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May

2021 saw highest number of traffic deaths in 16 years due to distractions, speeding, and alcohol

May 30, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Performance Crimes: How TikTok and other social media trends are affecting Milwaukee’s public safety

May 30, 2023 | Newswire |
Surging prices of used cars drive Americans to hold onto old vehicles longer than ever

May 30, 2023 | Newswire |
Forgotten Civil War veterans buried in County’s Poor Farm Cemetery finally honored on Memorial Day 2023

May 29, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
From the Civil War to mattress sales: How the Memorial Day tradition became full of contradictions

May 29, 2023 | Newswire |
Quality of life provider and local development firm continue partnership in support of Veterans

May 29, 2023 | Curated |
Biden administration proposes new compensation rules for airline cancellations and delays

May 28, 2023 | Newswire |
Penalties to curb violent behavior: Congress considers new no-fly list for unruly passengers

May 28, 2023 | Newswire |
TSA tests controversial facial recognition technology to streamline airport security

May 28, 2023 | Newswire |
Legalized child abuse: Wisconsin joins other state lawmakers in push for kids to fill labor shortages

May 27, 2023 | Newswire |
Modern Slavery: How American consumers enable global supply chains to exploit child workers

May 27, 2023 | Syndicated |
A Party of Business: The false Conservative belief that what’s good for the rich is what’s good for America

May 27, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Reggie Jackson: Remembering that the Declaration of Independence was a “Woke” Manifesto

May 26, 2023 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Supreme Court power grab: How to dethrone America’s self-appointed political royalty

May 26, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
American cities stimulate downtown revivals by converting unused office buildings into housing

May 26, 2023 | Newswire |
President Biden says “it’s time to act” on gun control during first anniversary of Uvalde school shooting

May 25, 2023 | Newswire |
A national reckoning over police violence remains in limbo three years after George Floyd’s death

May 25, 2023 | Newswire |
The Hill We Climb: Florida school bans poem by Amanda Gorman written for Biden’s 2020 inauguration

May 25, 2023 | Newswire |
Not planting means death: Ukraine farmers continue to risk losing their lives or livelihoods during war

May 25, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Deterring Russian aggression: The United States will provide Ukraine with $1.2B in long-term security aid

May 25, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Our Fire is Stronger Than Your Bombs: Ukrainian artists send defiant message to Russia at exhibit

May 25, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
The cyber gulag: How Russia restricts its citizens by using a state system of total digital surveillance

May 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Possible anti-Putin uprising behind incursions in rural Russian border region with Ukraine

May 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
European human rights summit approves increased aid for Ukraine to counter Russia’s brutal invasion

May 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
What’s Love Got to Do With It: Grammy winner and superstar Tina Turner passes away at age 83

May 24, 2023 | Newswire |
Russian cyberespionage operations in dozens of countries finally disabled by the United States

May 24, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Global Ambitions: What peace for Ukraine means to authoritarian leaders in Moscow and Beijing

May 24, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Federal prosecutors launch criminal cases involving illegal flow of technology to Russia, China, and Iran

May 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Milwaukee faces bankruptcy and police cuts if GOP lawmakers fail to agree on state aid package

May 23, 2023 | Newswire |
Acts of Hate: Local family faces lengthy legal battle with neighbors over alleged racial harassment

May 23, 2023 | Articles |
NAACP joins other civil rights groups with public warning to tourists about Florida’s hostile laws

May 23, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Uvalde Grieves: Criminal investigation into police response continues one year after school shooting

May 23, 2023 | Newswire |
As mass killings become mainstream more Americans seek how to memorialize the anniversaries of death

May 23, 2023 | Newswire |
CONNECT 1 Service: MCTS launches summer route changes along with new BRT line on June 4

May 22, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee Mile prepares for return of NASCAR series with safety training and track upgrades

May 22, 2023 | Articles |
Federal judge hesitates to shut down pipeline in plea with Wisconsin tribe to work with oil company

May 22, 2023 | Newswire |
Charm offensive: President Zelenskyy’s diplomatic tour highlights stark international isolation of Putin

May 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Why Ukraine’s spring offensive has yet to begin even with summer rapidly approaching

May 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Remains of U.S. Marine veteran killed a year ago defending Ukraine finally brought home

May 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Critics say the College Board removed key topics from AP Black History class due to rightwing pressure

May 21, 2023 | Newswire |
Wisconsin Republicans attack racial equality and free speech standards across college campuses

