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December

Mayor Tom Barrett vetoes proposed Aldermanic map over concerns by Latinx community leaders

December 7, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Money for Nothing: Lawrence Tabak’s book explores how taxpayers funded the foolish Foxconn fantasy

December 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Death as a political strategy: Why the latest unhinged rant against Dr. Fauci perpetuates Republican lies

December 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Thom Hartmann |
Supreme Court justices appointed by a president who instigated a coup show true colors as partisan hacks

December 6, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Roe v. Wade rulings: Constitutional rights hinge on the judgment of when “personhood” occurs

December 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Fear of Legitimacy: When the only political agenda is to deny Democracy by igniting culture wars

December 6, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Predatory Health System: Omicron variant shows need to condemn greed and again celebrate community

December 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Thom Hartmann |
Health officials confirm a vaccinated Milwaukee County resident as first Omicron variant case in state

December 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
From AIDS to Omicron: How America’s pharmaceutical apartheid creates a viral underclass

December 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The GOP’s War on Women: Using the justice system to roll back the clock on legal rights

December 4, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
The cost of contraception: How limiting abortion access could severely harm the economy

December 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
New limits on abortions: U.S. Supreme Court decision could spur a cascade of legal changes across states

December 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Taking a Deep Breath: Reggie Jackson on being totally off the grid for eight days

December 3, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Sick before the pandemic: How the COVID catastrophe distracted Americans from the obesity epidemic

December 3, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
No one can opt out: Why ultra-processed foods are engineered to be addictive and unhealthy

December 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Appetite for gentrification: When foodscapes make neighborhoods unaffordable for longtime residents

December 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Efforts by White nature conservationists are upending a generations-old way of life for Black farmers

December 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Greenhouse Gases: How increased food production impacts land use and contributes to climate change

December 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Honoring Alonzo Robinson: Milwaukee Fire Dept. building named for Wisconsin’s first Black architect

December 1, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
A reserved bus seat: MCTS hosts sixth annual tribute to Rosa Parks for her resistance to segregation

December 1, 2021 | Curated |
Virgil Abloh: Wisconsin alum and visionary fashion designer dies from cancer at 41

December 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |

November

Unhappy Americans: The unrealistic expectations of how fast President Joe Biden can clean up Trump’s mess

November 30, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
How the unequal weight between emotion and policymaking has disconnected voter perceptions

November 30, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Making unacceptable acceptable: The political combat behind the linguistic slur of “Let’s Go Brandon”

November 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Vaccine Inequalities: How a one-size-fits-all approach to eradicating the pandemic opens a door to variants

November 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Omicron Variant: Scientists warn of new virus strain that can carry a high number of mutations

November 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Why Moderna refuses to share the rights for a COVID-19 vaccine developed with taxpayer funding

November 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Whiteness as Property: Why the acquittal of Rittenhouse is an affirmation of Critical Race Theory

November 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Sweet Kid: How the Rittenhouse precedent serves as a rallying cry for vigilantism by the White supremacists

November 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ahmaud Arbery Verdicts: For want of a video the crime and its coverup would never have been prosecuted

November 28, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A love of reading: Remembering Jeanette Schaffer’s unique life and cornerstone bookstore in Milwaukee

November 27, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Shop Small Wisconsin Day: Consumers encouraged to help local businesses thrive this Holiday Season

November 27, 2021 | Articles |
Alleviating social isolation: How online arts programs for seniors can improve their quality of life

November 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Surge of Sickness: Daily COVID-19 hospitalizations across Wisconsin surpass January’s record high

November 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Believing the Lie: Pandemic misinformation continues to spread as quickly as COVID according to new survey

November 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A perennial pandemic: What a future with COVID-19 looks like as the virus becomes endemic

November 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Money Hungry: Satisfying our consumeristic need for wealth and well-being

November 25, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
America’s Origin Story: Why Thanksgiving is part of how we think about the founding of our country

November 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
How Thanksgiving became rooted in a defense of democracy during the Civil War

November 25, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Not everyone says thank you: The cultural language and economic rhetoric of gratitude

November 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
A False Inflation: High prices are being driven by a few corporate giants trying to rake in too much profit

November 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Supply chain stress: Empty shelves remain as consumer demand soars into the holiday shopping season

November 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Great Resignation: Seismic shifts in the economy has hit companies with higher employee Quit Rates

November 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Interfaith prayer vigil held for local community following Waukesha Christmas parade tragedy

November 23, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
A Poor Man’s Weapon: Waukesha tragedy highlights how vehicle ramming can cause mass casualties

November 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Anti-poverty programs: How State investments can substantially reduce child abuse and neglect

November 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
A tour with TSA: Detecting guns and enforcing COVID protocols at Mitchell Airport before Thanksgiving

November 22, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Celebrating the Holidays Safely: Wisconsin DHS shares recommendations to reduce health risks from COVID

November 22, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
Milwaukee Mitchell earns top airport marketing awards in recognition of passenger experience

November 22, 2021 | Curated |
A Letter to White America: From Alabama to Kenosha as the march toward justice continues

November 21, 2021 | Curated |
Milwaukee protestors march peacefully through downtown streets in response to Rittenhouse Verdict

November 21, 2021 | Articles |
Aiding and Abetting Instability: Why Law Enforcement must be held accountable for its toxic role in Kenosha

November 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Green Light for Armed Vigilantes: White America has been on trial along with Kyle Rittenhouse

November 20, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Evading Accountability: Kenosha jury’s acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse just the latest miscarriage of justice

November 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Vigilante Trial Ends: Milwaukee leaders react to non-guilty decision in Kenosha shootings

November 20, 2021 | Articles |
Only White Lives Matter: Why Republicans rally around Rittenhouse as the hero of a modern Confederacy

November 20, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A Poisoned Doctrine: Rittenhouse verdict legitimizes claim of self-defense against a self-created danger

November 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Legacy of Faith: Sixth generation from Brumder Family still attends church founded by George and Henriette

November 19, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
An 1867 relic of the Milwaukee Road: One of state’s last train depots moved for conversion into coffeehouse

November 19, 2021 | Articles |
On Contested Terrain: New exhibition in Milwaukee to highlight celebrated photographer An-My Lê

November 19, 2021 | Articles |
New federal study highlights Milwaukee and Madison as keys hubs in high-speed rail network across Midwest

November 18, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Carbon reduction: Wisconsin’s largest utility company plans to shift from coal to natural gas by 2035

November 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
A climate tug of war: Wisconsin communities expect to spend millions to protect Lake Michigan shorelines

November 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
If the truth offends: When racists complain that they are tired of being labeled as racists

November 17, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
A Post-Pandemic Life: Why it is so sad that so many people are happy with a return to normal

November 17, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
A War on Democracy: How White Supremacists can attack the foundation of America with impunity

November 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Jeffrey Norman takes Oath of Office at City Hall and begins four-year term as Milwaukee’s Chief of Police

November 16, 2021 | Articles, Featured, Sound |
The loss of fact-based truth: Very few people understand what journalism really is

November 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Journalism vs. Infotainment: News is too vital for democracy to be left in the hands of corporations

November 16, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Discovery World Gala 2021: Annual fundraising benefit sees joyous return after a year postponed by pandemic

November 15, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Nadiyah Johnson: Ensuring that people of color and women can find opportunities in the Tech industry

November 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Foxconn after 4 Years: Wisconsin lawmakers refuse to admit their political ambitions hurt state’s economy

November 15, 2021 | Curated |
Reaching zero emissions: Local energy self-sufficiency could turn every home into a power plant

November 14, 2021 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Expanding Renewable Energy: Milwaukee Solar Group celebrates its buying program’s most successful year

November 14, 2021 | Articles |
Utility Rights: Proposed Wisconsin bill would remove barriers to third-party solar ownership

November 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Crocodile Tears: Kyle Rittenhouse’s masterclass in victimology deserves an Emmy but not an exoneration

November 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee struggles to reduce disparity with Black students over suspensions and disciplinary actions

November 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Waukesha students say school district’s ban on LGBTQ and BLM signs perpetuates bullying

November 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Value of Milwaukee: Cavalier Johnson talks about restoring the city’s relationship with state leaders

