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September

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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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, Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |

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, Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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, Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 | Syndicated |
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 |
Amtrak proposal revives Milwaukee-to-Madison route as part of Midwest rail corridor for passenger service

May 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: What the heartbreaking COVID-19 crisis in India can teach us all here in Milwaukee

May 7, 2021 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Political Tribalism: Why people who were willing to inject bleach are refusing the COVID-19 vaccination

May 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Veteran outreach program works to prevent suicides in Wisconsin communities with firearm safety initiative

May 7, 2021 | Curated |
Systemic Racism 401: The Myth of American Meritocracy

May 6, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Vice President Kamala Harris promotes $2T infrastructure plan during visit to Milwaukee

May 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Republicans blast the same “Woke Corporate America” that has provided them financing to stay in office

May 6, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
It is hard for people who do not suffer from mental illness to understand people who do

May 5, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Why the public rarely hears about suicide as the leading cause of death for young Asian Americans

May 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
An invisible community: When the struggles of Milwaukee’s Burmese Rohingya immigrants go unseen

May 5, 2021 | Curated |
Reparations 101: Repairing the damage from generations of concentrated disadvantage

May 4, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
$15 minimum wage increase would substantially lift economic hardships for 3 in 10 Wisconsin workers

May 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
A life entwined with slavery: Why Alexander Hamilton is being used to make the case for reparations

May 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Dontre Day 2021: Milwaukee honors the memory of Dontre Hamilton on seventh anniversary of his death

May 3, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Wisconsin will keep its Congressional seats after U.S. Census Bureau reports state population up 4%

May 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Population Realignment: Census results will impact upcoming elections with a shift of political power

May 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stop using White discomfort to silence the truth: An open letter to Brett Favre and Tommy Tubberville

May 2, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
True faith does not bully: An open letter to church leaders regarding LGBTQ Youth

May 2, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Gender Dysphoria: How social support and affirming medical care can improve lives of transgender youth

May 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
A May Day 2021 Message from Milwaukee: It is time for leaders to deliver on promised immigration reforms

May 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Multigenerational homes in Wisconsin face a higher risk of infection and death from COVID-19

May 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Investing in Families: Why America has lacked a paid maternity leave that benefits workers and employers

May 1, 2021 | Syndicated |

April

A message to White men who fear talking about race and racism

April 30, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A reckoning with hate: How White silence continues to enable America’s racism

April 30, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The Power of Maps: How Black cartographers helped visualize geographic strongholds of racism in America

April 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Game On, Milwaukee: Genshin Impact is the immersive Anime adventure I dreamed of in my childhood

April 29, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Nō Studios opens rooftop bar and lounge with views of Milwaukee and collection of curated Japanese sake

April 29, 2021 | Articles |
Going out into the world: Anxiety over a post-pandemic life will reflect our individual experiences

April 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Arguments over the 1619 Project show an institutional denial about the lived experiences of Black people

April 28, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Systemic Equality: ACLU outlines wide-ranging agenda to achieve racial justice

April 28, 2021 | Articles |
Former Bucks Player Sterling Brown agrees to $750K settlement over 2018 tasing by Milwaukee Police

April 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Governor Evers plans $420M in small business recovery grants after vetoing effort to siphon ARPA funds

April 27, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin taxpayers saved $2.77B in renegotiated contract after Foxconn mostly abandoned its plans

April 27, 2021 | Curated |
Milwaukee Preservation Alliance celebrates Soldiers Home restoration with plans to save more buildings

April 27, 2021 | Articles |
Revitalizing Main Streets: Governor Tony Evers plans $100M investment in equitable recovery program

April 26, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
New advertising campaign positions Milwaukee as top destination to safely host meetings and events

April 26, 2021 | Curated |
Sized to ship: How the standardization of cargo containers launched a global trade revolution

April 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
John McGivern gives Milwaukee a much needed laugh with his socially distanced show at the Pabst theater

April 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
Alverno to bestowed Billye Aaron with honorary Doctorate Degree during college commencement

April 25, 2021 | Curated |
How we see the world: Netflix’s library of foreign content imports global cultures to a home audience

April 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stalag Milwaukee: German World War II prisoners left their confinement at Camp Billy Mitchell 75 years ago

April 24, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee grants $100,000 of funding to community groups in effort to help curb reckless driving

April 24, 2021 | Curated |
Hit-and-Runs: New study reveals why most fatal e-Scooter crashes involve car collisions

April 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
80% Coalition renews call for legislation to prevent gun violence in wake of Kenosha mass shooting