May 21, 2023 | Newswire |
Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers

May 21, 2023 | Syndicated |
Poll by Pew Research Center finds Catholicism is still the largest faith among Latinos

May 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Latino youth comprise nearly 30% of students in public schools but struggle with sense of belonging

May 20, 2023 | Syndicated |
Why the GOP is using Red State media tactics with Radio and TV to court the Hispanic vote in a big way

May 20, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Coming of age during a pandemic: Why more American youth choose to skip the crippling debt of college

May 19, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Why universities often reject class credits of students transferring from community colleges

May 19, 2023 | Newswire |
Trade school programs are booming while traditional four-year degrees see continued decline

May 19, 2023 | Newswire |
Pandemic learning losses: Classrooms across the country race to catch up on students’ reading levels

May 18, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
The Reading Wars: Why more American schools finally embrace phonics as preferred approach to teaching

May 18, 2023 | Newswire |
$Only a small fraction of the many children who need help with school actually get tutoring$

Only a small fraction of the many children who need help with school actually get tutoring

May 18, 2023 | Newswire |
How Jane Rosenberg’s courtroom sketch of Donald Trump created a viral sensation from a dying art

May 17, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Twisting a narrative: Why the Durham Report avoids the possibility that Trump was a Russian asset

May 17, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Ron DeSantis faces revelations about his military assignment in Guantanamo’s “Torture Machine”

May 17, 2023 | Syndicated |
What it means now the Director-General of WHO declares emergency phase of COVID pandemic is over

May 16, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
CDC data shows COVID dropped to 4th leading cause of death for Americans in 2022

May 16, 2023 | Newswire |
Medical gaslighting continues for people with long COVID more than 3 years into the pandemic

May 16, 2023 | Syndicated |
A hidden people: How generations still experience the trauma of being uprooted from their homes

May 15, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
United Nations to officially commemorate for first time the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from Israel

May 15, 2023 | Newswire |
The Nakba at 75: Why Palestinians continue to struggle for recognition of their catastrophe

May 15, 2023 | Syndicated |
Grandson of Nelson Mandela to speak in Milwaukee on solidarity with the Palestinian people during U.S. tour

May 15, 2023 | Curated |
Writers Strike: Hollywood braces for what looks to be a long fight over fair work compensation

May 14, 2023 | Newswire |
Creative Disruption: Striking screenwriters fearful ChatGPT could write next blockbuster script

May 14, 2023 | Newswire |
An empty hole: Home audiences endure lack of late-night TV shows as writers demand better pay

May 14, 2023 | Newswire |
TV shows removed from vast streaming libraries to slash costs also sideline already marginalized voices

May 14, 2023 | Newswire |
Cinema of cataclysm: Trauma from 2011 earthquake can still be felt in Makoto Shinkai’s anime storytelling

May 14, 2023 | Newswire |
Defining the best in television: Why so many shows are in a scramble to finish by the end of May

May 14, 2023 | Newswire |
From invasion to liberation: Sergi Mykhalchuk earns 2 Milwaukee Press Club awards for his images in Irpin

May 13, 2023 | Awards, Featured, Ukraine |
Milwaukee Independent earns 3 of its 11 Gridiron Awards for first-hand reporting of Ukraine War

May 13, 2023 | Articles, Awards, Ukraine |
Evgeniy Maloletka’s image of Mariupol hospital attack wins multiple photo awards including Pulitzer Prize

May 13, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Milwaukee-based “Friends of Be an Angel” is saving lives and offering hope in war-damaged Ukraine

May 12, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
UN Nuclear watchdog sounds alarm over Russian military threat to Zaporizhzhia plant safety

May 12, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
NATO allies have delivered to Ukraine nearly 98% of combat vehicles promised during Russia’s invasion

May 12, 2023 | Newswire |
Identity Politics: When patriots cheer a legally defined sexual predator and twice impeached insurrectionist

May 11, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Primetime Mess: Trump’s return to CNN shows that corporate media has learned little since 2016

May 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Trump digs deep with election lies and insults American democracy during CNN’s town hall event

May 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Governor Evers signs legislation to increase penalties for carjacking and reckless driving in Wisconsin

May 11, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Hugs Not Walls: Mexican families separated by border restrictions allowed brief but heartfelt reunions

May 11, 2023 | Newswire |
U.S. will allow at least 100,000 Latin Americans to reunite with families as asylum restrictions end

May 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Fast-track program: United States prepares second attempt at speedy border asylum screenings

