. The new law is obviously aimed at...
Dear MAGA Folk: When was this magical time when America was so great that you want to return to?
I have been trying really hard to find MAGA folks who actually tell us what time in American history they want to turn the clocks back to. Knowing American history pretty well, I have a guess. But I doubt the MAGAs will see that time through an honest lens. The...
Mass killings in 2023: Replay of the near-weekly horror loop this year blamed on gun proliferation
The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a loop roughly once a week so far this year. The carnage has taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days. Each time, the killers wielded firearms. Only 2009 was marked by as many...
Heat mapping finds that Milwaukee experiences hotter summer nights in densely developed urban areas
It may be the dead of winter, but a recent mapping campaign found heavily developed urban areas of Milwaukee stayed about 10-degrees warmer at night than other parts of the city during hot summer days. Last summer, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources...
Milwaukee’s lead pipe replacement rate would take six decades without Federal funds to accelerate program
Beginning in 2017, the city of Milwaukee started the tall task of replacing its 73,000 lead water service lines. Six years later, there is around 67,000 of the water lines still in use in the state’s largest city. Federal funding could help ramp up the removal...
Floral Reflections: Pabst Mansion showcases the ancient Japanese art of Ikebana for a second year
The Pabst Mansion hosted an original cultural exhibition of the ancient art of Japanese floral arrangements for a second year, from April 28 to May 1, in partnership with Ikebana International Milwaukee Chapter 22. “Floral Reflections: Ikebana at the Pabst...
Immigration Enforcement: Migrant deaths in Mexico puts spotlight on how U.S. policy has shifted south
By Raquel Aldana, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and Professor of Law, University of California, Davis The fire-related deaths of at least 39 migrants in a detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, just across the U.S. border with Mexico, will likely be...
Ukrainians mark 37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster amid escalating nuclear threats from Russia
Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26 marked the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats, somberly laying flowers at a monument for victims. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used...