November 12, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Pregnancy Inequities: Milwaukee County continues to the lead nation in Black birth disparities

November 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Research details links between racial discrimination and suicidal thoughts in people of color

November 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Veterans Day Parade returns to the streets of Milwaukee to celebrate those who served our nation

November 11, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Wisconsin Air National Guard specialist becomes Mother’s wingman in her fight against cancer

November 11, 2021 | Curated |
Innovative and Excellence: Milwaukee’s historic Soldiers Home earns National Preservation Award

November 11, 2021 | Articles |
Living Memorials: The mementos some Marines use to remember their fallen comrades on Veterans Day

November 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Lawsuit alleges Senator Ron Johnson received illegal campaign contributions from NRA affiliates

November 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Anti-Muppet attack on Big Bird over COVID vaccine is example of why Republicans love to hate Sesame Street

November 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Thriving Southern Strategy: Why the public fails to admit Republican “policy” is naked White Supremacy

November 10, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Milwaukee Bucks honored by President Joe Biden in first visit to White House by NBA team since 2016

November 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
How a “safety net” prevents personal disasters while “rights of citizenship” is a foundation for society

November 9, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Dignity and Respect: United States issues first passport with X gender designation

November 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Passage of $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill and a recovering economy dispels rightwing fearmongering

November 8, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The threat of excessive wealth: Americans have struggled over generations for economic equality

November 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Rising Insecurity: COVID has increased the difficulty for many households to obtain healthy food

November 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A fall from grace: How Aaron Rodgers jeopardized the health of others with his anti-vaccination deception

November 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Sports and Politics: The challenge of rebranding community ownership of a business as Packerism

November 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
What if Tom Brady took a knee? And why Colin Kaepernick is still out of a job after five years

November 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Outrage Industrial Complex: Research shows that polarized political discourse is actually addictive

November 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Racine’s partisan ploy: Why proposed criminal charges against election officials is a political smear tactic

November 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin police departments struggle to find and retain officers after public calls for accountability

November 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin begins offering children ages 5 to 11 COVID-19 vaccinations as infection activity remains high

November 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated, Featured |
A veneer of legitimacy: How fringe Anti-Vaxxers have co-opted local news outlets with misinformation

November 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
COVID in Dog Years: How emotional responses to the pandemic has altered our perception of time

November 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Facebook Papers: New documents expose tech giant’s greed that put profits before people

November 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
A misinformation problem: Why Facebook’s algorithms are a threat to public health

November 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
From Neuromancer to Snow Crash: Facebook’s clumsy vision unlikely to fulfill 40-year dream of a Metaverse

November 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Fair maps by nonpartisan redistricting commission at odds with Wisconsin GOP-drafted gerrymandered plan

November 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Cancer on Democracy: How the Supreme Court poisoned America with its Citizens United decision

November 3, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Archaic and often racist Supreme Court cases dating back to 1901 still rule over millions of Americans

November 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Last free election: America is in an existential fight to defend democracy from those who would destroy it

November 2, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Under Threat: Milwaukee election workers still face harassment from Trump voters who push the Big Lie

November 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ambition vs. Public Good: Our founding freedom was not meant to allow people do whatever they want

November 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Local immigrant rights allies pressure Democrats to keep their promises and deliver a path to citizenship

November 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
How racists and big money transformed the party of Abraham Lincoln into a modern-day Confederacy

November 1, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
No perfect time: Why a lingering stain of homophobia has kept major league baseball in the closet

November 1, 2021 | Syndicated |

October

Day of the Dead: Milwaukee celebrates annual Día de los Muertos Festival at Forest Home with 5K Run/Walk

October 31, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Día de los Muertos: How commercialization has transformed the Day of the Dead holiday

October 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
Halloween 2021: Simple safety tips to minimize risks from the Delta variant while trick-or-treating

October 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Great Vampire Epidemic: How the myth of Dracula was born from disease and folklore

October 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
Build the Change: Lego shares COP26 instruction guide from children on how to solve the climate crisis

October 30, 2021 | Curated |
Human cost of climate change: Millions of urban families at risk from dangerous weather exposure

October 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Fossil fuels and global warming: What Big Oil knew about climate change and kept secret from the public

October 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: I can’t judge you as an ally until I see how you act once the bullets start to fly

October 29, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Echoes of 1933 Europe: The effort to install authoritarian is closer than most Americans think

October 29, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Republican Rule: Gerrymandered election maps would ensure minority dominance of Wisconsin for decades

October 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
A future default: The political game of chicken over the debt ceiling has real-life consequences

October 28, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
The road to oligarchy: Why cruelty has become performance art for Republicans loyal to Trump

October 28, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Falling Behind: 40% of American families struggle with financial problems made worse by the pandemic

October 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Mortal Transgression: How Anthony Fauci sinned against Donald Trump by telling the truth

October 27, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
The global population suffers without access to COVID vaccines while America throws out millions of doses

October 27, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Infectious Diseases: Parents accepted compulsory school vaccinations for decades prior to COVID

October 27, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Buckle Up Phone Down: Wisconsin launches safety campaign to save lives on the road

October 26, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Milwaukee’s 414: Implementation of new national crisis lifeline now requires 10-digit dialing for local calls

October 26, 2021 | Curated |
A thriving business ecosystem: New studio for podcast production agency opens in downtown Milwaukee

October 26, 2021 | Curated |
A Twindemic: COVID-19 paired with flu season makes the need for vaccinations even more urgent

October 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
The Long COVID: Study reveals one-third of people still affected by symptoms six months after infection

October 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
When Colonial Americans faced sweeping lockdowns and mass inoculations to stop contagious diseases

October 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ceremony honoring 30th anniversary commemoration of Vietnam Memorial held at Milwaukee’s Veterans Park

October 24, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
A Contagious Disease: Children of veterans are often secondary victims of wartime PTSD

October 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Departure date for Tom Barrett remains unknown as candidates line up to replace Milwaukee’s Mayor

October 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Algorithms and Addiction: How people are jolted with highs from social media

October 23, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
A ticking time bomb: Facebook’s own research shows how social media can be made safer for teens

October 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Deactivating vs. Deleting: Where our life stories go when we decide to close a Facebook account

October 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Why some people believe that erasing our history should make sense to me

October 22, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Choosing Sides: Texas proposes teaching standards to omit White Supremacy and support Holocaust Denial

October 22, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Indifference to suffering: Why the trade of enslaved people has been whitewashed from American history

October 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Tent Cities: Zillow study shows how Wall Street is causing homelessness while profiting from the harm

October 21, 2021 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Annual “48 Hours of Homelessness” campaign raises funds to care for Milwaukee’s unhoused population

October 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Proposed state law aims to criminalize Milwaukee’s homeless who temporarily live on public property

October 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Republicans are trying to regain control of the government by making sure their opponents can’t vote

October 20, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Racial Gerrymandering: Why politicians rig election maps to suppress growing communities of color

October 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Black Flag: Trump’s agenda remains an open declaration of war on democracy itself

October 20, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Ignoring COVID safety and LGBTQ Rights: Waukesha School District faces mounting lawsuits over policies

October 19, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Crime victim programs: Federal funds allocated to Milwaukee for expanding violence prevention efforts

October 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Sugar Dating: Why more university students are finding part-time employment as sex workers

October 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Maritime Shipping: DeLong Company breaks ground on major agricultural export terminal at Port Milwaukee

October 18, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Gunboats on the Great Lakes: Remembering when Wisconsin had its own Navy

October 18, 2021 | Articles |
Freshwater Fragility: Lake Michigan’s quality of drinking water under threat from climate change

October 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Good people should hate the hatred this nation is afflicted with

October 17, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Animal Farm at 75: How George Orwell’s tale of totalitarianism remains relevant today

October 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Francis Scott Key: Why the author of the National Anthem was also a champion for White Supremacy

October 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
From Hutongs to Maglevs: Photo exhibit brings rare immersive look at Chinese culture to Milwaukee

October 16, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
A Lakefront Art Museum: Iconic Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion commemorates 20 years

October 16, 2021 | Curated |
Wealth and political clout: What a growing middle class in China means for the rest of the world