May 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Title 42: How the Trump administration used an obscure 1944 public health law to curb migration

May 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Desperate to reach U.S. soil: How Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s brutal invasion influenced border policies

May 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Data released by FBI shows hate crimes across America escalated at alarming rate in 2021

May 10, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Excavated remains: Forensic investigators move closer to identifying victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

May 10, 2023 | Newswire |
Crowd-sourced blanket project aims to welcome refugees and immigrants with hand-crocheted gifts

May 10, 2023 | Newswire |
The carnage continues: Even experts seek answers to why America is plagued with so many mass killings

May 9, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Weapons of War: We already have a Federal law to get military-style guns off our neighborhood streets

May 9, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Only real Americans: How the Republican Party’s ideology became one that explicitly rejects democracy

May 9, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Milwaukee community mourns migrant deaths in Brownsville after SUV driver hits crowd at bus stop

May 8, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Massacre by Gun: How our free-for-all of violence is a symptom of the takeover by an extremist minority

May 8, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
A quest for significance: Why mass shooters seek a shortcut to stardom fueled by grievances

May 8, 2023 | Syndicated |
Silencing Fascism: Raising the voice of freedom and humanity to save our democracy

May 7, 2023 | Columns |
Embracing Tyranny: Why White people support autocrats in order to protect their privilege

May 7, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Pandemic’s impact still lingers as in-person attendance of religious services remains in decline

May 7, 2023 | Newswire |
Medical experts highlight need for better access to opioid rescue drug Naloxone to save lives

May 6, 2023 | Newswire |
FDA declines to regulate CBD products and calls on Congress for fix rules for the growing market

May 6, 2023 | Newswire |
Survey finds majority of Wisconsin residents delay or decline access to medical care due to fear of cost

May 6, 2023 | Syndicated |
FDA health regulators consider drugmaker’s request to produce first over-the-counter birth control pill

May 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Clashing abortion laws between Red and Blue States may be among next wave of national legal battles

May 5, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Lost Youth: Why weakening child labor laws are part of state GOP efforts to gut the federal government

May 5, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Underage Exploitation: Federal government urges U.S. meat companies to comply with child labor laws

May 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Governor Tony Evers promises to veto GOP’s restrictive plan to limit shared revenue for Milwaukee

May 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Legal Standing: Lawsuit moves forward to challenge Wisconsin’s archaic 174-year-old abortion ban

May 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Republican state lawmakers draft law allowing 14-year-olds to serve alcohol in Wisconsin

May 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Dear MAGA Folk: When was this magical time when America was so great that you want to return to?

May 4, 2023 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Foreign policy for the middle class: Jake Sullivan outlines a different vision of economic leadership

May 4, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
A Big Grift: The emblematic schemes at the core of the Republican strategy for governance

May 4, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Mass killings in 2023: Replay of the near-weekly horror loop this year blamed on gun proliferation

May 3, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
The American front door: How “protecting my stuff” turned a threshold of welcome into an armed border

May 3, 2023 | Newswire |
A radicalized Castle Doctrine: Ringing a doorbell should not justify a “stand your ground” shooting

May 3, 2023 | Newswire |
Heat mapping finds that Milwaukee experiences hotter summer nights in densely developed urban areas

May 2, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Twinkle twinkle disappearing stars: How artificial lighting is making our night skies brighter each year

May 2, 2023 | Newswire |
Milwaukee’s lead pipe replacement rate would take six decades without Federal funds to accelerate program

May 2, 2023 | Syndicated |
May Day 2023: Workers around the world celebrate labor rights while demanding economic justice

May 1, 2023 | Newswire |
Floral Reflections: Pabst Mansion showcases the ancient Japanese art of Ikebana for a second year

May 1, 2023 | Featured, Video |
Takeshi Kitano: Japan’s auteur of cinema to premiere latest samurai film “Kubi” at Cannes

May 1, 2023 | Newswire |
Make room, make room: What it means when India overtakes China as world’s most populous country

May 1, 2023 | Newswire |

April

Ukraine seeks help from Pope Francis in getting abducted children returned safely from Russia

April 30, 2023 | Newswire |
China protests U.S. sanctions of firms seeking to provide assistance to Russia’s war effort in Ukraine

April 30, 2023 | Newswire |
Why the Chinese plan to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is more about self-interest than peace

April 30, 2023 | Newswire |
Report details state-sponsored Chinese hacking group behind growing attacks on local U.S. governments

