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September

Declining Democracy: How the United States is turning into a “developing country” like Cuba and Bulgaria

September 29, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Jail-to-deportation pipeline: ACLU report details the thriving collaborating of Wisconsin sheriffs with ICE

September 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Perpetuating elitism: Why using “Latine” as an alternative “Latinx” is considered more inclusive

September 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Risk of death: How the youth suicide problem across America is fueled by easy access to guns

September 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
A source of distress: Viewing social media overuse as a byproduct of dissociation rather than addiction

September 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
“Alexa, are you listening?” How household virtual assistants are “eavesmining” our children

September 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The Brett Favre welfare fraud case reminds me that Mississippi has not changed much

September 27, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Mayor Cavalier Johnson signs ordinance establishing Juneteenth Day as an official city holiday

September 27, 2022 | Articles, Audio |
Undermining Equality: Why right-wing attacks on “wokeness” are really targeted against social justice

September 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Heritage and Help: Milwaukee’s Pakistani diaspora rally support for flood-stricken homeland

September 26, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Failed Promises: Why Puerto Rico’s vulnerability to hurricanes is magnified by bureaucratic roadblocks

September 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Political Stunt: DeSantis faces criminal investigation for shipping asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

September 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Mahsa Amini: Milwaukee’s Iranian community holds vigil for woman who died in police custody in Iran

September 25, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
A zero-sum game: How the war in Ukraine is helping Iran achieve its national security objectives

September 25, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A lack of local loyalty: Why Oshkosh Corp highlights trend by companies to fleece hometowns for subsidies

September 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Magruder’s Principle: The rapid advance by Ukraine against Russia shows its skill in modern warfare

September 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Paper Tiger: Ukraine has exposed the deep institutional weakness of Russia’s military capability

September 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Beyond Ukraine: How Putin wages war on the world from energy blackmail to threats of starvation

September 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A show of weakness: Partial military mobilization reveals Putin’s desperation and perhaps his last stand

September 23, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Illegal Annexation: Putin escalates war to dangerous new phase as ploy to avoid accepting defeat

September 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Leading from behind: Why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is now more than a proxy war for the United States

September 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A “broken” shared revenue system: Mayor Johnson seeks state aid for Milwaukee’s proposed $1.7B budget

September 22, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Tilting toward a recession: The risks of a domestic economy in an interconnected global world

September 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Poverty shaming: Why the ultra-wealthy perpetuate the rags-to-riches myth of being “self-made”

September 22, 2022 | Robert Reich |
A complete lie: Understanding the propaganda behind the political meme that “America is a 50/50 nation”

September 21, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Federal judge overturns ruling to ensure Wisconsin voters with disabilities get assistance to cast a ballot

September 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rewriting our Constitution: Why the wet dream of Billionaires to cripple democracy is nearly a reality

September 21, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Freedom Ride North: Why Abbott and DeSantis are playing with human lives like a racist sport

September 20, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Renewal of the Middle Class: An uncertain transition from fatcats and fascists to unifying our nation

September 20, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Voluntary Motherhood: When suffragists embraced a right to reject unwanted sex for fear of pregnancy

September 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
A recipe for despotism: How the far-right is already planning to steal the next presidential election

September 19, 2022 | Robert Reich |
Wisconsin and beyond: Handful of state candidates supporting Trump’s “Big Lie” likely to tilt 2024 election

September 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Designed to deceive: Politically driven industry profits from tracking pregnancies and lying to women

September 19, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Abortion Care: Clinics in neighboring states team up to offer reproductive health services to Wisconsinites

September 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Therapeutic Abortions: Wisconsin physicians remain unclear about ambiguous wording of 173-year-old ban

September 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Support for abortion: A time before Southern Baptists embraced governmental control of a woman’s body

September 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ukraine War Stories: Developer releases online game using real life events from Hostomel, Bucha, Mariupol

September 17, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Running short on soldiers: Why Putin continues to ignore Russia’s staggering losses on the battlefield

September 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
National Security: What the U.S. Military can learn from Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine

September 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Corporate Complicity: Why billionaires underwrite Trump and his allies to pay as little tax as possible

September 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Corporate Personhood: When egregious businesses should be removed from society like human criminals

September 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Big Lie’s Big Money: Watchdog group criticizes Northwestern Mutual’s donations to election deniers

September 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Santiago Calatrava Day: Architect of Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion honored on 20th Anniversary

September 15, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Living Architecture: How human-centered design can alter the trend of constructing soulless buildings

September 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Cellphones and Kaiju: Why pop culture uses mobile network towers to symbolize our collective anxieties

September 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
A lingering labor shortage: Businesses struggle as long COVID sidelines thousands of Wisconsin workers

September 14, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Pandemic Boosters: COVID-19 vaccine could become annual necessity like the flu shot

September 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Crisis Fatigue: How overexposure to traumatic news pushes the public to becomes indifferent to tragedy

September 14, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Climate-resilient public transit will be crucial to ensuring mobility for vulnerable communities

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Post-Pandemic Transit: How deploying more electric buses could help MCTS recover lost revenue

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Environmental Feud: Why a Lake Michigan seawall created more problems for downstream neighbors

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
A planetary crisis: Expanding universal human rights to include a healthy and sustainable environment

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Alarming ice melt: New study shows Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the world

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Green means go: Offshore wind farms could fuel the next energy boom for America

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee remembers 9/11: City leaders recall the fateful day on 21st anniversary of terror attacks

September 12, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Make-A-Wish Wisconsin teams up with 128th Air Refueling Wing to fulfill a special aviation dream

September 12, 2022 | Curated |
Racism in the ranks: U.S. Military clamps down on political speech as concerns over extremism grows

September 12, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Ruin and Rejuvenation: Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Irpin during surprise visit to Ukraine

September 11, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
200th Day of War: Putin’s military forces suffer worst strategic defeat since the failed attack on Kyiv

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Battle Tactics: The unexpected Ukrainian resistance continues to prevent Putin’s plans for quick victory

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Seeking Shelter: Displaced residents in war-torn Ukrainian towns fear a bitter winter without homes

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Wishful Thinking: Why the fallacy of making peace with Russia necessitates feeding the wolf of war

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Destroyed War Machines: Ukraine follows the ancient practice of trophy displays to ridicule Russia

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Critical Congressional Vote: Federal bill codifying same-sex marriage gains momentum in U.S. Senate

September 10, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Overcoming the filibuster: Senator Tammy Baldwin pushes for support of LGBT marriage protection

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rejecting rights and freedoms: Ron Johnson declares opposition to Federal same-sex marriage legislation

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
A political tool: Why the backlash to transgender rights has a long and hostility history

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Beyond the Binary: College students are using new pronouns to identify gender other than “she” and “he”

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
The fantasy of the straight cowboy: How gay rodeos upend presumptions about life in rural America

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Queen Elizabeth II: The “new Elizabethan age” ends with death of longest-serving monarch

September 9, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Queen Elizabeth II: A modernizing force who guided a fading British empire into the 21st century

September 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Princess Diana: Why conspiracy theories still surround her death after 25 years

September 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Governor Evers plans to invest millions to improve access to clean drinking water across the state

September 8, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
A rise in temperatures: Experts say energy grids across Wisconsin are not prepared for coming heat waves

September 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Scarce air conditioning: Milwaukee’s most at risk residents endure a lack of cooling assistance

September 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Bill Sell: Former civil rights activist and community advocate remembered for his love of Bay View

September 7, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Trump accused of inciting domestic terrorism by calling President Biden an “Enemy of the State”

September 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
Telling the unvarnished truth: “Balanced journalism” does not exist halfway between facts and lies

September 7, 2022 | Robert Reich |
President Joe Biden celebrates labor victories in Milwaukee and rebukes violent MAGA Republicans

September 6, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee Laborfest: Latino and immigrant workers outline the stakes in Wisconsin’s mid-term election

September 6, 2022 | Articles |
Labor Day 1882: Very first parade emphasized value of workers for the economy as a warning to politicians

September 6, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Work Visas and Economics: Decline in legal immigration is contributing to severe labor shortages