October 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Bruce J. Kremer: Rare 1954 color photos from soldier taken in post-War Korea preserved in Milwaukee

October 15, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
A streaming phenomenon: Why viewers can relate to the bleak world of Netflix’s Squid Game

October 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Squid Game: A technicolor TV show of violence, betrayal, and desperation that Americans understand

October 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Needle in a Timestack: John Ridley’s new sci-fi film envisions a future with Black people and time travel

October 14, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
The old model falls apart: Big-budget movies continue shifting from theatrical debuts to streaming services

October 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Toxic Culture: How COVID-19 has caused youth harassment to skyrocket in online gaming

October 14, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Why my head might explode if I hear another White person say they don’t have a racist bone in their body

October 13, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Harpole Building: Bader Philanthropies names its Harambee HQ in honor of Reuben and Mildred Harpole

October 13, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Myth of a stolen election: Republicans continue to force a 2020 recount in Wisconsin despite no evidence

October 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Statewide strike demands Congress ratify path to citizenship for immigrant essential workers

October 12, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
The GOP civil war: Republicans struggle to stop their party’s transformation into Trump’s autocratic cult

October 12, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
An age of broken information: Understanding when online content is misleading, manipulated, or false

October 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Your discomfort with talking about racism is making me very uncomfortable

October 11, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Inventing Columbus: How an explorer who devastated native populations inspired the American Dream

October 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Truth and Healing: Congress proposes plan for Native communities traumatized by boarding school policies

October 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Faith Fluid: When “none” is the default definition of our spiritual identity

October 10, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Partnerships between churches and mental health providers could improve care for African Americans

October 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Vaccine Opposition: The long history of cherry-picking Bible verses out of context to justify anything

October 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
A vicious cycle: Wisconsin’s quality of education for children with special needs continues to flounder

October 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Federal expansion of Pell Grant program allows more individuals in state custody to earn college degrees

October 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Justice Department will not pursue charges against White Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake

October 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Lack of Dignity: Advocates detail how Racine Lutheran allowed a toxic environment for students of color

October 8, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
A public facade for private education: Why charter schools are not actually open to all students

October 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
School finance reform can pay for reparations to address racial inequalities in education

October 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Claws Up Milwaukee: City leaders celebrate start of fourth consecutive postseason run for the Brewers

October 7, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
A Building of Timber: Milwaukee’s Ascent tower could become the future of sustainable construction

October 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
A City of the Future: Walt Disney’s radical vision for an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

October 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Research shows Black women with children have been historically shut out from federal aid cash programs

October 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
The pandemic’s other medical casualties: Milwaukee doctors urge the public to resume cancer screenings

October 6, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Barriers to treatment: How stigma and prohibition fueled the opioid crisis that OxyContin created

October 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
World Wide Outage: Facebook goes offline while facing blistering accusations from whistleblower

October 5, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Objectification: Facebook’s own research shows that Instagram is harmful for the well-being of teen girls

October 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Zoom Dysmorphia: People have became fixated on their perceived facial flaws during remote video meetings

October 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pridetoberfest 2021: Milwaukee Pride shares details of fall event to celebrate local LGBTQ+ community

October 4, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
We Deserve Better: How the unlimited political bribery of dark money robs Americans of quality health care

October 4, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Exploited by Conservatorships: The sad history of how “friendly White lawyers” swindled Native Americans

October 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Power-At-All-Costs: The GOP’s obsession to rule will end badly for everyone

October 3, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Pregnancy-related Deaths: Study shows an abortion ban could result in 21% more fatalities nationwide

October 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Exvangelicals: The growing movement that is rejecting the conservative faith’s rigid political ideology

October 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Trauma of Denial: Why children are suffering from self-serving adults who have weaponized the pandemic

October 2, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Vigilante lawsuits against the unvaccinated could follow in the wake of Abortion Rights dismissal

October 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
From fringe to mainstream: Survey finds 21 million Americans say violence is justified to reverse election

October 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
AmeriCorps programs that serve Milwaukee receive $2.4M in funding to expand community assistance

October 1, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Pandemic Poverty: 2020 Statistics show that low-wage workers were hit hardest by the economic blows

October 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Corporate Profiteers: How contractors for the Pentagon won the War on Terror

October 1, 2021 | Syndicated |

September

DNC 2024: Mayor Tom Barrett tells Democratic Convention planners that Milwaukee is ready to host

September 30, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Unemployment insurance was not keeping people out of work, it was keeping them out of poverty

September 30, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Previous Shutdowns: What is at stake and who suffers if the Federal government closes its doors

September 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Healing and Unity: Dr. James Cameron’s birthday set as reopening date for America’s Black Holocaust Museum

September 29, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Weaponizing the debt ceiling: Why Republicans are taking the country hostage to undercut Democrats

September 29, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Rule of the Minority: Understanding how the Senate’s Filibuster is actually Unconstitutional

September 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee holds candlelight vigil with art exhibition to honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 28, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Howard Fuller: How the former superintendent of MPS became a champion of school choice

September 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Abuse of Power: Wisconsin GOP introduces bill to allow massive felony arrests of peaceful protestors

September 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Finding Loren: New Film follows Milwaukee family’s effort to recover a father who was shot down in WWII

September 27, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Afghan evacuees begin leaving Fort McCoy for resettlement but sponsors still needed for families

September 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
American Refugees: When loyalists fled the newly sovereign states after independence from Britain

September 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Eastman Memo: Written proof of Trump’s attempt to replace our democracy with an autocracy

September 26, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A tool of White Supremacy: Why Christian factions deny the existence of structural racism

September 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
Lee Atwater’s Legacy: How the Texas voting law builds on a long history of racism from GOP leaders

September 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee critical care doctor details the atmosphere of anguish unvaccinated patients create at hospital

September 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Burning Out: COVID-19 and insufficient support continues to exacerbate the nursing workforce crisis

September 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Communities in Need: How Hayat Pharmacy became a health care provider in Milwaukee due to the pandemic

September 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Message to American Racism: I Know You Did It, Just Admit It

September 24, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Privatizing Discrimination: Texas deploys Jim Crow tactics by deputizing citizens to enforce dubious laws

September 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
September 24: When the Milwaukee Fourteen burned draft files in protest against the Vietnam War

September 24, 2021 | Curated |
Financial Deadlines: Why the debt ceiling is being used as a tool to destroy a strong federal government

September 23, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The Two Santas Strategy: How the GOP has used an economic scam to manipulate Americans for 40 years

September 23, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Power of the State: A departure from Ronald Reagan’s limited government to an absolute intrusion

September 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Bucks recognized by city leaders for historic NBA championship win

September 22, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee’s 2022 budget proposal depends on Federal pandemic funds to cover the absence of state support

September 22, 2021 | Sound |
Common Council honors Human Rights activists for amplifying the need for more pathways to citizenship

September 22, 2021 | Articles |
Mural inspired by Jim Crow era “Negro Motorist Green Book” to be installed overlooking Lake Michigan

September 21, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
A distrust of the health care system: How to confront vaccine refusal in communities of color

September 21, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Right to be Forgotten: Largest American news agency changes policy for crime reporting to do less harm

September 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Made in the USA: Homegrown terrorism has existed throughout American history

September 20, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Strain on the System: COVID-19 cases continue to climb with Wisconsin hospitals filling to capacity

September 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
New data shows decline of poverty in 2020 as a result of COVID stimulus funds

September 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Forgotten Sacrifices: Why the ideas that Confederates fought for at Antietam remain alive today

September 19, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
God and Country: The “Right” religion is one that makes us more empathetic human beings

September 19, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
An Unrighteous Cause: How the radicalization of faith has become a cultural poison for America

September 19, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Corporate Welfare: When Republicans punish the poor with “Capitalism” and reward the rich with “Socialism”

September 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Ponzi Scheme of Prosperity: The American pattern of development only creates the illusion of wealth

September 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Deadly Profit: Big Tech companies continually put revenue over the safety of their users

September 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
David Crowley: A Day in Photos during the Pandemic with the County Executive

