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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Ramona L. Pérez, Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State University As I opened a recent email from my local grocery store chain advertising Hispanic Heritage Month, it runs from September 15 to October 15 each year, I was surprised to see it highlighting...

By Cornelius Holtorf, Professor of Archaeology, Linnaeus University Wars, pandemics, artificial intelligence, a swiftly unfolding climate crisis. The world is changing rapidly, and human communities must adapt to many challenges. In this situation, world heritage...

By Northrop Davis, Professor of Media Arts, University of South Carolina When Hayao Miyazaki’s animated feature “Spirited Away” premiered in the United States 20 years ago, most viewers had not seen anything like it. Disney distributed the film. But as one critic...

By Chris Ogden, Senior Lecturer in Asian Affairs, University of St. Andrews Over the last decade, the number of countries considered to be liberal democracies has contracted from 41 to 32, back to the same level as in 1989. In the same period, 87 other countries were...

A bipartisan congressional team has gone to bat for a small Wisconsin manufacturer that won a federal lawsuit against a Chinese furniture giant accused of stealing its intellectual property. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and U.S. Representatives Glenn Grothman...

By Adam R. Seipp, Professor of History, Texas A&M University Robert Keith Packer, a 57-year-old Virginian, achieved a measure of infamy at the January 6 Capitol riot when he was photographed wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a skull and crossbones along with...