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Little Big League: Professional baseball could be America’s next labor battle over unionization

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Demanding Dignity: New generation of Wisconsin activists fight for better wages and work conditions

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Great Resignation Myth: Report finds consistent signs of increased power for workers in Wisconsin

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Corporate Blowback: Self-organized labor movement to protect workers’ rights behind push for unions

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Salt of the Earth: Classic Hollywood films have long dramatized America’s rich labor history

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Of ships and stones: A review of the political spectrum separating “Rings of Power” and “House of the Dragon”

September 5, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
A torturous birth: How “House of the Dragon” reduces the role of women to little more than just a womb

September 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
The myth of monsters: Why dragons have historically represented in many cultures the power of nature

September 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Prayers amid trauma: Survivors respond to funeral as Archdiocese of Milwaukee honors Rembert Weakland

September 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Mike Larson: Personal reflections on remaining Catholic in spite of the ongoing sex abuse crisis

September 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
When words hurt instead of heal: What never to say to someone who has survived abuse by Catholic clergy

September 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Democracy is not guaranteed: President Biden sounds alarm about extremism by Trump’s “MAGA Republicans”

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Political violence as the norm: Trump signals plans to pardon January 6 insurrectionists if re-elected in 2024

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Tax records show GOP candidate Tim Michels gave $175K to Wisconsin anti-abortion groups during pandemic

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Election Scheming: New details highlight how Ginni Thomas lobbied to overturn Wisconsin’s 2020 results

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
A fragile ego: When Trump’s mythos collapses it may drag fervent followers into his narcissistic downfall

September 3, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A manufactured crisis: Beijing resents when a democracy like Taiwan gets too close to America

September 2, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The Belt and Road Initiative: Why China’s ambitious global development plan will chiefly benefit China

September 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
The concept of Han: Understanding how the ancestral heart of Korea’s spirit can teach us solidarity

September 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
At long last: President Joe Biden calls out MAGA Republicans for their threat of being “semi-fascists”

September 1, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
An autocratic realignment: What if Trump’s conspiracy plot went well beyond what the public knows?

September 1, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Obstruction of Justice: Behind Trump’s concealment of classified documents stolen from the government

September 1, 2022 | Heather Richardson |

August

Paid for by Big Pharma: Mandela Barnes hits at Ron Johnson for selling out to big corporate donors

August 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Statutory Corruption: When saving trillions of dollars and millions of American lives is not enough

August 31, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Economic impact: Experts doubt that Milwaukee could actually see $200M in revenue from the RNC in 2024

August 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Yvonne Kemp Day: Pioneering female photojournalist celebrated for her years of documenting Milwaukee

August 30, 2022 | Awards, Featured |
Photography of imaginary things: Who takes credit for AI-generated artwork using a neural network?

August 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Dreams of Civil Rights: Why Americans are still fighting the same fights a hundred years later

August 30, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Expanded plan by Governor Evers aims to help working families with tax cuts offset by massive budget surplus

August 29, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
A Political Cash Cow: How Big Business uses inflation to increase profits and derail democracy

August 29, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Corporate Socialism: How Federal policy went from regulating big business to heavily subsidizing it

August 29, 2022 | Robert Reich |
Milwaukee’s City TV Channel now broadcasting programs with closed captioning in Spanish

August 28, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
A rising death toll: Why crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has become more tragic for migrants

August 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Biden administration to end cruel Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico

August 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Zaporizhzhia could be Chernobyl 2.0: The Russians are again orchestrating an atomic disaster for the world

August 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
An enduring resilience: Remembering Ukraine’s 1991 vote for independence and its continued courage

August 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The Dream of Democracy: Why Ukrainians have never treated their country’s sovereignty as a given

August 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Mental Health Complex to permanently close as County fully transitions to community-based care

August 26, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
The Cure: Why Universal healthcare would enable a healthier population to withstand the next pandemic

August 26, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Signs of hope: Wisconsin medical advisors urge caution as COVID-19 hospitalizations fluctuate

August 26, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin borrowers could get up to $20K in student loan relief with President Biden’s plan to cancel debt

August 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Restricting Teachers: When politicians use fear to control classroom discussions about slavery

August 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Teacher shortage problem: Why disrespect of the academic profession is driving educators away

August 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Drop in Enrollment: Wisconsin schools struggle to recover from pandemic even as COVID-19 cases decline

August 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
From Irpin to Milwaukee: The price we still pay after six months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

August 24, 2022 | Editorial, Featured, Ukraine |
A Colonial War: How Ukrainians are resisting the centuries-old ambitions of Russia’s imperialism

August 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Unhealed Wounds: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine prompts Baltic states to remove Soviet memorials

August 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
State-sponsored Antisemitism: Kremlin’s threat to close Jewish emigration service echoes Soviet era

August 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Irpin is my home: Art project uses drawings by local children to produce t-shirt collection of solidarity

August 23, 2022 | Featured, Ukraine |
Bravery as a brand: When Ukraine turned adverting its national image into an effective weapon of war

August 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Crimea’s significance: Understanding the new tactics by Ukraine to liberate its strategic territory

August 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Under conditions of war: Friendships and family ties in Ukraine have been both shattered and strengthened

August 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Reggie Jackson: What you don’t know about hate may kill me

August 22, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The cost of cultural ignorance: Why American Sikhs remain targets of bigotry and racial violence

August 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Frontier Mythology: American gun culture ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

August 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reinventing Treason: When four illegitimate Republican presidents each abandon democracy

August 21, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Rage Giving: When charitable donations are motivated by dissatisfaction with the political climate

August 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why privacy is a foundation of many constitutional protections but not mentioned in the Constitution

August 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Governor Evers slams latest delay by Republicans over releasing funds to treat opioid abuse in Wisconsin

August 20, 2022 | Curated |
One Pill Can Kill: Waukesha declares health crisis after record number of youth overdose on Fentanyl

August 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
White market drugs: Why the opioid crisis induced by Big Pharma goes beyond the villainy of the Sacklers

August 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
MCTS continues to transform fleet with 73 new clean diesel buses to serve Milwaukee County routes

August 19, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
MCTS rolls out three phase plan for transitioning to new WisGo fare collection system in 2023

August 19, 2022 | Curated |
Uptick in transit ridership: MCTS surpasses one million more rides than same time in 2021

August 19, 2022 | Curated |
A political debt: Race for governor heats up as Evers criticizes his opponent for being beholden to Trump

August 18, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
From bewildered to outraged: When Americans idolize a man who broke his solemn oath for personal gain

August 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Betraying the Blue: GOP co-opts call for “defunding police” after Trump held accountable to rule of law

August 18, 2022 | Curated |
A Gallery of Heroes: War Memorial Center opens Wisconsin’s first Medal of Honor exhibit

August 17, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Wall of Faces: Photo found for each service member with name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

August 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
A return to repression: The Taliban has failed to deliver on its promises a year after the fall of Kabul

August 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Forensic Evidence: Lessons from Afghanistan show challenges of proving Russian war crimes in Ukraine

August 16, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Powerful Images: How social media has altered journalism standards for the depictions of war

August 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Russia seeks to further isolate itself with decision to withdraw from the International Space Station

August 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Escaping from Russian Terror: A reminder that war in Ukraine is not over as families seek safety in Milwaukee

August 15, 2022 | Editorial, Featured, Ukraine |
Six months of suffering: Ukrainian community in Milwaukee holds rally against Russia’s ongoing war

August 15, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Distracting from stolen wealth: Why the rightwing’s “Culture War” sounds so similar to Putin’s propaganda

August 15, 2022 | Robert Reich, Ukraine |
Persecuted Writers: The attack on Salman Rushdie is a wake-up call for defending the freedom to write

August 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
A clash with the Quran: Why Salman Rushdie’s book remains highly controversial after three decades

August 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Espionage Act: How seized top-secret documents point to possible criminal wrongdoing by former president

August 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Indigenous artists: New photo and painting exhibits showcase Native American identity and history

August 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rosa Parks documentary to be part of diverse line-up for 2022 Cultures and Communities Film Festival