September 17, 2021 | Articles, Featured, Profiles |
Fix at Six: Widely supported coalition proposes sustainable alternative to expanding I-94 corridor

September 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Segregated Infrastructure: Removing urban highways can repair neighborhoods blighted by racist policies

September 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Summerfest Stories: How Milwaukee uses music to build bridges for bringing people together

September 16, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
A look at Summerfest 2021: Images from the world’s largest music festival under COVID-19 restrictions

September 16, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Outpost and Walnut Way partner on a sustainable urban agriculture program for Milwaukee youth

September 16, 2021 | Curated |
The profit of pointless wars: Why America is not safer after fighting existential struggles in far-off lands

September 15, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Lives, Dollars, and Years: Calculating the cost and loss of the War in Afghanistan

September 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Why the United States occupied Afghanistan for two decades even after the Taliban surrendered in 2001

September 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Political Gamble: Why Republicans are working to hide their role in the January 6 insurrection

September 14, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A Plot Against Democracy: How the GOP has shamelessly taken the playbook of oppressive regimes

September 14, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Money Hustling: Trump proves that sedition, treason, and conspiracy theories are pretty profitable

September 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
United by loss: Milwaukee veterans and first responders commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11

September 13, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Toxic Dust Exposure: Why lessons from the chronic health conditions of 9/11 survivors have been ignored

September 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
What America really values: $21 Trillion has been spent on militarism at home and abroad since 9/11

September 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Vaccine Mandate: Holding the unvaccinated accountable for the economic damage they caused

September 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Health care’s blind spot: Despite dire risks many nursing home staff in Wisconsin reject COVID vaccine

September 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
COVID-19 hospitalizations across Wisconsin hit levels not seen since before vaccines were widely available

September 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
America’s vitriol after 9/11: Remembering the innocent victims of our misguided patriotism

September 11, 2021 | Columns, Pardeep Kaleka |
Language Matters: Understanding that the 9/11 attack was a monstrous crime but not an act of war

September 11, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
20 Years after 9/11: The real threat to freedom and democracy is from America’s violent far right

September 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
George Marshall Clark: Unmarked grave of Milwaukee lynching victim gets headstone after 160 years

September 10, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Wilkie James and the 54th Massachusetts: From the carnage of Fort Wagner in 1863 to a life in Milwaukee

September 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stage play to explore the trauma soldiers experienced at the infamous Confederate prison in Andersonville

September 10, 2021 | Curated |
Addicted to bad narratives: When Milwaukee refuses to see that Blacks are disadvantage by design

September 9, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee’s Black educators pledge to teach the truth in resistance to lies mandated by lawmakers

September 9, 2021 | Articles |
Medieval Imagery: Why White Supremacists and QAnon cultists are obsessed with the Byzantine Empire

September 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Economic Straitjacket: Milwaukee not allowed to raise revenue while Wisconsin benefits from $319M windfall

September 8, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Fair Elections: Multiple lawsuits compete for how Wisconsin’s voting maps will be drawn

September 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Federal lawsuit seeks years of unpaid benefits denied disabled people due to discriminatory Wisconsin law

September 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Grief for 9/11 but denial for 01/06: Real patriots condemn all terrorist attacks on America

September 7, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Wealth Supremacists: When money drives the agenda of an anti-democratic coalition that obstructs progress

September 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Brutal Capitalism: How America is transforming from a democracy to an oligarchy

September 7, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Philanthropic grant allows MKE Urban Stables to offer equine therapy programs to local community

September 6, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
A Pet Friendly City: Downtown Milwaukee’s first dog park gets support with public fundraising campaign

September 6, 2021 | Articles |
Security Kabuki: An entire generation of Americans have no memory of how easy air travel used to be

September 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
The “dangerous neighborhood” trope: How wars overseas are linked to police brutality at home

September 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Preparing for Resettlement: Fort McCoy gives medical and humanitarian services to 8,000 Afghan refugees

September 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Resettling Refugees: Why White communities object to religious groups for helping people displaced by war

September 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Texas Taliban: Why Republicans empowered vigilantes to enforce their religious beliefs against neighbors

September 4, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Making pregnancy a crime: The Texas abortion law is just part of the Republican’s War on Democracy

September 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
September 18: Fears mount over a second insurrection by rightwing extremists at upcoming Capitol rally

September 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers invests $19.7M in transit services for Milwaukee after state lawmakers deprive funding

September 3, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Our Right to Clean Water: Why Wisconsin needs to reclaim its tradition of freshwater protection

September 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Warmer And Wetter: Wisconsin’s economy is already suffering from the impact of Global Warming

September 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Governmental compensation for slavery and racism is part of America’s national debt

September 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
How debt relief for Black owned farms was blocked by a White farmer’s claim of discrimination in Wisconsin

September 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
More than just money: The transitional justice of reparations works best when multiple tools are used

September 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee County’s new Mental Health Emergency Center will bring treatment closer to local residents

September 1, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin to allocate more Federal funding to address mental and behavioral healthcare needs

September 1, 2021 | Articles |
Wisconsin DHS urges vaccinations for children after FDA grants approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

September 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |

August

Milwaukee-based Taiko group promotes Japanese art exhibit with free drum performance at The Warehouse

August 31, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Community Portraits: Faces from Milwaukee join a 16-city public art tour for the Inside Out project

August 31, 2021 | Articles, Photos |
Downtown Employee Appreciation Week kicks off for 16th year as a bright spot in the pandemic’s gloom

August 31, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Local business leaders thank Senator Tammy Baldwin for helping the arts community survive the pandemic

August 30, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Voting Rights Under Attack: Senator Tammy Baldwin joins push for two vital Federal election bills

August 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Going Hungry: Waukesha School Board punishes kids from low income families by withholding food

August 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Interdependence not Independence: Squandering the gift of freedom so Americans can die from selfishness

August 29, 2021 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
Medical Triage: Hospitals face the ethical dilemma of deprioritizing care for eligible unvaccinated people

August 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
When publicly funded Christian schools use rightwing textbooks to teach slavery as just Black immigration

August 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Delusions of Nation Building: The end of America’s forever wars brings the start of a global reckoning

August 28, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Vietnam 2.0: Why Afghanistan is another lost war that the U.S. will probably not learn a lesson from

August 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Corporate Sponsorship: When Conservatives work to ensure the Federal government is a failure

August 28, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Reggie Jackson: Final thoughts on my journey to visit Alabama and the history some want us all to forget

August 27, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Congressman Mark Pocan unveils bill that shifts some military spending to fund global vaccination efforts

August 27, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee doctor among hucksters peddling the livestock deworming drug ivermectin to prevent COVID

August 27, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: My journey to visit Tuskegee, Alabama and the history some want us all to forget

August 26, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
President Joe Biden nominates Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to serve as ambassador to Luxembourg

August 26, 2021 | Articles |
Wisconsin allocates $250M for new grant programs to help communities build long-term economic recovery

August 26, 2021 | Curated |
Reggie Jackson: My journey to visit Montgomery, Alabama and the history some want us all to forget

August 25, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Closing the wealth gap: Milwaukee considers providing basic income to heal racial inequity

August 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
Kenosha’s Black community still seeks answers one year after the Jacob Blake shooting

August 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: My journey to visit Selma, Alabama and the history some want us all to forget

August 24, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee hosts a Heroes Day celebration to honor frontline workers, first responders, and veterans

August 24, 2021 | Articles |
Afghanistan under Taliban rule faces a looming economic crisis as the flow of foreign aid runs dry

August 24, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Reggie Jackson: My journey to visit Birmingham, Alabama and the history some want us all to forget

August 23, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Food is Medicine: Accelerator program helps Dohmen Foundation provide life-saving home-delivered meals

August 23, 2021 | Curated |
The economic cost of Conservative Christians who trust God when healthy but demand science when sick

August 23, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Transit system in Milwaukee County completes its redesign as final phase of “MCTS NEXT” takes effect

August 22, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Apology Fest: Stephen Colbert attends Brewers game to say sorry for mocking Milwaukee on The Late Show

August 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Giannis Antetokounmpo buys a stake in the Milwaukee Brewers in return for the city’s investment in him

