Political Violence: Assassination of Japan’s Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo shocks the world
By Craig Mark, Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University Japan is reeling from the assassination of its longest-serving former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. He was campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the Upper...
Expanding News Deserts: Despite efforts to halt trend local newspapers are still closing at alarming rate
Despite a growing recognition of the problem, the United States continues to see newspapers die at the rate of two per week, according to a report issued on Wednesday on the state of local news. Areas of the country that find themselves without a reliable source of...
How shadow Think Tanks are used as sock puppets by Hate Groups to legitimize their poisonous doctrine
Imagine you are reading a news story about race relations in the United States, and the reporter interviews the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan to get his opinion on Black people. Sounds outrageous, right? Reporters would never do this, because the KKK is designated...
A Republican Hatefest: Not all local business owners support the RNC coming to Milwaukee
In recent weeks, a number of community organizations including Voces de la Frontera, SEIU, and Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) that have come out in opposition to the Republican National Committee choosing Milwaukee for its convention in 2024. The...
Guns have Won: We should end public gatherings since the Second Amendment supersedes all other rights
In the wake of the latest massacre of innocent Americans, this time not far across the Wisconsin state line in Highland Park, Illinois, maybe it is time we end parades and other events where people who gather to celebrate are turned into victims. And with all the...
Children will only be safe from guns when we change from a culture of violence to a culture of peace
A deadly epidemic is hitting the U.S. and ordinary citizens are unable to stop it. The reason is simple: the laws protect the killers. And those responsible for making the laws have abdicated their responsibility. They do so even when the victims could be their...
Roots of a crisis: Wisconsin’s baby formula shortage triggered by federally incentivized consolidations
On a mid-June weekend, Raquel Urbina made seven trips to Milwaukee-area grocery stores in search of the hypoallergenic baby formula she needs to feed her 10-month-old daughter. She had little time to spare. Her monthly supplemental nutrition benefits through the...
Gun Worship: SCOTUS confirms the pro-life myth by rewarding arms industry just after Uvalde massacre
On June 24, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The so-called “pro-life” crowd in the US has entered into a predictable state of ecstasy following the decision, which will severely...
Criminalized miscarriages: Legal experts say stillbirths in Wisconsin will result in police investigations
The end of legal abortion in Wisconsin could lead to law enforcement officers investigating miscarriages, advocates and legal experts say. The end of the constitutional right to an abortion in Wisconsin comes with the likely reinstatement of the state’s 173-year-old...
A Blood Sport: How the Second Amendment fueled the gun lobby’s fetish for death and carnage
It is shameful and unconscionable that this country has allowed gun violence to become the leading cause of death among children in the United States, but that is the reality. The legislation, including gun measures, recently signed into law represents a step in the...
Latest ruling by Supreme Court elevates gun ownership to a fundamental Constitutional right
By Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell With its decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol v. Bruen on June 23, 2022, the Supreme Court has announced that the Second Amendment is not a second-class right. The core argument of the...
Another horrifying day in America: Mass shooting in Chicago suburb leaves 6 dead at July 4th Parade
Panicked children and adults ran for their lives Monday as at least six people were killed and dozens more were wounded in a mass shooting that took place during a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Veteran Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn...