April 23, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Our acceptance of gun violence: Americans used to own firearm without engaging in daily massacres

April 23, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Let It All Fly Away: Baby Mont’s new song explores traumatic experiences from gun violence in Milwaukee

April 23, 2021 | Articles |
Local philanthropists of color invest $2M to improve the longterm health of Milwaukee’s Black Community

April 22, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Investment initiative aims to prioritizing the voices of people who live and work in Harambee Neighborhood

April 22, 2021 | Articles |
The White Reality: Being tired of talking about privilege is a good indicator of being afflicted with it

April 22, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The significance of the Derek Chauvin verdict: I am not celebrating this as a sign of police reform

April 21, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Guilty on all charges: Jury convicts former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd

April 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Leaders across Wisconsin react to Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict with a mix of jubilation and caution

April 21, 2021 | Articles |
A small measure of Justice: The Derek Chauvin verdict brings a moment of relief to people of color

April 21, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
When the “thin blue line” kills: Scholars analyze why Derek Chauvin’s trial was different

April 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Action Follows Faith: What Christians should do when their Church remains silent about Racism

April 20, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Another form of criminality: Armed authoritarianism with deeply racist roots keeps no one safe

April 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reaching herd immunity against COVID-19 by mass vaccination faces the barrier of Christian nationalism

April 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: The need to build a systematic strategy that prevents mass shootings

April 19, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
From Oak Creak to Indianapolis: Sikh communities struggle to heal after latest mass shooting

April 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Firearm Fatalities: Understanding the endemic nature of gun violence in American culture

April 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Cruelty Sickness: Our shared fatigue after four ferocious years of the ongoing Culture War

April 18, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Elite Rule: The idea of allowing only “better” people to vote was first proposed by wealthy slaveholders

April 18, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A Confidence Gap: Study finds that Black students have far less trust in their colleges than peers

April 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
A “White America” First Caucus: When the party of Abraham Lincoln becomes the party of Jefferson Davis

April 17, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Investigation finds Trump officials gave millions in COVID-19 response contracts to unproven companies

April 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Hmong organizations help remove language obstacles and assist community access to COVID-19 vaccinations

April 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Cavalier Johnson: A Day in Photos during the Pandemic with the Common Council President

April 16, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos, Profiles |
The Father of South Africa: Immersive exhibit about the life of Nelson Mandela to make U.S. debut in Milwaukee

April 16, 2021 | Articles |
Images of Mars: Milwaukee native Darian Dixon helps NASA’s Perseverance Rover send photos back to Earth

April 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee small businesses eligible for more state grants as “We’re All In” program gets $46M infusion

April 15, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Wisconsin gets Federal aid to repair deteriorating roads but still lacks long-term funding solution

April 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Concern grows that proposed changes to Wisconsin’s election laws will damage public confidence

April 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
And another one gone: What Daunte Wright’s shooting teaches us about reform efforts

April 14, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Seeking racial justice in court: On trial is also our fundamental principle of equality before the law

April 14, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Derek Chauvin’s trial stirs questions about the legal, moral, and political legitimacy of any verdict

April 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
414 (New) Day 2021: Original poem by Dasha Kelly Hamilton invites Milwaukee to move 414WARD

April 14, 2021 | Articles |
Under the Dome: Why a coalition of obstructionists fuel a Culture War to feed their agenda

April 13, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
The 1848 Capital Riots: An unsuccessful mass escape by enslaved Blacks that entangled a nation

April 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
None Dare Call It Treason: Why there has been so little public discussion on the events of January 6

April 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Healthy MKE: Grassroots multimedia campaign aims to build local confidence in COVID-19 vaccination process

April 12, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Bus capacity limit for MCTS riders increases from 15 to 20 as more Milwaukee residents get vaccinated

April 12, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds halt of election suppression effort to purge state voter rolls

April 12, 2021 | Articles |
When lawmakers fall weirdly out of step with their party’s history and the will of the country

April 11, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Biting the hand that feeds: Republicans declare war on corporations that mildly defend voting rights

April 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
A fog over future elections: How the Big Lie of “Stop the Steal” is being used to obstruct voting

April 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Nobody is safe until everyone is safe: World leaders propose global treaty for pandemic cooperation

April 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A tragic cost of failure: Proof that the federal government has a role in combatting the pandemic

April 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Recycled rhetoric from smallpox epidemics: Anti-vaccination fear campaigns are nothing new

April 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Injustice in Health: Mistrust comes from untrustworthy behavior

April 9, 2021 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Local advocates work to narrow racial disparities for those not given the option to get vaccinated