August 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Fear of Equality: Why Black education remains a Civil Rights issue 190 years after Nat Turner’s rebellion

August 21, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The “Love America Act” is about Hate: How subsidizing Red states perpetuates White Supremacy

August 21, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Still a safe space for racists: New report criticizes social media giants for allowing hate speech

August 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
$2M Federal grant to help community partnership provide Milwaukee families with trauma-informed care

August 20, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Judicial Opposition: How the Roberts Court continues Strom Thurmond’s crusade against voting rights

August 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Landmark Verdicts: Why historic court cases do not automatically transform society

August 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pandemic Relief: MATC to forgive $6.75M in tuition debt for students who attended the college during COVID

August 19, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Southeast Wisconsin is grappling with a teacher shortage and COVID could prompt even more demand

August 19, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Fostering Democracy: America’s founders believed civic education would prevent tyranny

August 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Memory Hole: When lies leading to war are easier to swallow than the truth about needing to leave

August 18, 2021 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Americans cannot be fighting and dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves

August 18, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Wisconsin could host refugees from Afghanistan at Fort McCoy as U.S. troops speed up withdrawal

August 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Justice after War: Why the United States still has a moral obligation to the people of Afghanistan

August 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pentagon’s budget for one year of the Afghanistan War is enough to fund resettlement for 1.2M refugees

August 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
How the fall of Afghanistan echoes what nearly happened in our homeland on January 6

August 18, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The Post-9/11 Era: More American fatalities are due to bathtub accidents each year than by jihadist terrorism

August 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee holds first Budget Awareness Week to engage residents in how $1.6B will be spent for 2022

August 17, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Public health vs. individual rights: Why the debate on COVID vaccinations is reminiscent of smoking bans

August 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin reaches 50% vaccination level against COVID but many eligible still refuse to help stop the spread

August 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
How President Bush’s 20-year “War on Terror” finally ended in failure after a single day in Afghanistan

August 16, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
From Saigon to Kabul: Historical lessons on when America decides to stop fighting

August 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
A “National Security” Excuse: Why it is time to retire the 9/11 policy of racial and religious profiling

August 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
An Epidemic of political intimidation: Why America suffers from a cult of bullies who refuse to negotiate

August 15, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
ProPublica Report: Ron Johnson finagled $200M tax break for Uihleins and his other wealthy benefactors

August 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Lawmakers who tried to end unemployment benefits push to reward employees that reject vaccine policies

August 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Racecraft: America’s demographic shift and why the census artificially divides people by skin color

August 14, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Release of official 2020 Census data kicks off redistricting battle in Wisconsin to save democracy

August 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
GOP Gerrymandering has left Wisconsin’s electoral boundaries ranked under developing nations

August 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Bounce Milwaukee encouraged its workers to form a union as it prepares to reopen after a pandemic hiatus

August 13, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Poor Air Quality: Wisconsin see unprecedented level of smoke due to wildfires driven by climate change

August 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Clear Warnings: Scientists understood in 1856 that humans were already increasing carbon dioxide

August 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Selfishness as a deadly virus: There is no vaccine that can make Americans care about other human beings

August 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Healthcare Capitalism: Pfizer and Moderna hike up COVID-19 vaccine prices on orders worldwide

August 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
HIPAA Rights and COVID: It is not a violation of the law if businesses require proof of vaccination

August 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
New entry protocols for Summerfest requires visitors to have proof of COVID vaccination or negative test

August 11, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
An immoral indifference: Why the ideology of refusing the COVID-19 vaccine is un-American

August 11, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Infrastructure, COVID, and Blame: Where the delusions of Republicans have upended in the face of reality

August 11, 2021 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
The Voting Rights Act: Why Federal legislation was needed in 1965 to enforce the 15th Amendment

August 10, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A War on Voting: The authoritarian agenda removing our Constitutional right to pick representation

August 10, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Control for another decade: Republicans prepare to gerrymander electoral maps to rig next election

August 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
In Service to Our Country: Milwaukee honors wounded Veterans on Purple Heart Day 2021

August 9, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
A People’s Military: 10 ways the American armed forces can be reinvented to provide a real national defense

August 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Battle of Bamber Bridge: The little know racially motivated attack on Black soldiers during WWII

August 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ending the Games: How the Olympics became little more than a traveling circus of the global sports industry

August 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
The lasting impact of GANEFO: When the IOC was forced to admit sports could not be separated from politics

August 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s deteriorating roads and bridges could finally be repaired under $1T infrastructure bill

August 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
A system on overload: How the COVID-19 pandemic could alter Wisconsin’s system of incarceration

August 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The risks of going to trial: Why the pandemic pushed even innocent defendants into pleading guilty

August 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Mask wearing returns to Wisconsin with vaccine mandates as new COVID cases surge from Delta variant

August 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
“Black Nite Brawl” Day: The birthplace of Milwaukee’s LGBTQ pride movement honored on 60th anniversary

August 6, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Elle Halo: Remembering LGBT heroes like Josie Carter and the trail blazed for future generations

August 6, 2021 | Articles |
When AIDS became an epidemic: Memories of finding joy during the struggle despite all of the grief and loss

August 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
James Baldwin: On speaking the naked truth to a country caught in a lie of its pretended humanism

August 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Watchdog groups files campaign finance complaint in Wisconsin against ALEC’s voter software scheme

August 5, 2021 | Curated |
Free Cream Puffs: Wisconsin State Fair collaborates with DHS to host on-site COVID-19 vaccine clinic

August 5, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
DNC 2024: Milwaukee contemplates another attempt to host the Democratic National Convention

August 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin grants $10M of aid to local investment projects in effort to boost state’s tourism industry

August 4, 2021 | Audio, Featured |
Illegal sidewalk riding of electric scooters triggers public safety ban on Downtown Milwaukee usage

August 4, 2021 | Articles |
MCTS Freeway Flyers to resume commuter service on August 30 as more Downtown offices reopen

August 4, 2021 | Articles |
Study finds that monitoring Milwaukee wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 virus can evaluate community health

August 3, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated, Featured |
Draining our economic blood: Why America needs to expand Medicare to dislodge the healthcare parasites

August 3, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
The Unvaccinated Penis: Research finds mild COVID-19 can cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction

August 3, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Live music returns: Foo Fighters perform first major concert in Milwaukee since COVID to sold-out crowd

August 2, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Be a good Influencer: We can all set a positive example as a transformative force for others to follow

August 2, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The Splinternet: How a global fight for control of the digital superhighway threatens to destabilize it

August 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Fearing Eviction: Milwaukee-area residents endure long waits to receive federal rental assistance

August 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Cycles of debt: Research indicates that driver’s license suspensions over unpaid fines targets Black drivers

August 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
How Confederacy-era superstitions threaten the multiracial Democracy that Ulysses Grant fought for

August 1, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |

July

COVID-19 Funerals: Grieving families can receive sizable financial aid if they can navigate FEMA’s bureaucracy

July 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Breakthrough Infection: Growing circulation of delta variant prompts Wisconsin to update health guidance

July 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
A Culture of Unaccountability: Republicans turned away from personal responsibility long before COVID

July 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Racial Battle Fatigue: The exhaustion of reproving what has already been proven

July 30, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee Notebook: The 1879 scandal over rotten food and abuse at Milwaukee’s House of Corrections

July 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
How the Capitol attack inquiry reveals the depths of White Supremacist ideology in Trump’s supporters

July 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Suffering that sells: When society would rather pay to bury us than support a life in which we are thriving

July 29, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
A Mismatched Workforce: Wisconsin’s jobless struggle to find lost jobs after COVID-19

July 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Twelve years of stagnation: Wisconsin’s essential workers continue fighting for $15 minimum-wage

July 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Police officers deliver emotional testimony about the day Trump sent domestic terrorists to attempt a coup

July 28, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Avoiding mob rule: Why the Second Amendment does not protect vigilantes who masquerade as militia

July 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
A well regulated White Militia: America’s obsession with guns remains rooted in the subjugation of Blacks

July 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Last Thing We Ever Do: Musicians express the Vietnam War experience of Milwaukee veterans in new album