April 29, 2023 | Newswire |
Lawmakers and officials see Chinese propaganda following Russia’s effort to disrupt U.S. elections

April 29, 2023 | Newswire |
Kremlin exploits TikTok’s algorithms to flood disinformation over its brutal invasion of Ukraine

April 29, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Immigration Enforcement: Migrant deaths in Mexico puts spotlight on how U.S. policy has shifted south

April 28, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Latest figures show large number of Hispanics did not pick a single race identity on 2020 census form

April 28, 2023 | Newswire |
A political con job: How the GOP uses immigration to promote cheap labor while stoking racist hate

April 28, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Ukrainians mark 37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster amid escalating nuclear threats from Russia

April 27, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Medal of Honor recipient Luther H. Story identified from remains seven decades after death in Korea

April 27, 2023 | Newswire |
Disney lawsuit accuses Ron DeSantis of orchestrating a political campaign of government retaliation

April 27, 2023 | Newswire |
A purveyor of hate: Russian media offers job to Tucker Carlson after being ousted as top host at Fox News

April 26, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
How a company like Fox can claim to be a news organization to publish lies with impunity

April 26, 2023 | Syndicated |
Twitter’s end to state-controlled media labeling fuels surge of propaganda from Russia, China, and Iran

April 26, 2023 | Newswire |
Vel R. Phillips Plaza: Milwaukee approves resolution to create a public space named in honor of iconic leader

April 25, 2023 | Audio, Featured |
Striping of a new dedicated bus lane for Milwaukee County’s BRT begins installation across downtown

April 25, 2023 | Articles |
The Champagne of Beers: Miller High Life’s long-used slogan leaves French producers frothing

April 25, 2023 | Newswire |
Russia’s Folly: NATO countries eye more help for Ukraine as Putin pushes his failing invasion

April 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
A Unified Ukraine: Officials envision a liberated Crimea finally free from Putin’s bloody grasp

April 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Ukrainian forces consider how to “de-occupy” Crimea as Russia prepares for a likely spring offensive

April 24, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
20 Days in Mariupol: Milwaukee Film Festival screens Ukrainian documentary that won praise at Sundance

April 24, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
A tour in hell: What it takes to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the battlefield

April 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Medical volunteers in Ukraine set up specialty clinics to treat residents near the frontlines

April 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
How Soviet-era attack helicopters allow Ukraine’s military to strike Russia from a distance

April 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Inflatable tanks: Russia’s brutal invasion behind surge in demand for fake armaments as decoys

April 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Munitions, radar, and new weapons: Ukraine to receive another $2.6 billion in military aid from United States

April 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Debt ceiling crisis brings differences between MAGA Republicans and Biden Democrats into sharp relief

April 22, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Punishing the poor: Why cumulative poverty is a major risk factor for death in the United States

April 22, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Not a deadbeat nation: President Biden blasts harmful notions by GOP lawmakers amid debt limit standoff

April 22, 2023 | Newswire |
Commission explores why growing number of veterans have been imprisoned since leaving military service

April 21, 2023 | Newswire |
Independent panel says Defense Department should provide gun safety measures to limit military suicides

April 21, 2023 | Newswire |
Mental health distress: U.S. Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention without stigma

April 21, 2023 | Newswire |
Homes MKE: Initiative begins renovating vacant City-owned houses to build stronger neighborhoods

April 20, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Microsoft agrees to buy a $50m parcel of land from Foxconn in Wisconsin for planned $1b data center

April 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Real-life consequences: Why Fox “News” and the Murdoch family should be held accountable

April 20, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Birthplace of the Republican Party: Ripon relocates historic building to boost visibility for next year’s RNC

April 19, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Marginalized and Silenced: Why Black Americans push for Democracy as a way to change the status quo

April 19, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
A National Divorce: States are already withdrawing from a United America

April 19, 2023 | Syndicated |
A swollen prison population: How America can recover from its addiction to mass incarceration

April 18, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Defrocked ex-Roman Catholic cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged in Wisconsin with sexual assault

April 18, 2023 | Newswire |
Win-at-any-cost politics: Why Republicans use scorched-earth tactics to entrench their power

April 18, 2023 | Robert Reich |
Gender Definitions: Man lands in prison for violent anti-LGBTQ threats against dictionary publisher

April 17, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Speaking the truth in love: An open apology to homophobic Conservatives who identify as Christian

April 17, 2023 | John Pavlovitz |
Plight of the straight White male: When victimhood becomes essential to an authoritarian worldview