April 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Paying a Price: People also gave up on pandemic safety measures a century ago when they got tired of them

April 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Home is Hope: Milwaukee Habitat begins Harambee project to build affordable housing for more families

April 8, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Wisconsin sends mixed messages to undocumented immigrants who qualify for rent relief

April 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Data shows that Asian Americans were the top target of coronavirus-related discriminatory behavior

April 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
The politics of bigotry: Why Republicans still fabricate conflicts without proof in order to stoke fear

April 7, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Wisconsin NAACP condemns Senator Ron Johnson for behavior that disqualifies him to hold a public office

April 7, 2021 | Curated |
Splinter Groups: America’s far-right factions have gotten more extreme after the Capitol insurrection

April 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
The crushing emotional strain of seeing images and videos of Anti-Black Violence

April 6, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Moral Universe: Evaluating progress across the arc of MLK’s Dream to America’s reality today

April 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Collecting Black Bodies: How academic curiosity left universities with the remains of enslaved people

April 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
From stolen votes to stolen bases: Why our political system does not reflect the will of the majority

April 5, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Decision by MLB to relocate the All-Star Game over Georgia’s Jim Crow-style voting law comes at a cost

April 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
How many fans are too many during a pandemic: What baseball can learn from the NFL’s 2020 COVID-19 season

April 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
You are not alone: An Open Letter to Transgender youth

April 4, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The full scope of MLK’s dream took on the issues of poverty and war along with systemic racism

April 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Rite of Spring: Easter bunnies, colored eggs, and other little-known facts about the Christian holiday

April 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Medical collaboration launches Pediatric Leukemia Bank as resource to help treat Milwaukee children

April 3, 2021 | Curated |
Study finds troubling economic implications from the warming of Lake Michigan’s deep waters

April 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Measuring Equity with Urban Forests: How planting trees helps build prosperous and healthy communities

April 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Sherrill Knezel: Graphic recordings of Milwaukee’s Blueprint for Peace Bootcamp

April 2, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin GOP proposes law to penalizes cities that “Defund” Police Departments by cutting state funding

April 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s public health plan now depends on individuals to voluntarily wear masks to stay safe

April 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Slave-built infrastructure continues to generate massive wealth for state economies

April 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Godzilla in Milwaukee: Remembering an ill-fated 1956 movie production that tried to film on Lake Michigan

April 1, 2021 | Articles, Featured |

March

Keeping Blacks from the polls: How Republicans adopted the playbook former Confederates used to halt Reconstruction

March 31, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Legislated Barriers: Wisconsin lawmakers craft package of bills designed to limit voter participation

March 31, 2021 | Articles |
The fight over polling policy: Making it easier to vote does not threaten election integrity

March 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
COVID-19 vaccination clinics established in Amani and Metcalfe Park to address distribution disparities

March 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated, Featured |
Milwaukee heroes honored on National Vietnam War Veterans Day for their service and sacrifices

March 30, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Erik Peterson: Former 115th Fighter Wing commander reflects on a career that has come full circle

March 30, 2021 | Curated |
Milwaukee Art Museum brings a variety of in-person exhibits and virtual art experiences for Spring

March 30, 2021 | Curated |
Emil Kapaun’s spiritual heroism: Vatican advances Korean War chaplain closer to Sainthood

March 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Field operations by Chaplains of the Wisconsin National Guard brings relief to COVID response troops

March 29, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
First Veteran residents move into Old Main as the Soldiers Home Campus leases half of its housing space

March 29, 2021 | Articles |
Jim Crow is alive and well: Calculated attacks on Voting Rights seek to resurrect the Bad Old Days

March 28, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Galápagos Syndrome: America evolved from its Slavery Era with ancestral racism remaining firmly rooted

March 28, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Jacob Blake files federal civil lawsuit against the Kenosha police officer who shot him in the back

March 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Deutsche in Milwaukee: New book explores the city’s old German neighborhoods with personal stories

March 27, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Investigation finds retailers distributing COVID-19 vaccinations added requirements violating CDC policy

March 27, 2021 | Curated |
Proposed overhaul of immigration laws would finally reunite families divided by deportation

March 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Categorizing Identity: The intersection of Race and Education in America

March 26, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Expansion of facial surveillance at airports seen as a growing threat to civil liberties

March 26, 2021 | Curated |
A tool for social change: How photography demonstrated the dignity of the Black experience

March 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
New documents reveal meatpacking industry fought against implementing minimal COVID-19 safeguards

March 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
The Broken American Dream: Less upward mobility and a ladder of opportunity that is much harder to climb