July 27, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Hop Summer Nights: Special events usher in a return to regular streetcar service beginning August 1

July 27, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
An inadequate safety net: America has not changed how it measures who is poor since LBJ’s War on Poverty

July 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Celebrating a Black Greek-Nigerian immigrant who won the NBA title while stoking anti-immigrant fear

July 26, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
The immigration problem begins with us: The truth about the United States Border-Industrial Complex

July 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
Why rewriting history matters: We cannot make good decisions for the future with inaccurate knowledge

July 26, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
A fatal partisan strategy: Letting Americans die to win elections

July 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Thom Hartmann |
Avoiding Politi-Speak: How activist jargon obscures more than it clarifies

July 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
From Servant to Sellout: Why the racial stereotype of “Uncle Tom” remains a political weapon

July 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
We the People? Why Republicans believe that “the government has no role in protecting the population”

July 24, 2021 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Low-income countries struggle to obtain COVID-19 vaccine as stockpiles of American doses go unused

July 24, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Nation Building: Why America must renovate the country after decades of decline under Reaganomics

July 24, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Fans show their love for Milwaukee Bucks during massive parade celebrating team’s championship win

July 23, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Vaccines and Immunity: New SARS-CoV-2 variants are raising questions about the need for booster shots

July 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin families with unvaccinated kids are still navigating the risks of COVID-19 exposure

July 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
American Greed: How governmental corruption has spread like a cancer to our social institutions

July 22, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Capitol Injustice: Why statehood for Washington DC would be step toward racial equity

July 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Homeopathic remedies for the Infodemic: Ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader

July 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Giannis Antetokounmpo ends Milwaukee’s 50 year wait with first NBA championship win for Bucks since 1971

July 21, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Local media coverage of NBA finals reflects lack of Black journalists in Milwaukee sports broadcasting

July 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Mandela Barnes aims replace Trump ally Ron Johnson and become first Black U.S. Senator from Wisconsin

July 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Racialized Housing Policies: The homeownership gap provides proof of systemic racism in America

July 20, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee County formally establishes “Right to Counsel” for residents facing eviction or foreclosure

July 20, 2021 | Articles |
A legacy of redlining and racial covenants still keep families of color from owning homes in Wisconsin

July 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Preliminary approval clears next hurdle for proposed statue of Vel Phillips on State Capitol grounds

July 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
An Autocratic Agenda: Distorted “crime wave” narrative follows old playbook of fearmongering

July 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Ripple Effect: How the social trauma from police killings spirals across Black communities

July 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Hostile to our Democracy: Why the authoritarian attacks on Voting Rights are racially motivated

July 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pandemic of the Unvaccinated: America grapples with skyrocketing deaths after spread of misinformation

July 18, 2021 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
From coins to national motto: How “In God We Trust” legislation is pushing a Christian Nationalist agenda

July 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Mandela Pledge: Local challenge calls for 67 minutes of community service to honor Nelson Mandela

July 17, 2021 | Articles |
Our Doctors: Wisconsin launches media campaign with local medical endorsements for COVID-19 vaccines

July 17, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Little has changed since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar called for an end to institutional racism in Milwaukee in 1971

July 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Alternative History: From pulp science fiction novels asking “what if” to a sad modern-day partisan reality

July 16, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
What the Future will bring: America faces the most significant test of its democracy since the Civil War

July 16, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Trump’s Big Lie: Research shows the corrosive power of his unsubstantiated stolen election claims

July 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Two Americas: Why the national division has shifted to the Vaccinated and Unvaccinated

July 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Heather Richardson |
HHS awards Milwaukee $4M to fight COVID-19 and improve health literacy among minority communities

July 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
Community volunteers go door-to-door to provide COVID-19 vaccinations in Milwaukee neighborhoods

July 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Recovery and Resilience Plan aims to invest millions of federal aid in jobs and housing

July 14, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Structural Imbalance: The concentration of wealth has left the American economy perilously fragile

July 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
The 40-year con of trickle-down Reaganomics: Why Republican’s toxic class warfare only spreads poverty

July 14, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Cultural Hysteria: The battles over what we teach in history class is not about Critical Race Theory

July 13, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Being afraid of shadows: Why the GOP’s political message to White voters promotes fear over freedom

July 13, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Critical Race Theory was developed by legal scholars to understand setbacks faced by Blacks since 1865

July 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
The greed of fossil fuel: An opposition to clean energy that can grow the economy and save our future

July 12, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Big Oil’s dirty secrets: Petroleum giants face a reckoning for the devastation caused by fossil fuels

July 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
From slavery to skin care: How palm oil became the most hated crop and most used source of fat

July 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
From 2001 to 2021: The military mission of the United States in Afghanistan will finally end on August 31

July 11, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Performative Patriotism: Legislation would require National Anthem at youth sports events in Wisconsin

July 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Democracy watchdog cites 14th Amendment in effort to ban insurrectionist lawmakers from public office

July 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Six Months after Capitol Attack: Insurrectionists continue to embrace the Big Lie for political gain

July 10, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
New details suggest senior Trump officials worked to appease leaders of the January 6 insurrection

July 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Conservative Culture Wars: Why White Generation X Evangelicals are losing faith in the Republican Party

July 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
The visually stunning “Beyond Van Gogh: An Immersive Experience” opens in Milwaukee

July 9, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
American Memory: New art exhibit explores how images shape our understanding of past events

July 9, 2021 | Articles |
Reaching the Last Mile: Milwaukee transit program connects city workers to distant suburban jobs

July 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Malicious Code: Some UW Institutions raced to protect systems potentially compromised by Russian Hackers

July 8, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Data Breaches: Why personal information is so valuable to cybercriminals

July 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Senator Ron Johnson dismisses climate change as nonsense amid record heat, fires, and flooding

July 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Black-owned family business aims to be catalyst of generational wealth for Milwaukee’s Black community

July 7, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Social workers are being used by more Wisconsin law enforcement agencies for crisis responses

July 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Police utilize Salvation Army chaplains to help citizens deal with tragedy and trauma

July 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Risky Behavior: Increased traffic fatalities in Milwaukee linked to speeding and impaired driving

July 6, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
A fourth-generation firefighter: Aaron Lipski plans to make diversity a priority as Milwaukee’s new Fire Chief

July 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Un-social Distancing: Why our brains need time to process reconnecting with other people after COVID

July 6, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Racial Reckoning: Why people of color represent a mirror that White America refuses to look into

July 5, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
How the Olympic Committee perpetuates inequalities in sports by blocking swim caps for natural black hair

July 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
A referendum on racial superiority: When Black boxing champion Jack Johnson beat the “Great White Hope”

July 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reborn on the 4th of July: Using the power of love and faith to transcend Race

July 4, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Conceived in Liberty: The truths we hold to be self-evident

July 4, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Psalm 137: How Frederick Douglass claimed the Biblical message of social justice on July 4th

July 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Republican Representatives from Wisconsin vote to preserve monuments to Confederate leaders

July 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
A twisted national pride: True patriots love their fellow citizens and work to make the country better

July 3, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Why MAGA’s view of patriotism on July 4th is like a Christmas pageant for White Nationalists

July 3, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The rockets red glare: America’s dangerous infatuation with pyrotechnics on Independence Day

July 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
A return to the Reconstruction era: How restrictive voting measures are designed to keep Republicans in power

July 2, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Electoral consequences: Supreme Court makes controversial ruling that further erodes Voting Rights Act

July 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
The post-Trump onslaught: America is approaching the point where it can no longer be called a democracy

July 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Medical College of Wisconsin researchers identify link between mortgage lending bias and cancer survival

July 1, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Medical Debt: Wisconsin hospitals continued legal proceedings against patients during the pandemic

July 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Controversial Wisconsin golf course faces setback after ancient human remains found at proposed site

July 1, 2021 | Syndicated |

June

A Confederate Tradition: The insurrectionists of January 6 also believed they were defending America

June 30, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
President Joe Biden details bipartisan deal on infrastructure during trip to Wisconsin

June 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Social Engineering: What investments in infrastructure have cost communities of color

June 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
The End of Enlightenment: Why Republicans seek to plunge America into darkness by assaulting reason