August 13, 2022 | Curated |
Milton House: Wisconsin’s only remaining authenticated stop on the Underground Railroad

August 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Environmental Justice: New state office will address climate disparities and help chart a cleaner future

August 12, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Advocates hope Federal program to clean Great Lakes can help stretch of Mississippi River along Wisconsin

August 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin joins Midwest states in plan to build a Lake Michigan road trip route for electric vehicles

August 12, 2022 | Curated |
Political scientists have tried for three generations to figure out why Republicans detest public schools

August 11, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Insecurity by design: Waukesha officials move to end universal free school meals in latest blow to families

August 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Location unveiled for new youth correctional facility in Milwaukee to replace Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake

August 11, 2022 | Curated |
COVID’s Next Wave: Rapidly mutating virus has public questioning whether to boost now or wait

August 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
America’s crumbling healthcare: Study finds “Medicare for All” could have prevented 338,000 COVID deaths

August 10, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Monkeypox in Milwaukee: Supervisor Burgelis seeks to increase public awareness of newest health hazard

August 10, 2022 | Curated |
I am not a crook: When Nixon preferred to step down as America’s president rather than admit his own guilt

August 9, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
The example of Watergate: How “gate” became a symbolic substitution for political scandal

August 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Myths in Journalism: Woodward and Bernstein exposed Nixon’s crimes but did not bring down a president

August 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why the Sikh Temple massacre remains an inconvenient example of Milwaukee’s caring and complicity

August 8, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
The enduring spirit of Chardi Kala: How Oak Creek’s Sikh community continues to share “eternal optimism”

August 8, 2022 | Photos |
A Warning Unheeded: Terror attacks on places of worship increasing in spite of painful lessons

August 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ride Against Hate: Sikh Motorcycle Club makes cross-country journey to Oak Creek for August 5 memorial

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Heal, Unite, Act: Pardeep Singh Kaleka on restoring hope 10 years after the Sikh Temple tragedy

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Amaris Kaur Kaleka: I hope there comes a day when my generation can shop, learn, and pray without dying

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Tarina Ahuja: Reflections of a twenty-year-old from ten years after the 2012 Sikh Temple mass shooting

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Male Supremacy: What will men do when religious autocrats come for the women in their lives?

August 7, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Failed state referendum shows overwhelming public support for constitutional right to an abortion

August 7, 2022 | Robert Reich |
Period Poverty: How the shortage of tampons is exacerbating the plight of low-income women

August 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
RNC 2024: Republican Party officially selects Milwaukee as host city for its National Convention

August 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Markets work, governments don’t: Why neoliberalism is a deeply flawed and contradictory ideology

August 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Poisonous Opinions: The lasting social influence of political crowdfunding campaigns

August 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The Myth of America as a land of Representative Democracy

August 5, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Racist Backlash: Why the election of a Black president was a threat to 200 years of legal White Nationalism

August 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
George Wallace in Wisconsin: Book explores how the Badger State helped elevate a staunch segregationist

August 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Guns as a symbol of Whiteness: How GOP ads use militant identity politics to promote culture wars

August 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
2nd Amendment Scam: America is under armed assault by people claiming power from the Constitution

August 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Congressional committee report accuses Gun Industry of “profiting off the blood of innocent Americans”

August 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
At the mercy of China: How corporate profiteers that sent manufacturing jobs overseas put America at risk

August 3, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Uyghur Genocide: China faces Human Rights investigations over forced organ harvesting

August 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Threats from Beijing: Why Nancy Pelosi’s congressional visit to Taiwan provoked such diplomatic anger

August 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Security for our Sister City: Milwaukee approves the donation of protective police gear to Irpin in Ukraine

August 2, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Escaping the war: How Ukrainian families in Wisconsin find help from the Resettlement Assistance Program

August 2, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Cultural Symbolism: Why heritage sites in Ukraine like Saint Sophia Cathedral remain a threat to Russia

August 2, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
See Me Because: Transit art campaign about why young voices matter installed along The Hop Streetcar route

August 1, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Exhibition of works by Ashcan School and The Eight explores the beginnings of Modern Art in America

August 1, 2022 | Curated |
A language for all: Esperanto was created in 1887 for international communication with a promise of peace

August 1, 2022 | Syndicated |

July

Schlaraffia Milwaukia: Calling all German-speaking men who appreciate art, humor, and friendship

July 31, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Nearly half of $32.4M of WHEDA grant for affordable multifamily housing projects to invest in Milwaukee

July 31, 2022 | Curated |
Market Uncertainty: Economists outline what to watch for as America drifts into next housing crisis

July 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Reproductive Rallying Cry: How the radical Anti-Vaccination Movement co-opted “My Body, My Choice”

July 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Self-Managed Abortions: Drugs to end unintended pregnancies gains attention but brings legal risks

July 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Paralyzed by Hate: How a Title IX investigation of sexual harassment paralyzed a Wisconsin town

July 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: No guarantee of freedom when courts and lawmakers fail to protect our rights

July 29, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A world without rights: Wisconsin abortion programs navigate how to provide care where still legal

July 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Witnesses testify to Congress that Pregnant patients without abortion access face a “death sentence”

July 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
An invitation to care: New exhibit at Charles Allis Art Museum explores the “Ghosts of Segregation”

July 28, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Fred Gray: Landmark-setting Civil Rights lawyer awarded Medal of Freedom for lifetime of work

July 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
With Alex Lasry out of senate race, Mandela Barnes emerges as top Democrat to take on Ron Johnson

July 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Sparked by hot political issues: How American youth could potentially swing elections in key states

July 27, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Milwaukee County plans voter education program after State Supreme Court prohibits ballot boxes

July 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Punishing Democracy: How the GOP was able to enact dozens of state laws since 2020 to criminalize voters

July 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
It doth prosper: Of all his failed businesses treason seems to be Trump’s most profitable business ever

July 26, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Supporting Trump’s treachery continues even with detailed accounts of his seditious pursuit of power

July 26, 2022 | Robert Reich |
January 6 hearings: The truth may not be enough to prove democracy is still a viable form of government

July 26, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Cavalier Johnson reflects on the challenges and successes of his first 100 days as Mayor of Milwaukee

July 25, 2022 | Audio, Featured |
Solutions to hunger: As pandemic support fades Wisconsinites seek options to alleviate food insecure

July 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
COVID-19 on the rise: Wisconsin again recommends that the public masks up indoors for health safety

July 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
A war on food in Ukraine: World Central Kitchen’s relief effort has served 100 Million meals in 5 months

July 24, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Illusion of Greatness: Russia’s war continues to be propelled by propaganda and historic parallelism

July 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
False claims of Nazism: Putin is already floating justification for an invasion of Poland

July 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
A terror playbook: Almost two million Ukrainians have been victims of Russia’s mass kidnappings

July 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
War-shattered infrastructure: North Korean labor to rebuild occupied Donbas region destroyed by Russia

July 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Morally Exhausted: Why Russian soldiers are refusing to fight in the unprovoked war on Ukraine

July 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Reggie Jackson: Jayland Walker vs. the Highland Park Mass Shooter offers a lesson in contrasts

July 22, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A catalyst for fear: How to help children cope with the violence they are bombarded with in the news

July 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Superintendent of Public Instruction says restricting access to guns is key to school safety in Wisconsin

July 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
An apology to Millennials for failing to stop the Reagan Revolution that ruined America’s middle-class

July 21, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Divided by purity politics: Why squabbling among progressives is pushing democracy into the Abyss

July 21, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Symptoms of a rigged system: Why Democrats cannot defeat Trumpism without an agenda of radical reform

July 21, 2022 | Robert Reich |
The secret assault on our rights: How Conservatives used Wisconsin as a laboratory for autocracy

July 20, 2022 | Robert Reich |
The original Cancel Culture: How Republicans have been hard at work nullifying America for decades

July 20, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Handcuffs on Democracy: When a court sworn to uphold the law becomes a threat to the rule of law

July 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
Design for new Milwaukee Public Museum shows influence from the ecological history of Wisconsin

July 19, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
Free 988 Crisis Lifeline offers Wisconsin residents 24/7 confidential behavioral healthcare and support