March 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
“Going to Hell” for more than 200 years: Every generation has been pessimistic about America’s future

March 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
A political effort to honor racists provides confirmation that Wisconsin really is Wississippi

March 24, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Treasuring guns over people: Only a global pandemic could briefly pause America’s gun epidemic

March 24, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
For the love of the gun: An irrational American ideology that sees White men as cowboys

March 24, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Seeking Justice: History shows that civility is an ineffective tool to end racism

March 23, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Awareness campaign highlights domestic violence programs designed to help vulnerable communities

March 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Leaving despair behind: Why holding on to hope is hard even with the end of the pandemic in sight

March 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Lady Justice: Fifty years of women in the Milwaukee Judiciary and the impact of their inclusion

March 22, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Food Apartheid: How urban planning helped create institutionalized food insecurity for people of color

March 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Abuse of Power: Why corporate domination of the U.S. food system is creating widespread hunger

March 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Who God should love: Why churches discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community in the name of religion

March 21, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Review of Trump-era coronavirus guidance confirms extensive political manipulation of pandemic response

March 21, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Capitol Coup: Fact checking Senator Ron Johnson’s effort to divert blame from White Supremacists

March 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stop Making Excuses for Racists: What the news coverage of the spa killings in Atlanta can teach us

March 20, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A Privilege of Silence: White men have not done enough to call out the toxic perpetrators who are White men

March 20, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Racism is still the cause of anti-Asian American violence even when not legally defined as hate crimes

March 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee residents hold vigil by City Hall to demand an end of the violence targeting Asian Americans

March 19, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Hate crimes against Asian Americans began to rise as Trump politicized the pandemic and attacked China

March 19, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
White people need not be White Supremacists to benefit from how racism still shapes American society

March 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Gun Show Loophole: County officials oppose proposal that puts Milwaukee County in the firearms business

March 19, 2021 | Articles |
Atlanta spa shootings by White gunman appears to intersect gender-based violence, misogyny, and xenophobia

March 18, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
State and local leaders in Wisconsin condemn targeted attack on women of Asian descent in Georgia

March 18, 2021 | Articles |
Community advocates in Milwaukee join with statewide coalition to denounce violence against AAPI women

March 18, 2021 | Articles |
Stop AAPI Hate: Report documents surge of racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans

March 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
What’s past is prologue: When the rhetoric of hate lives on in the monsters MAGA culture makes

March 18, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The “Melting Pot” Narrative: Why America’s history of migration coexisted with xenophobia

March 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Art build in Milwaukee creates banners for nationwide “torch relay” march in support of immigrant rights

March 17, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Political Misdirection: Why Republican pundits blame Biden for the broken immigration system he inherited

March 17, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Biden ends Trump-era policy punishing asylum-seekers but the trauma for countless migrants remains

March 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Operations at Milwaukee’s COVID-19 mass vaccination site transitions to Federal supervision by FEMA

March 16, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated, Featured |
Governor Tony Evers announces two phase plan to help Wisconsin families access child care services

March 16, 2021 | Articles |
A Spat with the Cat: Correcting racism in children’s books is not an effort to cancel Dr. Seuss

March 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Falling short on police reform: The George Floyd Act would not have saved George Floyd’s life

March 15, 2021 | BLM MKE, Featured, Syndicated |
Unforeseen Consequences: 1965 crackdown on the KKK offers lesson to dismantle White Supremacists today

March 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wave of voter suppression laws reveal the deep roots of Jim Crow ideology in the GOP’s drive to autocracy

March 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ignoring neighbors in need: When Bible believers claim Christian values but lack any capacity for love

March 14, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The Un-United Methodist schism: Conservative faction details its plans for breakaway denomination

March 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Springing Forward: How Daylight Saving Time can impact people suffering from COVID-19 sleep loss

March 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Independent recognized for excellence in visual journalism as finalist for 10 Press Club awards

March 13, 2021 | Articles, Awards |
MCTS to acquire Milwaukee County’s first battery-electric buses for new Rapid Transit line in 2022

March 13, 2021 | Articles |
Federal mask mandates put public transit drivers in difficult position of enforcing health safety orders

March 13, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Opposition to I-94 expansion continues as coalition urges support for transit and infrastructure

March 13, 2021 | Curated |
A Pandemic Year: Looking back to when Wisconsin declared a COVID-19 crisis and the road still ahead

March 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Trumpedemic: America’s death toll and economic loss is a direct result of the sabotaged COVID-19 response

March 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Lower Income, Less Capital: Why the pandemic recession has hit Minority-owned small-business owners so hard