April 17, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Holy Fire: Ancient celebration of Jerusalem’s minority Christians sparks tensions with Israeli police

April 16, 2023 | Newswire |
Political PTSD: How the MAGA movement is making otherwise mentally healthy people emotionally sick

April 16, 2023 | John Pavlovitz |
Post-Roe politics: Fierce backlash to abortion bans fuels fear inside GOP ahead of 2024 elections

April 16, 2023 | Newswire |
Cognitive Decline: Scientists have known for years that diets high in fat and sugar can impair the brain

April 15, 2023 | Syndicated |
A side of cancer with that meal: Forever chemicals remain in our food supply because of political greed

April 15, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Developing countries can reduce hunger and slow climate change by using solar-powered refrigerators

April 15, 2023 | Syndicated |
Historic Milwaukee: What it takes for Pabst Mansion to preserve its 1893 pavilion for future generations

April 14, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Photos |
Terracotta and Photogrammetry: How UWM’s Historic Preservation Institute uses new tech to save the past

April 14, 2023 | Articles, Photos |
Withering cultural capital: More than a home is lost in a community when a house is demolished

April 14, 2023 | Syndicated |
Fossil fuel industries accused of doing too little to curb methane emissions in IEA’s annual report

April 13, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Study of wildfire survivors finds climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition ability

April 13, 2023 | Syndicated |
Rebounding air travel after pandemic and burning coal sends carbon dioxide emissions to record high

April 13, 2023 | Newswire |
A Midwest Rivalry: Chicago to host 2024 DNC in political competition of Milwaukee’s 2024 RNC

April 12, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
True Americanism: How pardoning traitors inspired the Jim Crow laws that corrupted a nation

April 12, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Manipulated Masses: How to defend our democracy now that hate is the primary political weapon

April 12, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
White House review of deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghan in 2021 places blame on Trump’s Taliban deal

April 11, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Anonymous survey finds drastic increase of reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies

April 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Recruiting Challenges: Why the U.S. Army is struggling to meet its high school enlistment goals

April 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Ithaka: Family-focused documentary about the fight for Julian Assange’s freedom premieres in Milwaukee

April 10, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Study finds Americans think national news outlets do not care about impact of their reporting on society

April 10, 2023 | Newswire |
Organization of Russian journalists suspended from IFJ over invasion coverage of Ukraine

April 10, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Designed to be addictive: How social media disrupts the sleep, moods, and social activities of youth

April 9, 2023 | Syndicated |
National security concerns: Why TikTok is being banned from government phones around the world

April 9, 2023 | Newswire |
Doctrine of Discovery: Vatican disavows centuries-old decrees promoting colonization of Indigenous lands

April 9, 2023 | Newswire |
Data confirms youth continue to suffer under unprecedented mental health crisis from pandemic

April 8, 2023 | Newswire |
Federal study indicates that nutrition standards for school meals may have reduced obesity in children

April 8, 2023 | Newswire |
Trafficking in disposable children: Why indifference continues over Trump policy that tortured families

April 8, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
How deadly disasters sweeping Red states are a result of the alliance between Republicans and oil barons

April 7, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Climate Catastrophes: Why the United States is Earth’s punching bag for nasty weather

April 7, 2023 | Newswire |
Methane leakage from oil operations in Gulf of Mexico found to be far worse for climate than expected

April 7, 2023 | Newswire |
Déjà vu of Photojournalism: Forced progress, brutal invasion, mother nature, and the detritus of life

April 7, 2023 | Editorial, Featured, Türkiye, Ukraine |
Seismic isolation systems: Earthquake-resilient buildings in Türkiye offer design guidance for future

April 7, 2023 | Syndicated |
A collapse of trust: Why women experience more health disparity after natural disasters

April 7, 2023 | Syndicated |
The tragedy of gun tragedies: Violent mass shootings seldom sway partisan policies despite public outcry

April 6, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Blood in the streets: How gun violence became the far right’s proxy war on the American public

April 6, 2023 | Syndicated |
Why the cost of supporting Trump’s MAGA vision comes at the price of dead school children

April 6, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Mission Accomplished: Why the political debate over repealing presidential war powers in Iraq matters

April 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Medal of Honor: Black veteran gets long overdue recognition for heroism in Vietnam War

April 5, 2023 | Newswire |
UN expert recommends Russian soldiers who illegally invaded Ukraine be allowed to compete in Olympics

April 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: An interview with the Ukrainian President on what a Russian victory would mean

