Desperate Ukrainian families search for missing relatives among mass of unidentified bodies in Bucha
The video was a terrible way for Vadim Yevdokimenko to find out that his father had been murdered. Alexei had been missing for weeks, since he went out in early March to scavenge firewood for cooking in their shattered, Russian-occupied town of Bucha. Yevdokimenko and...
A Long History: How Spanish speakers were part of Wisconsin’s economy since before its statehood
When Carlos Muñoz arrived in the United States in 1973, he was thinking only about vacationing. Family members who lived in Aurora, Illinois, had been trying to convince him for some time to come to the United States and stay, but he believed he had a good job in...
A struggle to be seen: Why Wisconsin’s Hmong American community continues to face discrimination
Sheng Lee Riechers remembers attending Neenah school and community events where military veterans were asked to stand and be recognized for their service to the country. Her father, a Hmong soldier who fought communist forces under the direction of the U.S. government...
Hapa Project looks past strict categories in the census to reveal Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity
When she attended East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Carina Abrego-Koch’s 10th grade social studies class was asked to stick a thumbtack into their family’s country of origin. Holding the single thumbtack in hand, Abrego-Koch looked from Mexico to...
Fabricating the Big Lie: An inside look at how the stolen election myth was constructed by Trump
By the time Leamsy Salazar sat down in front of a video recorder in a lawyer’s office in Dallas, he had grown accustomed to divulging state secrets. After swearing to tell nothing but the truth so help him God, he recounted that he was born in Venezuela in 1974,...
Mainstreaming White Nationalism: When a racial massacre is tied to hateful rhetoric from cable news
Amid the outpouring of grief and heartache following the May 14 massacre in Buffalo that left 10 people dead and three wounded, critical observers say the racial animus which evidence shows motivated the killer must be seen in the larger context of a white nationalist...
Assault on voting rights: Midterms may mark the beginning of the end for our multiracial democracy
The upcoming midterm elections in the United States are of utmost importance, as the future of multiracial democracy in the country hangs in the balance. What takes place during the 2022 election, and the 2024 presidential election will determine whether America has...
White America’s misplaced anger: Why rural areas have deteriorated under a party that promotes racism
Decades of political decisions and policies have created a massive and growing chasm between the economic and social disaster unfolding in small-town and rural parts of the United States, and the prosperity and safety of cities and suburbs. Many of those successful...
The luxury of opposition: Why Republicans beat a “culture war” drum instead of offering solutions
The interruption was unplanned but Joe Biden immediately knew this was no ordinary heckler. “I agree!” he told a babbling baby as the audience laughed. “I agree completely. By the way, kids are allowed to do anything they want when I speak so don’t worry about it.” It...
Wisconsin activists mobilize against looser gun laws as Governor vetoes bills that threaten public safety
Activists seeking to curb gun violence believe that gun-related bills that Republican lawmakers passed and Governor Tony Evers vetoed should become important campaign issues next fall, against the GOP lawmakers who passed them and in support of Evers’ re-election. “We...
Punished by the System: Why Julie Valadez is determined to be an active mother to her children again
After the judge in her Wisconsin divorce case ruled that her ex-husband, a man who had sought treatment for anger and alcohol issues, would get legal custody of and equal time with their four children, Julie Valadez vowed to fight back. But in every key ruling that...
The fate of Roe v. Wade: Why a thirst for power is driving the Republican assault on abortion rights
Being a woman in this country often feels like an exercise in futility. It is repeatedly baring your soul and sharing your personal and intimate stories in hopes of proving that you deserve basic rights, only to be slapped in the face with decisions that explicitly...