June 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
An epidemic of distrust: New study details the public health problem behind not drinking tap water

June 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Underage Drinking: Alcohol companies make billions in profit from the behavior they do little to prevent

June 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Lindbergh Park moves one step closer to being renamed for local activist Lucille Berrien

June 28, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
The American Mythology: At the heart of our nation there is a lot less to like

June 28, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Entitled Self-Importance: Research links narcissistic people to increased aggressive and violent behavior

June 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
A weaponization of the Eucharist: When the Church authority rejects your access to unconditional love

June 27, 2021 | Articles, Editorial |
1836 Project: Patriotic education law is latest conservative tool to whitewash history

June 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
A White Messiah: The history of how Europeans fashioned the Son of God into their own image

June 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Understand White Rage: Why Republicans are desperately trying to keep voters angry

June 26, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Preventable Deaths: Unvaccinated people now account for nearly all COVID fatalities in America

June 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Cost of the Unknown: Why there will never be agreement on if the COVID lockdowns were worth it

June 26, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Eugene Manzanet: Cultivating a social responsibility that seeks to improve the quality of life in Milwaukee

June 25, 2021 | Articles, Featured, Profiles |
Unequal Hardships: Pandemic Misery Index reveals that few Americans have survived COVID-19 unscathed

June 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Storytelling, community, and grief: How theater can help people heal from the trauma of the pandemic

June 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
From Prison to Apprenticeship: Joshua Johnson’s journey to reenter the Wisconsin workforce

June 24, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
A Lingering Stigma: Wisconsinites face struggles to find meaningful employment after a conviction

June 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Formerly incarcerated people are twice as likely to suffer food insecurity as the general population

June 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Bouncing Back: Wisconsin sees economic recovery from pandemic while lawmakers undermine progress

June 23, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Wisconsin’s labor market: The many problems with hiring people to fill jobs existed long before COVID-19

June 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Brain Drain: Task force recommends ways to help stop young professionals from leaving

June 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
The silence of White moderates: Bystanders must take a stand against racists if we want to end racism

June 22, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
From chattel slavery to Jim Crow: Juneteenth is now an unavoidable reminder that reparations are due

June 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
New study finds that racial bias makes White Americans more likely to support a war with China

June 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Juneteenth Independence Day: Milwaukee celebrates the end of slavery with 50th Annual Freedom Parade

June 21, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Clarene Mitchell: An entrepreneurial pilgrimage from Milwaukee’s Bronzeville to Tulsa’s Black Wall Street

June 21, 2021 | Articles |
Angela Lang: The bittersweetness of Juneteenth’s recognition as a Federal holiday

June 21, 2021 | Curated |
An Open Letter to U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany: How dare you claim Juneteenth fuels separatism

June 20, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The War on Critical Race Theory: How America profits by projecting racism into foreign policy

June 20, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
In Defense of White Culture: Why rightwing media poisons the truth to deceive the public

June 20, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Attacks on teaching Systemic Racism mirror the shrieking fear tactics used by Joe McCarthy

June 19, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Textbook White Fragility: Wisconsin legislators seek to prevent historical truths from being taught in school

June 19, 2021 | Curated |
Waukesha Republican seeks deployment of National Guard troops to occupy Milwaukee’s Black community

June 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Gateway to the future: Milwaukee celebrates its next transformation with groundbreaking of The Couture

June 18, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Over The Edge 2021: Taking a leap of faith to help the Milwaukee Rescue Mission fight local poverty

June 18, 2021 | Photos, Video |
Bus driver shortage causes MCTS to suspend special service routes to summer events in 2021

June 18, 2021 | Curated |
Local pioneers honored: Milwaukee prepares for Juneteenth with celebration of history and heritage

June 17, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
New Federal Holiday: Congress to formally recognize Juneteenth as the nation’s “second” Independence Day

June 17, 2021 | Curated |
Celebrating Freedom: Why Juneteenth Day commemorates the end of slavery in the United States

June 17, 2021 | Curated |
Megan O’Halloran: Wisconsin has a golden opportunity to meet the unprecedented needs of our students

June 16, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Equity Principles: Elmbrook School District’s plan to address inclusivity sparks backlash from parents

June 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Dual Pandemics: Milwaukee schools continue to fight the coronavirus and inequality

June 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
On speaking the truth: The Freedom Struggle will not be deterred by lies

June 15, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin’s response to the pandemic foreshadows the national battle against vaccine hesitancy

June 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A world of disinformation: How countries used COVID-19 as an excuse to crackdown on press freedom

June 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
MCTS East-West BRT: Construction begins on new rapid transit corridor to facilitate economic equity

June 14, 2021 | Audio, Featured |
ACLU accuses state lawmakers of discrimination after voting to slash Milwaukee’s public transit funding

June 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stimulus plan for pandemic-stricken mass transit would be a down payment on reviving American cities

June 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Jesus doesn’t love me, this I know for the MAGA Christians tells me so

June 13, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
A return of the Ku Klux Kaucus: At stake in American politics is the future of multiracial democracy

June 13, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Standing United: How Milwaukee’s March with Pride for #BlackLivesMatter changed the LGBTQ+ community

June 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Works of Tsukioka Kogyo and Toko Shinoda featured in new exhibit covering a century of Japanese art

June 12, 2021 | Articles |
Nisei Soldiers: Japanese Americans fought Axis forces overseas and racial prejudice at home

June 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Local anger over Tokyo Olympics reflects just how unpopular hosting the games has become

June 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Black Cowboys: Urban horseback riding club keeps equestrian traditions alive in the Brew City

June 11, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Where horses and riding are a way of life: Ron Tarver’s journey to document the Black cowboy experience

June 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Stories of the Black cowboys who found freedom on the high plains after the Civil War

June 11, 2021 | Podcasts |
A Fear of the Truth: The rationale behind laws to limit learning about Racism

June 10, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin Republicans draft bills to silence schools from teaching about the social impact of racism

June 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Cold Civil War: The division between a multiracial democracy and an anti-democratic minority

June 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
The fading promise of remote-work: Employees feel the sting of the bungled transitions back to the office

June 9, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
No returning to the old normal: A Post-Pandemic Milwaukee can choose a new path to a better future

June 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Republican Governors cut off jobless benefits early to starve people back to an unprepared workplace

June 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Why Evangelicals seek to reclaim political power in 2022 to render every election null and void

June 8, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
2022 Midterms: The January 6 attack was a warning that America’s future is at risk from Trumpublicans

June 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin 2022: Governor Tony Evers announces his intention to run for re-election

June 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Representative Gwen Moore joins clean energy advocates in urging support for infrastructure plan

June 7, 2021 | Audio, Featured |
Milwaukee dramatically increases the amount of curbside recycling collected under new program

June 7, 2021 | Curated |
Environmental Contamination: Wisconsin residents struggle with harmful impact of “forever chemicals”

June 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
James Meredith remains a symbol of how powerful movements can include those with different ideas

June 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ending the 1033 Program: How local communities can take military weaponry out of the hands of police

June 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Deadly Divide: How COVID impacted Americans depended on the partisan stance of their state

June 6, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wuhan lab-leak Speculation: China under scrutiny again as efforts seek to determine origin of COVID-19

June 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Heather Richardson |
Thirty-two years after Tіаnаnmеn Square: Activist left to mourn June 4 in secrecy amid crackdowns and COVID

June 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Visualizing the Underground Railroad: Barry Jenkins crafts a delicate dance between beauty and suffering

June 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
State of the City: Mayor Tom Barrett shares his reflections on a historic year in video address

June 4, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Stifling free speech: Blacks targeted with curfew tickets in wake of Wisconsin’s racial justice protests

June 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wausau’s refusal to deal with racism is just the latest example that hate does have a place in America

June 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Another manifestation of hate: Racists NBA fans and the fear of calling them out

June 3, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Today’s Americans are called to repay the sacrifices of fallen heroes by living up to the ideas of democracy

June 3, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Defined by its delusions: How the Republican Party became the greatest danger to American Democracy

June 3, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Milwaukee celebrates Pride Month with rainbow-themed transit vehicles and LGBTQ+ public art