July 19, 2022 | Curated |
Milwaukee students use summer program to imagine successful futures by exploring career opportunities

July 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Twenty years of dirty tricks: How Florida in 2000 became Roger Stone’s version 1.0 of “Stop the Steal”

July 18, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A Civil War in the making: The payoff for 50 years of attacks by rightwing interests on democracy

July 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Political Convention: Republican Party now likely to name their 2024 presidential candidate in Milwaukee

July 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Maks Levin: Report finds that celebrated Ukrainian photojournalist was executed by Russian troops

July 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Shared European security: Why it is not wise to be alone in a region with an authoritarian neighbor

July 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukraine’s Foreign Legion: Russia further ignores international law by denying prisoner-of-war status

July 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
A takeover in small steps: Supreme Court already altering laws to pre-rig 2024 presidential election

July 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Once Upon a Time in Washington DC: When Republicans were on the side of freedom and human dignity

July 16, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
A rebuke to EPA: Decision by SCOTUS to limit regulatory oversight puts other enforcement agencies on notice

July 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The lasting damage of America’s current Culture Wars

July 15, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
How the “Rights of States” claim has historically been used to oppress Americans and deny their rights

July 15, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Untethered from reality: Why the Big Lie has now become a central tenet of Republican dogma

July 15, 2022 | Robert Reich |
An Armed Revolution: Congressional testimony highlights Trump’s effort to spark a Civil War

July 14, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Degradation of Democracy: New analysis details how the Supreme Court’s record has hit rock bottom

July 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
The profit of Citizens United: How a perverted decision by the Supreme Court legalized political bribery

July 14, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Crime and Republicans: Trump’s sedition is fulfillment of what George Washington warned about in 1796

July 13, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Bombshell Revelations: Testimony details how Trump White House planned attack on the Capitol

July 13, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Richard Nixon’s Heir: Trump was also intent on using presidential powers to subvert the Constitution

July 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
An American Delusion: When wishing upon a star finds the reality of dreams limited by race and gender

July 12, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Audit finds Black applicants to be half as likely to receive Federal pandemic aid in Wisconsin as Whites

July 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
A COVID-19 Stalemate: As federal cash for vaccines dries up each state will need to fund its own pandemic care

July 12, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Supreme Coup: High Court’s moral perversion continues to pave way for Trump’s fascist ideology

July 11, 2022 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Of coups and cover-ups: Public petition amplifies calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached

July 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Cherry-picking history: When the foundering fathers supported women’s autonomy over abortion decisions

July 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Everything at stake after Roe: Why Republicans will not stop until all Constitutional rights are revoked

July 10, 2022 | Featured, Robert Reich |
President Joe Biden signs executive order safeguarding access to abortion for women restricted by state bans

July 10, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Post-Roe inequities: Access to reproductive health care has always been harder for women of color

July 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Remembering Abe: Once in Yamaguchi when I awkwardly shook hands with Japan’s future Prime Minister

July 9, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
Political Violence: Assassination of Japan’s Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo shocks the world

July 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Expanding News Deserts: Despite efforts to halt trend local newspapers are still closing at alarming rate

July 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Trumpism without Trump: Why modern Conservative ideology continues to reflect the Confederacy

July 8, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
How shadow Think Tanks are used as sock puppets by Hate Groups to legitimize their poisonous doctrine

July 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Republican Hatefest: Not all local business owners support the RNC coming to Milwaukee

July 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Guns have Won: We should end public gatherings since the Second Amendment supersedes all other rights

July 7, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Children will only be safe from guns when we change from a culture of violence to a culture of peace

July 7, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Roots of a crisis: Wisconsin’s baby formula shortage triggered by federally incentivized consolidations

July 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
Gun Worship: SCOTUS confirms the pro-life myth by rewarding arms industry just after Uvalde massacre

July 6, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
A collapse of Civil Society: How the NRA sacrificed America’s children on the alter of profit

July 6, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Criminalized miscarriages: Legal experts say stillbirths in Wisconsin will result in police investigations

July 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Blood Sport: How the Second Amendment fueled the gun lobby’s fetish for death and carnage

July 5, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Latest ruling by Supreme Court elevates gun ownership to a fundamental Constitutional right

July 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Another horrifying day in America: Mass shooting in Chicago suburb leaves 6 dead at July 4th Parade

July 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Time to end the dysfunctional Electoral College that allowed Ron Johnson to nearly get away with treason

July 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Wisconsin leaders demand Ron Johnson resign over his attempt to use fake electors to overturn 2020 election

July 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Representative Ocasio-Cortez calls for impeachment of rightwing Justices who lied under oath to Congress

July 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Federal gun safety legislation offers historic first step to address America’s pandemic of gun violence

July 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Aftermath of mass shootings: The long pattern in American politics from outrage to indifference

July 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Elusive dream of gun control: America should prepare for another decade of slaughtered schoolchildren

July 3, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Exaggerated Impact: Why the topic of immigration is distorted globally to gain political advantages

July 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Detained in the cold: Overcrowded cells built for adults at border facilities is no place for children

July 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Dead migrants found in abandoned trailer truck shows desperation caused by Trump’s Title 42 policy

July 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Sister Norma Pimentel: An impromptu chat with the “Pope’s favorite nun” during a drive to the border

July 1, 2022 | Featured, Profiles |
Mission to the Border: Latino advocacy group leaves politics behind for immigration fact-finding tour

July 1, 2022 | Articles |
Mission to the Border: Milwaukee delegation gets first-hand reports from refugee shelters in Mexico

July 1, 2022 | Photos |

June

How the Supreme Court continues dismantling democracy where Trump’s January 6 attack failed

June 30, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Roe is on the ballot: Why the final word on protecting abortion rights is now in the hands of voters

June 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
One step closer to slavery: Without bodily autonomy Americans have now become state regulated livestock

June 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
After inaction by legislature Attorney General Kaul files lawsuit to block Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law

June 29, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
With ruling against abortion rights the U.S. Supreme Court lost its last shred of Constitutional legitimacy

June 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Radical Ruling: The impact of Dobbs goes beyond the issue of abortion and the decision to overturn Roe

June 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The racial imbalance of Milwaukee’s 2022 Residential Property Assessments

June 28, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin school district accused of “false balance” over rejection of book on Japanese internment

June 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rhetoric that robs society: Why it would cost the Federal government nothing to cancel student debt

June 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
All doctors prosecuted for performing abortions in Wisconsin will be offered clemency by Governor Evers

June 27, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Trump-appointed Supreme Court majority overturns Constitutional right of women to have an abortion

June 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
A post-Roe future: How Wisconsin will navigate a tangled chain of abortion laws dating back to 1849

June 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why a perfect storm of financial hardship is the Republican legacy of Reagan’s deregulated economy

June 26, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Freshwater Quality: Lots of unfinished work after 50 years of effort to restore the Great Lakes

June 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee to join cities nationwide in measuring the “urban heat island” effect from climate change

June 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Global Burning: How the fossil fuel industry earns revenue from authoritarianism and climate change

June 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Transit budget difficulties: Milwaukee County further streamlines bus routes from COVID impact on ridership

June 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin explores investing millions in federal funds to expand infrastructure for electric vehicles

June 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center nears funding goal to install new “Gallery of Honor” exhibit

June 24, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Remnant of the Lost Cause ideology: U.S. Army moves to rename bases that honor Confederate generals

June 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
As Russia stumbles: How the unprovoked war in Ukraine is upending the global arms industry

June 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
Battle against censorship: Fire-Proof edition of “Handmaid’s Tale” released to fight GOP book-banning

June 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
Embracing the Dark Side: How Republicans are learning at the feet of the master to promote Authoritarianism

June 23, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Why it is finally time to talk about what a fascist government in control of America would look like

June 23, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Poorer and less secure: Putin’s bloody assault of Ukraine is badly dividing other post-Soviet countries

June 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Prelude to Annexation: Russian policy seeks to further weaponize citizenship in occupied Ukrainian territories