April 5, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Takeaways from the interview with the Ukrainian President on a train to Kyiv

April 5, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Calls for justice: Ukraine marks grim anniversary of the liberation of Bucha

April 5, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Janet Protasiewicz’s win in high-stakes Supreme Court election flips Wisconsin’s judicial balance of power

April 4, 2023 | Newswire |
A house of many faiths: MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism

April 4, 2023 | Syndicated |
Faith and Ideology: How Cesar Chavez merged a pilgrimage with a revolution for farm workers march

April 4, 2023 | Syndicated |
Lanterns and crescents: Holiday shoppers find more mainstream retailers recognize Ramadan this year

April 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Under Arrest: Trump faces historic 34-count felony indictment for illegally influencing 2016 election

April 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Republican’s Rigged System: The Pretense of election used as a hostile take over of Wisconsin’s democracy

April 4, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
One Party State: Wisconsin Senate election could give GOP a supermajority to override governor’s veto

April 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Why the law binds average working people with accountability but not politicians or the super rich

April 4, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
GOP lawmakers accused of unlawful political interference in criminal investigation of Trump

April 3, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
“Teflon Don” no more: Criminal indictment of Trump ends decades of perceived invincibility

April 3, 2023 | Newswire |
Sources say ex-president faces at least one felony charge in New York hush money case

April 3, 2023 | Newswire |
Democratic-led states seek to bolster voter protections as Wisconsin GOP escalates suppression

April 3, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Thousands of automated Twitter bots found offering fake praise for Trump while attacking political rivals

April 3, 2023 | Newswire |
Trump’s criminal indictment is not expected to affect high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race

April 3, 2023 | Newswire |
Loss of intellectual property: Why the Federal government is unprepared to regulate AI

April 2, 2023 | Robert Reich |
Understanding how AI’s “hallucinations” could drive search engines and the future of the Internet

April 2, 2023 | Newswire |
Outwitting the robot: Some school teachers are inviting AI into classrooms amid outcry over ChatGPT

April 2, 2023 | Newswire |
Inside the mind of AI: An exclusive interview with ChatGPT about life, Milwaukee, and everything

April 1, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Age of Automation: Newsrooms consider ethical implications for journalism by using AI-powered tools

April 1, 2023 | Articles |
News organization sparks controversy by replacing all its human journalists in Milwaukee with AI

April 1, 2023 | Articles |

March

Grand Jury indictment: Donald Trump makes legal history as first ex-president to be charged with crime

March 31, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Hush money investigation: A long road to the Manhattan Grand Jury’s indictment of Trump

March 31, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
The perp walk: How Donald Trump will be taken into law enforcement custody in New York

March 31, 2023 | Newswire |
Trump stands alone in 160 years of presidential history over judicial and ethical scandals

March 31, 2023 | Newswire |
Legal worries for Trump continue to extend far beyond criminal charges in New York

March 31, 2023 | Newswire |
Governing from jail: Constitution unclear about a candidate running for president while indicted

March 31, 2023 | Syndicated |
Dramatic fictional arrests: How fake AI images are spreading misinformation across social media

March 30, 2023 | Newswire |
Federal government adopts new restrictions on use of commercial spyware tools

March 30, 2023 | Newswire |
Deepfakes are calling: How to avoid phone scams with AI-generated voice clones

March 30, 2023 | Syndicated |
Detour Ahead: Wisconsin Policy Forum’s report rings alarm for state action on local transit funding

March 30, 2023 | Articles |
Surfing is life: Senior Japanese surfer inspires Fujisawa’s surf culture by catching waves at 90

March 30, 2023 | Newswire |
Hostage Taking: Russia’s secretive FSB arrests first U.S. correspondent since Cold War on allegation of spying

March 30, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Making mobility more equitable: MCTS launches fare capping system for public transit with WisGo

March 30, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Affordable Mobility: Boosting public transit in an auto-centric America depends on improved bus service

March 30, 2023 | Syndicated |
A relic of the car craze: City planners finally questioning the worth of parking garages

March 30, 2023 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee photojournalist narrowly misses flash flood that kills 14 in earthquake-battered Türkiye

March 29, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Türkiye |
Survivors struggle with shelter and sanitation a month after powerful earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

March 29, 2023 | Newswire, Syria, Türkiye |
Bombed-out hospitals from Syria’s civil war make disaster recovery difficult for earthquake survivors