June 2, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Pride flag raised at Wisconsin State Capitol for third year to recognize contributions by LGBTQ+ community

June 2, 2021 | Curated |
Transgender youth struggled for access to treatment decades before the political obstacles of today

June 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Jumpst(ART) Downtown: New community art campaign spreads positivity to reanimate public spaces

June 1, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee Film expands “Minority Health Film Festival” under the new name “Cultures & Communities Festival”

June 1, 2021 | Curated |
An Anti-Hate Anthem: The Linda Lindas go viral with their teen punk song “Racist, Sexist Boy”

June 1, 2021 | Syndicated |

May

John Afton: Descendants honor first veteran buried at Wood National Cemetery on 150th anniversary

May 31, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Restoration of a national treasure: Grand opening of Soldiers Home returns site to the service of veterans

May 31, 2021 | Photos |
A Field of Flags: Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center honors fallen soldiers with 7,056 flags

May 31, 2021 | Photos |
Scattering CJ: The loss of one begins the journey of many

May 31, 2021 | Articles |
Living military veterans continue to face deadly risks that have nothing to do with war

May 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Racial Tragedy in Philadelphia: Part 1 – The MOVE 9 Versus American Jurisprudence

May 30, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A Racial Tragedy in Philadelphia: Part 2 – When Police Dropped Bombs on an American City

May 30, 2021 | Columns, Reggie Jackson |
Lessons from my grandfather: How White jealousy of Black wealth triggered the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

May 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Angela Lang: One year after George Floyd’s death and little has changed in Wisconsin

May 30, 2021 | Curated |
A history of slave patrols: Why America needs a real conversation on the purpose and practice of policing

May 30, 2021 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Very fine people on both sides: The fallacy of forging political bipartisanship with White Supremacy

May 29, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
A Dystopian Democracy: Republicans are playing with a fire that could burn down our nation

May 29, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Darryl Morin: The vote against investigating January 6 brings an end to patriotism and principle

May 29, 2021 | Articles |
Saaya Unveiled: Milwaukee author offers insight into the mental health issues of the South Asian diaspora

May 28, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
A National Threat: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares racism a public health crisis

May 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Political backlash over critical race theory exposes a racist ideology that denies America’s racist history

May 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
The color of education: Black students in Wisconsin face uncertainty over how to pay for college

May 27, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
MATC ReStart scholarship program continues to help students with outstanding debt return to college

May 27, 2021 | Curated |
Students across Wisconsin want more mental health services to help them adjust after pandemic isolation

May 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee honors Black baseball payers from the Negro Leagues in educational initiative on The Hop

May 26, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Funding of memorial bench at Red Arrow Park for Dontre Hamilton gets Milwaukee County approval

May 26, 2021 | Articles |
Riverworks Financial Clinic expands its services to assist Milwaukee residents reach financial stability

May 26, 2021 | Curated |
Backlash from George Floyd Protests: Our Rights are being erased as punishment for exercising our Rights

May 25, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The fear of 1619: Why distorting historical truth is needed to support oppressive political agendas

May 25, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A return to racial order: How the GOP is ensuring the Next Racist Generation embraces their ideology

May 25, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Kelsey Montague to bring acclaimed #WhatLiftsYou interactive street art to Downtown Milwaukee

May 24, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
New in-person exhibition coming to Milwaukee explores the Spanish influence on American artists

May 24, 2021 | Curated |
Tammy Belton-Davis receives inaugural Governor’s Tourism Award for leadership in diversity of the Arts

May 24, 2021 | Curated |
New report details how corporations inflated the pandemic pay of executives while workers suffered

May 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The restaurant industry faces a shortage of workers because of its failure to offer a livable wage

May 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Family farms face an harsh future as young farmers struggle with health insurance and child care

May 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers calls Special Session to expand BadgerCare and invest in State’s economic recovery

May 22, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
“Moving Milwaukee Forward” Health Order to expire on June 1 because COVID-19 vaccinations are working

May 22, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Vote by Wisconsin GOP shows their utter contempt for unemployed workers impacted by the pandemic

May 22, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
Another biblical irony: Evangelicals invented the “cancel culture” they claim to hate

May 21, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Pro-Cancel Culture: Right-wing ideology has always tried to ostracize people for the views it despises

May 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Backing the Big Lie: Republicans seek to airbrush the 1/6 Capitol attack from history to avoid an investigation

May 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Bublr Bikes gives the public a first look at new E-Bike program for the Greater Milwaukee area

May 20, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee expands travel options with dockless scooter program and extra Bublr Bike stations

May 20, 2021 | Articles |
Invisible Cyclists: Why people of color need to be part of post-pandemic transportation planning

May 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee Independent earns 40th Press Club award since 2016 with 10 honors for excellence in journalism

May 20, 2021 | Articles, Awards |
Burlington School District misses deadline to offer plan for solving its “Racially Hostile Environment”

May 19, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
What it means now that Milwaukee has banned police from using chokeholds without exception

May 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Bad Apples: How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing

May 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Second-Class Citizens: The Myth of Racial Integration in America

May 18, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Today’s Jim Crow America: When a political party abandons democracy to “save” the nation

May 18, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
From Redcoats to Redhats: Oligarchs prevail when the core function of a democratic republic is suppressed

May 18, 2021 | Thom Hartmann |
Digital wellness space launched to serve local LGBTQ+ community after a second year without PrideFest

May 17, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Disparities in access to hormone treatments is leaving transgender kids divided into two classes

May 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
A strategy of fear: Anti-transgender bills are latest effort to rally political support at expense of youths

May 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Chris Meza: Wisconsin National Guard officer builds partnerships in Papua New Guinea during pandemic

May 16, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Gaza tower that served as home to international media organizations was destroyed by Israeli air strike

May 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Israel has its own “Black Lives Matter” reckoning as Palestinian minority protests against Anti-Arab Racism

May 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
How We Bounce Back: Wisconsin will see real impact on real lives with Medicaid expansion

May 15, 2021 | Curated |
CDC announces that masks are no longer required indoors or outside for fully vaccinated people

May 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Revised COVID-19 health guidelines allows sports teams in Milwaukee to expand fan capacity up to 50%

May 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Royal Capital breaks ground on 53206 housing project to redevelop the former Phillis Wheatley School

May 14, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee awarded $20M from HUD grant to increase affordable housing and address homelessness

May 14, 2021 | Curated |
Creeping Militarisation: Why police policies are more about controlling the poor than fighting crime

May 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Rally in Milwaukee calls for an end to violence against Palestinians in Gaza as full-scale war looms

May 13, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee in May: Annual community march highlights immigrant rights and representation

May 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
State Interference: Mayor Tom Barrett blasts Senate Bill 117 as a “vicious attack on local government”

May 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee holds march in solidarity with activists in Colombia who are being massacred by police

May 12, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Leaving Afghanistan: How twenty years and $2 Trillion did not bring peace, democracy, or freedom

May 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Finding an end to the “never-ending war” and dismantling an empire of military infrastructure

May 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Immigration advocates travel from Milwaukee to DC to Madison demanding action on promised reforms

May 11, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
What Might Have Been: The inexplicable path that kept me from ending up as another angry White man

May 11, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
An obstruction of progress: The word “filibuster” was derived from the term for “pirate”

May 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: On being a proud Pioneer and following the spirit of leadership at Carroll University

May 10, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Carroll University develops new education program to address the pandemic-accelerated health care crisis

May 10, 2021 | Articles |
Milwaukee-area community organizations to receive part of $500,000 in emergency grants for racial equity

May 10, 2021 | Curated |
“No Menthol Sunday” campaign kicks off in Wisconsin as Federal government mulls action on tobacco

May 9, 2021 | Curated |
Big Tobacco: From racist roots to recent claims of allyship with the Black communities it has exploited

May 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
The state of air quality: Wisconsin has seen cleaner skies but smog is still a problem for some counties

May 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Sculpture Milwaukee invites the public to explore contemporary social issues through art in 2021 exhibit

May 8, 2021 | Curated |
MCC YouthBuild receives part of $11.1M grant from Bader Philanthropies to support community programs

May 8, 2021 | Curated |