June 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Hybrid Warfare: How Ukraine is winning the hearts and minds of Americans to offset Russia’s propaganda

June 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Milwaukee’s interfaith community installs new multi-language monument as a proclamation for peace

June 21, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Artworks showroom to open at Dubbel Dutch Hotel with focus on local architecture for Gallery Night

June 21, 2022 | Curated |
Can’t handle the truth: Why people prefer ghosting when they lack ability to have honest conversations

June 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Juneteenth 2022: Milwaukee commemorates Federal holiday for Emancipation with 51st annual parade

June 20, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Reggie Jackson: Reflecting one year later on the significance of Juneteenth becoming a Federal holiday

June 20, 2022 | Columns, Reggie Jackson |
General Order Number 3: How the news of freedom became a rallying point for enslaved Black Americans

June 20, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Fulfilling Juneteenth: Why many Black Americans are still awaiting Emancipation after 157 years

June 20, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Slavery by another name: When Juneteenth celebrated resilience amid the failure of full Emancipation

June 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ukraine Fatigue: How the international community’s selfish distractions could hand Putin a victory

June 19, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
An inhuman scheme: When Russia’s goal for war is to depopulate Ukraine and render it uninhabitable

June 19, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why Putin’s genocide in Ukraine is rooted in a long tradition of dehumanizing former Soviet cultures

June 19, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Volunteers in Kyiv endure burdens of exhuming bodies to help investigate war crimes by Russian troops

June 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Army of Thieves: Putin’s military weakness follows a long history of corrupt Russian regimes

June 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The sum of Putin’s fears: Why Ukrainian national identity drifted West even in Russian-friendly regions

June 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Anya Nakonechna shares why the Lviv Opera is a symbol of her nation’s culture

June 17, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: A folk village where visitors can experience the life of past generations

June 17, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Signs of renewal sprout from under Irpin’s rubble as city looks to the future

June 17, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: The experience of attending a military funeral in Kyiv while children died in Uvalde

June 16, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Stepping out of the fog of war to see the beauty of faith in ancient places of worship

June 16, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: The cities of Kyiv and Lviv were divided by history but remain united in identity

June 16, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
The Big Exodus: How creating Ukrainian refugees was part of Putin’s plan to destabilize Europe

June 15, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Attacks on hospitals and maternity wards continue to wreak havoc on Ukraine’s public health system

June 15, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Room to Live: Stories from resettled women and children in a new community of Ukrainian refugees

June 15, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Putin’s attack on Babyn Yar is a painful reminder of the broken vow of “Never Again”

June 14, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: An unexpected encounter with Jewish history and the bloody legacy of persecution

June 14, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Listening to timeless voices of ethnic heritage etched in stone at Lychakiv Cemetery

June 14, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: How Milwaukee helped a bakery feed hungry survivors in Bucha with fresh bread

June 13, 2022 | Featured, Ukraine, Video |
Stories from Ukraine: Bucha resident recalls how Russians turned neighborhood into a street of death

June 13, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: How a mass grave of executions overshadowed accountability from Bucha’s leadership

June 13, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Why Putin will fail: Former Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine shares views on Russia’s strategic situation

June 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
How Putin could win: Russia appears to be making progress with its goals for war despite setbacks

June 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
#ArmUkraineNow: A feminist’s reaction to the senseless anti-war message from feminists

June 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
What a negotiated peace means for Ukraine as the Russian invasion becomes a war of attrition

June 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Lessons from 1948: How the West should implement a Marshall Plan for Ukraine to aid its reconstruction

June 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why the supposedly superior Russian forces have been repeatedly matched by Ukraine’s undersized military

June 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Interview with Oleksandr Markushin: Mayor of Irpin and the hero of a Hero City

June 10, 2022 | Featured, Ukraine, Video |
A Meeting of Sister Cities: Former and current Mayors of Irpin ask Milwauke’s business community for help

June 10, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Having a shared purpose helped Irpin’s leaders protect the city and stop the invaders

June 10, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: How Irpin’s cemetery processed the staggering massacre of its local citizens

June 9, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Healing remains slow as Borodyanka residents recover from occupation

June 9, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: The deep scars of war remain visibly etched across the landscape of Borodyanka

June 9, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Graveyards of Russian war machines show the scale of Putin’s failure to seize Kyiv

June 8, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Following the invasion convoy’s 40-mile route and exploring an abandoned base

June 8, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Illegal weapons and proof of Russian War Crimes easily seen along streets of Irpin

June 8, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Wandering in the ruins of a shattered life after surviving Russia’s invasion

June 7, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Similar to the Alamo, martyred cities bought precious time to save a nation

June 7, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Tent camp offers shelter for displaced residents until Irpin can rebuild lost homes

June 7, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Reports from Ukraine: Traveling from Milwaukee to a country at war just to take a vacation from America

June 6, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Latino artist travels to Irpin to paint mural inspired by “Echoes of Guernica”

June 6, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Irpin residents welcome reissue of Russian Warship Stamp as latest sign of victory

June 6, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
A retreat on all fronts: How Putin’s ego instigated the exact outcomes his invasion attempted to prevent

June 5, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Crime of Aggression: How Putin could be charged by an international criminal tribunal for the Ukraine War

June 5, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Theological Propaganda: Why Orthodox Ukrainians are protesting churches with allegiance to Russia

June 5, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Destruction of Trust: The most important aspect of a democracy that enemies relentlessly target first

June 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Unlearning Racism: Experiencing racial discrimination is not actually doing anything to combat it

June 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Separate and Unequal: Despite decades of effort American schools remain far from racially integrated

June 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Moving the nation forward by investing in ordinary Americans was what created our strong economy

June 3, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
With COVID no longer a major concern Wisconsin manufacturers feel cautious optimism about future

June 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rewarding the Sedition Caucus: Why Big Oil is so happy to give GOP Insurrectionists campaign funding

June 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
The deep roots of America’s racial wealth divide and why it exists by historical design

June 2, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Fracturing and Fragmenting: The role of social cohesion in America and our cost of losing it

June 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Surveillance Capitalism: Lack of online data privacy could be used against women seeking abortions

June 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Weapons of Mass Hate: Why the poison that is racism has never improved America’s condition

June 1, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Persistent Poverty: Our child welfare system is falling short of meeting needs due to overwhelming demand

June 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
Impact of COVID isolation: Health professionals see growing mental health crisis with Wisconsin children

June 1, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |

May

There appears to be no threshold of violence to convince Republicans against accepting NRA cash

May 31, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Public accuses heavily armed Texas police of cowardice for doing nothing to stop Uvalde shootings

May 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Unless Wisconsin voters choose new legislators there is little hope of passing any gun safety measures

May 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
The constant trauma of mass shootings: When an unbroken chain of acceptable violence leaves us numb

May 30, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Why one massacre after another is a symptom of the takeover of our nation by a radical extremist minority

May 30, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
The War on Children: Maybe Republican politicians would passionately protect kids if they were guns

May 30, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Beyond Minority Rule: How the quest to obtain unchallenged power is killing America

May 29, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Maybe it is time to start doubting that the Democratic party can save America from rightwing machinations

May 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
America Fatigue Syndrome: Watching a black hole of madness devour a country addicted to madness

May 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Two versions of America: Efforts to reverse Roe v. Wade proves a second Civil War is already underway

May 28, 2022 | Featured, Robert Reich |
Left Behind: Why White Conservative Christians view the Democratic Party in terms of Apocalyptic Politics

May 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Unhealthy Relationships: How to love the people we no longer even like

May 27, 2022 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Lost to Hate: It is time to stop accommodating racist White fanatics stuck in a past that will not be revived

May 27, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Democracy under threat: When disasters bring instability and those ready to exploit the situation

May 26, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
The War on Women: Why Republicans will have blood on their hands when Roe v. Wade is overturned

May 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Educational mobile app with walking tours about Milwaukee’s LGBTQ history to debut at PrideFest

May 25, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
The War on LGBTQ: Republicans are already waging a profoundly disturbing assault to end Gay Rights

May 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
A pariah state: Approach to isolate and contain Russia follows strategy long used against Soviet Union