March 29, 2023 | Syndicated, Syria |
Refugees without a war: Surviving both a massive earthquake and its toxic trauma in Türkiye

March 28, 2023 | Featured, Image Spotlight, Photos, Türkiye |
Thinking about the best way to help survivors in Türkiye when the unthinkable happens

March 28, 2023 | Articles, Türkiye |
From Milwaukee to Istanbul: A visual diary from a city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia

March 28, 2023 | Articles, Editorial, Türkiye |
Earthquake Mission in Türkiye: Documenting vast devastation with the Turkish Red Crescent

March 27, 2023 | Articles, Editorial, Featured, Türkiye |
Displaced and Deserted: What remains of Adiyaman and Antakya after the February 6 disaster

March 27, 2023 | Photos, Türkiye |
Türk Kizilay: Providing emergency relief to those affected by the Kahramanmaraş earthquake

March 27, 2023 | Articles, Türkiye |
Cost of damage from earthquake in Türkiye reaches $100 billion as donors pledge funds to assist recovery

March 26, 2023 | Newswire, Türkiye |
Aid groups play vital role in helping Syria’s quake-devastated areas that were already disaster zones

March 26, 2023 | Syndicated |
Holy month of Ramadan begins for Muslims across the world amid high costs and hopes for peace

March 26, 2023 | Newswire |
World Bank report puts cost of rebuilding Ukraine from Russia’s invasion at $411 billion over next decade

March 25, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
War-weary Ukrainians who fled Russia’s full-scale invasion face end of temporary sanctuary in America

March 25, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
An undivided Ukraine: How wartime unity is forging a national vision for rebuilding the future

March 25, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
FCK PTN: Ukraine symbolically body slams Putin with postage stamps based on Banksy mural

March 24, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
The central European country of Slovakia sends old arms to Ukraine from the safety of NATO’s umbrella

March 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Putin’s sales pitch: Why GOP members of Congress are suddenly outspoken against aid to Ukraine

March 24, 2023 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Disaster Debate: Pro-Russian voices spread toxic propaganda on social media after Ohio train crash

March 23, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Putin charged with war crimes after international court issues warrant over child abductions in Ukraine

March 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Child Victims: Why prosecuting Putin for abductions in Ukraine will not guarantee the kids can return home

March 23, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Jordan Stolz: A Milwaukee high school student’s rise to the youngest world champion speedskater

March 22, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
An open wound: Small town criticizes child cancer settlement from chemical company’s toxic waste

March 22, 2023 | Newswire |
When kids become a prop: Understanding legal protections for the children of influencers

March 22, 2023 | Syndicated |
Deep concern for impact on startups by people of color emerges after Silicon Valley Bank collapse

March 21, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Why Wisconsin’s GOP-controlled Legislature ignores public safety by seeking to ratify cash bail system

March 21, 2023 | Newswire |
How providing a driver’s license pathway for undocumented residents makes streets safer

March 21, 2023 | Syndicated |
Shock and Awe: Why the United States military remains in Iraq after 20 years

March 20, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Measuring the Freedom Gap: George W. Bush’s promise of democracy for the people of Iraq still falls short

March 20, 2023 | Syndicated |
UN says Afghanistan is world’s most repressive country for women after Taliban takeover in 2021

March 20, 2023 | Newswire |
African American Christianity: The vital contributions Black Churches had in U.S. political history

March 19, 2023 | Syndicated |
Secularization in America: The idea that scientific knowledge would replace supernatural explanations

March 19, 2023 | Syndicated |
God and AI: Clergy concede that sermons written by ChatGPT are competent but have no soul

March 19, 2023 | Newswire |
New Bird Flu strain: Why next pandemic could be more deadly because Trump used racism to politicize COVID

March 18, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Avian Influenza: Costs pile up and health concern spreads as bird flu outbreak enters second year

March 18, 2023 | Newswire |
Elderly LGBTQ and disabled people hit hardest by caregiver crisis in Wisconsin

March 18, 2023 | Syndicated |
World Health Organization’s chief says COVID still an emergency but nearing inflection point

March 17, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Scientific advisers support FDA’s plan to simplify process for COVID-19 vaccinations

March 17, 2023 | Newswire |
Excessive Deaths: Research shows COVID-19 fatalities continue to be undercounted in the United States

March 17, 2023 | Syndicated |
The new Acorn Way: Street that honored KKK leader finally renamed after students press for change

March 16, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Victory and more bigotry: American politics still influenced by the backlash to Civil Rights legislation