March 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
In step with Rambalac: How I walked 1,000 miles across Japan during a pandemic without leaving Milwaukee

March 11, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured, Video |
3.11 Ten Years On: Collection of programs commemorate anniversary of Tohoku earthquake

March 11, 2021 | Curated |
Photographing Fukushima: Toru Anzai’s images document life at ground zero for future generations

March 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Social aftershocks of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are still being felt after a decade

March 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Five Wisconsin cities face demotion from Metropolitan status under new Federal proposal

March 10, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
A lack of reliability: Foxconn adds yet another ridiculous proposal to a list of broken promises

March 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
State senator proposes law mandating Wisconsin sporting events play National Anthem

March 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Kimberly Montgomery: An unimaginable list of family and friends lost due to COVID-19

March 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Adria Zuccaro: Commander of 128th Air Refueling Wing reflects on her service during Women’s History Month

March 9, 2021 | Articles |
Security for the New Frontier: Understanding the role of America’s Space Force beyond science fiction jokes

March 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
John McGivern returns to TV with program exploring Main Streets from all over the Upper Midwest

March 8, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Cauldrons of Booze: Women once dominated the beer industry until claims of witchcraft expelled them

March 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
New report shows Wisconsin residents flocked to state parks seeking a sanctuary from the Pandemic

March 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin National Guard reflects on a historic year of deployment and public service on its 184th birthday

March 7, 2021 | Curated |
Why the National Guard remains deployed to protect the Capitol from domestic extremists

March 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Current laws prevent domestic terrorists from being designated and prosecuted like foreign extremists

March 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Yolanda Medina: The vital role of Latinx women in the United States military

March 6, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Senator Tammy Baldwin introduces bipartisan legislation for Veterans exposed to toxic military base

March 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stranded far from home: Deported U.S. Veterans urge the Biden administration to repatriate them

March 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Blueprint for Peace: Putting Milwaukee’s record year for homicides in perspective

March 5, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Senator Ron Johnson forces reading of the 628-page coronavirus relief bill in cynical stunt to delay vote

March 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Security experts warn that chronic domestic terror problems continue to simmer

March 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
No political policy but revenge: How the Big Lie and its acolytes threaten the survival of our democracy

March 4, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
From GOP to POT: The Party of Trump officially supplanted Republicans to become a political cult

March 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
The American Empire: Destabilizing countries and wrecking their economies under the guise of liberty

March 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
MKE It Back: More than 70 small business owners to get financial assistance with grant from Downtown BID

March 3, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Partisan paralysis has torn Wisconsin’s safety net and left the jobless struggling to survive the pandemic

March 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
FDR’s principal intention for a “living wage” was to protect workers from abuse by employers

March 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Tiffany Krihwan: Longtime S/V Denis Sullivan captain departs Milwaukee to command 127-year-old Schooner

March 2, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Is the pandemic here to stay? How viral mutations are pushing SARS-CoV-2 into becoming endemic

March 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Americans continue to face serious hardships even after the trillions already spent on coronavirus aid

March 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Unifying against racism: “Freedom Together” advocates demand Congress take action on Immigrant Rights

March 1, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Conspiracies and Extremism: How the Wisconsin GOP lost its credibility over the turmoil of 2020

March 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Documenting Hate: A look back at 2017 when the Proud Boys established their first Wisconsin Chapter

March 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 022721

March 1, 2021 | Podcasts, Sound |

February

Out of the Ashes of Trump: President Biden sets course to finally heal the economic poison of Reaganism

February 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
County Executive David Crowley outlines measures to heal racial injustices in his State of the County speech

February 28, 2021 | Curated |
Milwaukee Repertory Theater to reopen after a year with first in-person performance in April

February 28, 2021 | Curated |
Acute food shortages are disproportionately pushing more Black and Latinx families to brink of starvation

February 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
A failed health policy: How a wealthy nation can go from an obesity epidemic to tragic food insecurity

February 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Hunger Relief: How food banks help families who are struggling under the pandemic get enough to eat

February 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
How not to be an ally: A list of rules for Anti-Racist advocacy

February 26, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Good Lord Bird: Re-examining abolitionist John Brown’s moral crusade to end slavery

February 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Big Lie: Wisconsin Republicans use Trump’s propaganda to extend voter suppression across state

February 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
Calls grows for investigation into Electoral College imposters who tried to usurp Wisconsin’s certification

February 25, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
The Texas Freeze: How the rich use an ideology of Wild West individualism to exploit the working class

February 25, 2021 | Syndicated |