May 24, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Bogus Holy Wars: What a cathedral dedicated brutal authoritarianism symbolizes about Putin’s Russia

May 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
From oil embargoes to gas cutoffs: Why Putin’s weaponization of energy resources could backfire

May 23, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
The Great Resignation: Multinationals are leaving Russia faster than they did Apartheid-era South Africa

May 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Wisconsin National Guard members look toward their futures As COVID-related missions wind down

May 22, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Congressional effort seeks to expand federal benefits of firefighters for first time in two decades

May 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Life returns to Irpin: Repairing vital infrastructure has happened quickly but healing still a slow process

May 21, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Desperate Ukrainian families search for missing relatives among mass of unidentified bodies in Bucha

May 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Members of legendary band U2 perform solidarity concert in Kyiv metro before visiting Irpin and Bucha

May 20, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Ukrainian designer proposes refugee memorial at site of iconic Irpin bridge destroyed to stop Russian attack

May 20, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
A Long History: How Spanish speakers were part of Wisconsin’s economy since before its statehood

May 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
A struggle to be seen: Why Wisconsin’s Hmong American community continues to face discrimination

May 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Hapa Project looks past strict categories in the census to reveal Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity

May 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Buffalo shooter not a lone wolf: How mainstream racial discourse nurtures White domestic terrorists

May 18, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
When treason doth prosper: The daily efforts to transform America into a one-party state

May 18, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
A fascination with falsehoods: Republicans are 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats

May 18, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
The Sabotage of America: Putin would have invaded Ukraine sooner had Trump’s January 6 coup succeeded

May 17, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Fabricating the Big Lie: An inside look at how the stolen election myth was constructed by Trump

May 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Failed Experiment: Cashing in on the collapse of Neoliberalism and a race to embrace authoritarianism

May 17, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Lessons from the Downtown shootings: Residents of Milwaukee cannot hide from our responsibilities

May 16, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Replacement Theory: The violent fragility of White men who fear their power will be taken by people of color

May 16, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Mainstreaming White Nationalism: When a racial massacre is tied to hateful rhetoric from cable news

May 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Multiple shootings after Milwaukee Bucks playoff game forces city to issue downtown curfew for youth

May 15, 2022 | Featured |
Gigantic mural honoring Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo unveiled at community celebration

May 15, 2022 | Articles |
Mauricio Ramirez: Covering a downtown building with a photorealistic mural of Giannis Antetokounmpo

May 15, 2022 | Articles |
Cutthroat individualism, Andrew Carnegie, and lessons for the upcoming midterm elections

May 14, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Assault on voting rights: Midterms may mark the beginning of the end for our multiracial democracy

May 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why Democratic leadership is suffering from a serious deficiency of outrage against Trump’s corruption

May 14, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
When Authoritarianism is not enough: Why bullies claim to be the victims in defense of their brutality

May 13, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
White America’s misplaced anger: Why rural areas have deteriorated under a party that promotes racism

May 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
The luxury of opposition: Why Republicans beat a “culture war” drum instead of offering solutions

May 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Bizarre Silence: Why Republicans want to “save the children” until the issue of guns is mentioned

May 12, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Wisconsin activists mobilize against looser gun laws as Governor vetoes bills that threaten public safety

May 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
Punished by the System: Why Julie Valadez is determined to be an active mother to her children again

May 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
The fate of Roe v. Wade: Why a thirst for power is driving the Republican assault on abortion rights

May 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
The “Browning” of America: Anti-Abortion efforts are fundamentally about a shortage of White babies

May 11, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Suffering and Chaos: When attacks on Constitutional protections comes from a Right-Wing Supreme Court

May 11, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Decoding Trump’s brand of autocracy and a rightwing ideology that seeks to dismantle our rule of law

May 10, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Entrenched political lies: Why calls to end democracy with Martial Law are the ultimate “Big Government”

May 10, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Beyond 2020 Election: Why Wisconsin Republicans use false claims to continue their attack on democracy

May 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Day of Remembrance: The darkness of “Never Again” could not last a century before it repeated in Ukraine

May 9, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Trump’s Other Lie: Why Putin fell just one presidential election short of a complete success in Ukraine

May 9, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
How Afghan evacuees have enriched Wisconsin’s workforce despite barriers for immigrant labor

May 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Propaganda Coup: Sources report that Putin is expected to annex separatist proxy states in Ukraine

May 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Sociology of Evil: Why Ukraine’s new language of war uses Tolkien’s metaphor to express Russian brutality

May 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukraine’s fight for democracy gets needed support after Congress revives WWII-era lend-lease program

May 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Milwaukee Independent honored with 8 top awards from Milwaukee Press Club for 2021 journalism work

May 7, 2022 | Articles, Awards, Featured |
Kinship with community: Riverwest Food Pantry changes name to emphasize serving the “whole person”

May 7, 2022 | Curated |
Breadcrumbs from a breadbasket: How war in Ukraine created a perfect storm for global food scarcity

May 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
When secular laws that support human rights for all are unraveled by arbitrary religious beliefs of a few

May 6, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Leaked plan to overturn Roe v. Wade revives question of enforcing Wisconsin’s 173-year-old abortion ban

May 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why the economy and well-being of women will face irreparable harm when access to abortion is limited

May 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Port Milwaukee expects more than 10,000 cruise ship passengers to visit the city for 2022 summer season

May 5, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
Milwaukee earns environmental praise for initiative to eliminate combined sewer overflows by 2035

May 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Impact on well-being: How Wisconsin’s agricultural runoff became an overlooked threat to public health

May 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why hate is alive and well: Silence, suppression, and the Racial Reckoning in America that never was

May 4, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Packing the Court: Long-term legal strategy is fundamental to protecting the rights of women

May 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Why the potential of overturning Roe v. Wade follows Dred Scott decision to remove constitutional rights

May 4, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Lost Integrity: An inquiry into leak of draft abortion ruling will not restore Supreme Court’s credibility

May 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Era of Unrest: Risk of public violence over abortion is growing regardless of what Supreme Court decides

May 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Fugitive Woman Act: When women in Red States need shelter to escape draconian anti-abortion laws

May 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Milwaukee expands access to affordable housing on Near West Side with project-based vouchers

May 3, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
May Day 2022 March: Wisconsin activists continue fighting for overdue immigrant rights

May 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Standing Up: Fictional novel by Milwaukee activists explores the long struggle for workers’ rights

May 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Memorial bench unveiled at Red Arrow Park to honor Dontre Hamilton and support care for mental health

May 2, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Bublr continues expansion of electric assist bicycles in Milwaukee with plans to add almost 400 in 2022

May 2, 2022 | Curated |
Urban Agriculture: Venice R. Williams appointed as Interim Executive Director for Fondy Food Center

May 2, 2022 | Curated |
Seduction of Snake Oil: Foxconn’s tentative existence is far from its “Eighth Wonder of the World” sales pitch

May 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
New report reveals an alarming number of products at discount stores contain harmful chemicals

May 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
Allergic Reactions: Research finds that pollen season is expanding and intensifying with climate change

May 1, 2022 | Syndicated |

April

“Seeing the Universe in a Single Flower” at a Japanese Ikebana exhibit inspired by the Pabst Mansion

April 30, 2022 | Photos |
Dirt, sweat, and tranquility: How the pandemic’s gardening boom became a refuge for public health

April 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Arts and culture organizations in Wisconsin are showing signs of recovery after pandemic disruption

April 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Every day is a bonus: Local veterans take inspirational journey to DC on Honor Flight’s 61st mission

April 29, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Uplifting veterans of color: County Executive David Crowley volunteers as guardian for 61st Honor Flight

April 29, 2022 | Articles |
A more perfect peace: Lessons from William Tecumseh Sherman about the inherent cruelty of war

April 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Fears of an expanding conflict: Why the war in Ukraine could soon spread to Moldova and Transnistria

April 28, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
When brute power prevails: Peaceful disobedience only works against regimes with an ability to feel shame

April 28, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Putin’s imperialist aspirations: How Ukraine went from being ignored by America to a vital national interest

April 28, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why it is finally time to nationalize America’s fossil fuel industry to end our spiraling energy war

April 27, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
From electric vehicles to ride sharing: How global warming could slow from changes in transportation

April 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Other Drug Problem: How a trend of polypharmacy is affecting the health of Baby Boomers

April 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Inflection Point: Americans must at least be willing to reclaim our democracy from the rise of oligarchs

April 26, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The Attack on Disney: A case study for how fascism progresses toward tyranny in America

April 26, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Milwaukee scholars urge Congress to remedy wealth gap from decades of housing discrimination

April 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
When book bans become personal: A list of the twenty-two books I own that have been politically prohibited

April 25, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Loss of Agency: America’s soul struggles to find restoration against demagoguery and racism

April 25, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Confusing the concept of democracy with a distorted ideology of unrestricted freedom for individuals

April 25, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
How Milwaukee’s Sister City was liberated: A chronicle of the heroic counterattack in Irpin that saved Kyiv

April 24, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Drone images from Irpin show devastating scope of war crimes by Russian forces targeting civilian homes

April 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ambassador Tom Barrett thinks Wisconsin’s economy should be prepared for impact from Russian sanctions

April 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
Uniting for Ukraine: Federal program aims to resettle refugees in order to discourage entry from Mexico

April 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The next Ukraine: Why Putin’s lust for conquest looms over the fragile stability of Bosnia-Herzegovina

April 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A hallmark of fascism: Why Congress must act to break America’s cycle of political violence

April 23, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Alderman José G. Pérez unanimously chosen as Milwaukee’s first Hispanic Common Council President

April 22, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
New initiative by Wisconsin Republicans aims to build inroads with State’s growing Hispanic population

April 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
A War on Black Voters: Report details coordinated right-wing efforts to dismantle democracy

April 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Enemy at the Door: Irpin couple hides for days from Russian armored column just outside their apartment

April 21, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Abandoning Democracy: When a One-Party government commits war crimes then claims to be a force for good

April 21, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
The “Fortress Russia” Myth: Why a once self-proclaimed island of Christianity sees itself as a constant victim

April 21, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Five days of violence: Local Irpin reporter details Russia’s devastating attack on Milwaukee’s sister city

April 20, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Zoreslav Zamoisky: Body of Ukrainian journalist from Irpin identified at Russian massacre site in Bucha

April 20, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urges world leaders to prepare for Putin using nuclear weapons in Ukraine

April 20, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Marcelia Nicholson unanimously re-elected as Chairwoman of Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

April 19, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
County Supervisor Peter Burgelis introduces resolution supporting the people of Ukraine

April 19, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Wisconsin Army Guard unit returns from Eastern Europe after invasion of Ukraine extended deployment

April 19, 2022 | Curated, Ukraine |
Ukrainian Pysanky: Milwaukee residents craft Easter folk art and raise money for war-torn Ukraine

April 18, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Saving lives in Irpin: Three volunteers share their stories of rescuing people and pets while under attack

April 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Negotiating an End to War: Understanding why a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could remain elusive

April 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Pardeep Kaleka: The connections of our Sacred Faiths are calling us to embrace mutuality

April 17, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Festival of Baisakhi: Understanding the spiritual significance behind the widely celebrated Sikh holiday

April 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Roots of the Easter Bunny: How a mythical figure with Pagan origins became a religious symbol in America

April 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Opportunity and Apprehension: Mixed feelings in Milwaukee about potential for city to host 2024 RNC

April 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Propaganda Mill: Allegations surface about Facebook using GOP firm for dirty tricks campaign

April 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Segregationists and the filibuster: Why it is past the time to rename the Russell Senate Office Building

April 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Shielding a culture of racism: Why Anti-CRT legislation should really be called “White Comfort Bills” instead

April 15, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Leaning into the Culture War: Why it remains so politically profitable to hate on racial minorities

April 15, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Perpetuating Disparities: When public policy groups ask for input from communities then refuse to listen

April 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Inauguration of Cavalier Johnson as city’s 45th Mayor opens a new chapter for the future of Milwaukee

April 14, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Oil over Electric: Understanding who profits from the bizarre political efforts to cripple the U.S. Post Office

April 14, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Wisconsin postal workers hope new Federal law will prevent further cuts to USPS services across state

April 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Why the Emmett Till Antilynching Act is mostly just another empty gesture

April 13, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Countdown to Chaos: Understanding the active movement within America trying to start a Civil War

April 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
The Red Ball Express: Lessons on logistics from a forgotten story of Black soldiers in World War II

April 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Housing First: Milwaukee County recognized with lowest unsheltered homeless population in America

April 12, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Kids will be who they see: What Cavalier Johnson as a Black Mayor means to the Black youth of Milwaukee

April 12, 2022 | Articles |
First Black female Justice: Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history after Senate confirmation to Supreme Court

April 12, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Milwaukee stands in solidarity at candlelight vigil to honor children killed in Ukraine by Russian invasion

April 11, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Klondike: Award-winning motion picture from Ukraine to show at 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

April 11, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Photos from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk gathers haunting visual evidence in aftermath of occupation

April 11, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Early days of war in Irpin: A look back at when families fled the Kyiv area ahead of the Russian invasion

April 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Pushing Putin’s Lies: Why Russia deploys misdirection as more horrific evidence of its massacres are uncovered

April 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Officials warn that Putin may use support for Ukraine as pretext to further interfere in American politics

April 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Party built on Fascism: When 63 Republicans take Putin’s side of the war and vote against NATO

April 10, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Bringing Jesus to the Communist world: Why American Evangelicals cannot fully abandon their Kremlin ally

April 10, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Building blocks for war: How Putin used 14 years of lies and disinformation to justify a Ukraine invasion

April 10, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Lessons from FDR: It turns out that authoritarian governments depend on the economies of democracies

April 9, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Oligarchic economics joined with racist nationalism marks the ultimate failure of progressive politics

April 9, 2022 | Robert Reich |
When the core beliefs of the “Culture Wars” produce more suffering for people living in Red States

April 9, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
An advocate for Irpin: How Boris Nayflish searched for his Ukrainian roots and found a Sister City

April 8, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Profiles |
Milwaukee’s Jewish community offers vital aid for Ukrainian refugees in response to humanitarian crisis

April 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Russia’s human shield narrative: The lies Putin invokes to justify the slaying of innocent civilians

April 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why journalists were targeted by Russian forces to conceal crimes of genocide against Ukrainian people

April 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The thinnest of silver linings: How Putin became responsible for beginning a new era in Washington

April 7, 2022 | Robert Reich, Ukraine |
Patriotic Propaganda: Staying silent as a choice when what is seen does not match with what is believed

April 7, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Cavalier Johnson: A photographic retrospective from before becoming Milwaukee’s first elected Black Mayor

April 6, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Profiles |
A Landslide Victory: Cavalier Johnson becomes Mayor of Milwaukee after historic election

April 6, 2022 | Audio, Photos |
When something feels right: The science behind the authenticity of discovering your true self

April 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
When Wisconsin parents yell fire after ensuring their unsupervised children have matches and gasoline

April 5, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
The media has a duty to report that a political party openly endorses using violence to overturn elections

April 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
A doom loop for democracy: When the United States gets taken down by the greed of our own oligarchs

April 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Most Black Americans remain left behind by economic progress 54 years after Dr. King’s assassination

April 4, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
A Domestic Threat: The FBI ignored White Nationalists while spying continuously on Muslim Americans

April 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Hate Speech: New study finds that propaganda for White Supremacy hit historically high levels in 2021

April 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Maks Levin: Missing Ukrainian photojournalist known for documenting Russian war crimes found dead

April 3, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Republican Role Model: Why Trump followers are inspired to emulate Putin’s brutal ideology in America

April 3, 2022 | Robert Reich, Ukraine |
A Kremlin Coup: What fantasies about replacing Putin forget is another madman always waits in reserve

April 3, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Battleground State: How Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race could shape the future of American democracy

April 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
A false political unity: Why the mythical vision of bipartisanship is an actual threat to progress

April 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Beyond an ethics scandal: Why Justice Thomas should resign and his wife be prosecuted over January 6 role

April 2, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Racists in mirror are closer than they appear: The false premise only some people can be true Americans

April 1, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Cultural geographers see plantation museums as resource to confront America’s slave-owning past

April 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
From Tulsa Massacre to Ukraine Invasion: Why erasing history books does not stop the timeless acts of hate

April 1, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |

March

Scenes from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk details the wreckage of Irpin in the wake of its liberation

March 31, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Zelenskyy’s Proposal: Ignoring the idea of protecting democracies is a disservice to the cause of peace

March 31, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
The New Truman Doctrine: How President Biden inspires support for Ukraine without sparking a wider war

March 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: My problem with how the American public reacted to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock

March 30, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
State provides $8M grant to help Wisconsin residents access legal services needed for pandemic recovery

March 30, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Wisconsin child care providers struggle in COVID’s aftermath even as families move on from pandemic

March 30, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Irpin Liberated: Ukrainian forces drive Russians out of Milwaukee’s besieged Sister City and retake control

March 29, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Last Days in Irpin: Vulnerable residents given help to reach safety after a month of misery

March 29, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Invalid Opinions: Rejection of aid to Ukraine shows there are not two legitimate sides in every situation

March 29, 2022 | John Pavlovitz, Ukraine |
Former City-owned property to be renovated by HomeWorks: Bronzeville as housing and creative space

March 28, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Owning bits of the Metaverse: Why riding a blockchain between virtual worlds will require a crypto wallet

March 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Falling short of its mission: How NPR can better support its local affiliates against commercial radio

March 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Rape of Irpin: Survivors of the Russian siege share disturbing accounts of escaping the inhuman cruelty

March 27, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Breaking Point: Ukraine reaches critical crossroads against Kremlin’s strategy of assault at any price

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
From Soviet chaos to Russian ruin: Local industries transformed Ukraine into a vital global economy

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Mercenaries and Massacres: Post-Soviet wars demonstrate Russia’s brutality in Ukraine invasion

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Truth as collateral damage: Why Republicans ignore lies at home while denouncing Putin’s war on facts

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
If Americans are unwilling to abandon Trump then we should not expect the Russians to give up on Putin

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A month of war: Russia’s stalled invasion of Ukraine has left death, destruction, and no clear endgame

March 26, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
An Age of Impunity: How Putin’s crimes against humanity puts international justice on trial

March 26, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Putin’s Other War: When historical revisionism is used like a weapon for domestic repression

March 26, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
From Litigation to COVID-19 Mitigation: Milwaukee County Courts after two years of the pandemic

March 25, 2022 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Cornerstone Speech: Why the Confederate ideology of Alexander Stephens remains with us today

March 25, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
More than $86M in funding awarded to support diversity of small business development in Wisconsin

March 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Irpin Billboard: Ukrainian Creatives use Milwaukee advertising space to inspire global info campaign

March 24, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Irpin Diary: Personal stories of war from the volunteers saving lives in Milwaukee’s sister city

March 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Images from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk photographs the people of Kyiv living daily with war

March 24, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
A Matter of Conscience: Acclaimed combat photojournalist Maks Levin reported missing near Kyiv

March 23, 2022 | Curated, Featured, Ukraine |
A War on Journalism: When reporters in Mariupol were hunted for covering the truth about Russian cruelty

March 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Kherson Diary: A first-hand account documenting three weeks of life in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city

March 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Irpin under siege: Alderman Rainey asks public to help Milwaukee’s sister city as it faces humanitarian crisis

March 22, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Suffering for art: What Mikhail Baryshnikov gets wrong about being punished for a nation’s sins

March 22, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Fear and Retribution: Why the Russian diaspora shows little support for Moscow’s massacres in Ukraine

March 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Community Solidarity: Faith leaders come together in support of the people of Ukraine at Milwaukee rally

March 21, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
A short history of nationalism: Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is literally a war against Ukrainian statehood

March 21, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Self-Inflicted Wounds: The damage we allow at home by applauding Tucker Carlson’s glorification of Putin

March 21, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Governor Evers blasts Congressional leaders over proposed $225M cut of state’s COVID recovery funds

March 20, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Our Dystopian Normal: Why American narcissism over COVID is still needlessly killing people

March 20, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Psychological Storm: How the rush to “normalcy” has robbed us the time to grieve COVID losses

March 20, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Do our voices matter? Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s interview with President Joe Biden

March 19, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Why a standardized national elections system must be created to protect America’s democracy

March 19, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Conservative Discontent: How White fears led to philanthropy that discouraged discussions of race

March 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
The guilt of safety: Ukrainian woman finds temporary peace away from war with her Milwaukee family

March 18, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
President of Ukraine invokes memory of 9/11 terror attacks in appeal for help from U.S. Congress

March 18, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
A freefall into poverty: UN report estimates that war has destroyed $100B worth of Ukraine’s infrastructure

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukrainian identity has only grown stronger in the century since young men gathered to defend Kyiv

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Moscow’s Miscalculations: How a little tyrant botched the attempt to subjugate a fearless nation

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Is Vladimir Putin a War Criminal? Understanding the legal implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Building Dreams: Local leaders join with Habitat for Humanity to begin construction of homes in Harambee

March 17, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Governor Tony Evers kicks off statewide tour to honor Health Care Heroes for work during pandemic

March 17, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
COVID-19 in decline: Two years of the pandemic and for some the future will still include wearing masks

March 17, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Photos from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk documents images of war as civilians evacuate Irpin

March 16, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Evacuees fleeing to Kyiv share dire stories about escaping Russia’s terror campaign on small towns

March 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Humanitarian Corridors: Russia has a long history of targeting vulnerable civilians in pathways to safety

March 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Pandemic in a time of war: The dilemma of seeking shelter from bombs while COVID-19 infections continue

March 16, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Wrong about the future: How unsetting events at home and abroad have upended hope for tomorrow

March 16, 2022 | Robert Reich, Ukraine |
Beyond Censorship: How China amplifies propaganda for Russia’s distorted version of the war in Ukraine

March 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Public schools hope to resolve Milwaukee’s reckless motorist crisis with driver education programs

March 15, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Freeway Congestion: Billions went into expanding highway capacities only to increase traffic delays

March 15, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Part of $1B infrastructure plan to restore polluted sites on Great Lakes includes Milwaukee River Estuary

March 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Happy Days: Milwaukee’s RiverWalk welcomes the return of a newly refreshed Bronze Fonz

March 14, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee hosts inaugural Wisconsin E-Sports Summit as video game industry drives interest in pro gaming

March 14, 2022 | Articles |
The indentured servants of pro sports: MLB’s labor deal fails to address grievances of player and fans

March 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Failure of Budapest Memorandum could push South Korea and Taiwan to seek their own nuclear deterrent

March 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
After using disinformation against the West for years the Kremlin finds itself under attack on social media

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
For China’s own sake President Xi Jinping should pressure Putin to end his war against Ukraine

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
World War Z: Why Russian propaganda is using the last letter of the Latin alphabet like the swastika

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Unearned Suffering: Critics contend that Big Pharma is supporting Putin’s regime by staying in Russia

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Price of gas: How Trump’s manipulation of oil policies reaped profits for Putin and fossil-fuel benefactors

March 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Psychological Wounds: Ukrainians face an unknown future with lasting PTSD from Putin’s invasion

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Nearly two million people have fled Kyiv as Russian military forces commit war crimes against civilians

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Response to refugee crisis aims to sustain displaced Ukrainians in host communities for next few years

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Fears of global food crisis: Putin’s assault on Ukraine has disrupted the output of a major “breadbasket”

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
I Testify: An open letter to the global media by Olena Zelenska condemning the mass murder of civilians

March 12, 2022 | Curated, Ukraine |
Wisconsin’s congressional leaders vote for Ukraine aid and propose investigation of Putin as war criminal

March 12, 2022 | Curated, Ukraine |
Dear America: We have heard your whitewashed version of history. It is time you hear the truth.

March 11, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
From Selma to Ukraine: Ordinary people continue fighting to protect their freedom and democracy