March 16, 2023 | Syndicated |
Threat Rhetoric: Understanding the language used to stoke violence by those who want to divide society

March 16, 2023 | Syndicated |
Why accepting DeSantis’s version of history would be a perversion of our past and our principles

March 15, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Environment. Social. Governance: Why ESG investing is the new political boogeyman hated by Conservatives

March 15, 2023 | Newswire |
Frances Willard: How the legacy of the temperance movement’s founder still influences feminism today

March 15, 2023 | Syndicated |
The threat of domestic terrorism: Why the “lone wolf” extremist myth is dangerous to society

March 14, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse accused of purposefully evading attorneys in a civil lawsuit

March 14, 2023 | Newswire |
Chronic trend of mass shootings in America linked to spike in right-wing extremism over past decade

March 14, 2023 | Newswire |
Airport security across United States intercepted an alarming number of passenger guns in 2022

March 13, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Violent domestic abusers allowed to keep their guns under interpretation of recent Supreme Court ruling

March 13, 2023 | Syndicated |
Courtrooms thrown into turmoil after Supreme Court upends gun laws over Second Amendment

March 13, 2023 | Newswire |
Protracted legal battle begins with lawsuits that target state restrictions on access to abortion pills

March 12, 2023 | Newswire |
What happens next if legal challenges succeed in blocking women from access to abortion pills

March 12, 2023 | Newswire |
“School Choice” policy push revived by GOP culture wars in the aftermath of pandemic rhetoric

March 12, 2023 | Newswire |
Safe decommission of Fukushima nuclear plant still not possible as extent of damage remains unknown

March 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Japan prepares to release treated radioactive wastewater into the sea 12 years after meltdown

March 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Revisiting the tsunami scars of Japan that still linger after more than a decade

March 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Milwaukee Independent recognized as finalist for 11 journalism awards including War in Ukraine coverage

March 10, 2023 | Articles, Awards, Featured |
Without a budget plan of their own to offer House Republicans try to steal the president’s thunder

March 10, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Court papers in defamation lawsuit against Fox reveals Tucker Carlson harbored scorn for Trump

March 10, 2023 | Newswire |
A cancerous network: Why Rupert Murdoch’s Lie Machine is a violent assault on global democracies

March 10, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Showcase of extremism at CPAC: Trump embraces grievances that echo surge of fascist movements

March 9, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
An unlikely collision course: Libel suit defense used by Fox at odds with top GOP presidential foes

March 9, 2023 | Newswire |
Dramatic plunge in border crossings from Mexico could diminish GOP’s attack on President Biden

March 9, 2023 | Newswire |
When the rich paid taxes: Why Republicans hide the real cause of America’s $31tn debt

March 8, 2023 | Featured, Robert Reich |
Debt Default: Republicans risk triggering the dollar’s collapse and damaging America’s economic might

March 8, 2023 | Syndicated |
Horse and Sparrow Economics: Why Republicans are reviving Reagan’s trickle-down fraud to fund the rich

March 8, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
How MAGA Republican’s radical tax bill will dismantle the federal system created by Civil War Republicans

March 7, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Servicing our National Debt: How Trump era tax cuts for the rich added billions in interest payments

March 7, 2023 | Syndicated |
Why some wealthy interests seek to create desperate economic situations to disenfranchise Americans

March 7, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Millions who depend on government-sponsored Medicaid coverage may soon be booted from program

March 6, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
President Biden warns country that MAGA Republicans aim to cut health care for millions in budget

March 6, 2023 | Newswire |
A conservative fantasy: GOP leaders seek way out of economic ruin after growing debt by trillions

March 6, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Bloody Sunday: President Joe Biden’s visit to Selma puts spotlight back on voting rights

March 5, 2023 | Newswire |
New mass grave: Mourners in Bucha commemorate volunteers who tried to stop Russian drive to Kyiv

March 5, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Wisconsin Republican breaks pledge on Congressional term limit with announcement to seek reelection

March 5, 2023 | Newswire |
New Amtrak service running between Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Chicago could roll out by late 2023

March 5, 2023 | Syndicated |
Clean Mobility: Why the EV transition should provide all Americans with safe and reliable options

March 5, 2023 | Syndicated |
The Ironton’s tragic fate: Shipwreck hunters discover long-sought underwater gravesite in Lake Huron

March 5, 2023 | Newswire |
SCOTUS for sale: How a “donation” of $25,000 can buy some “face time” over dinner with a sitting justice

March 4, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Equal Protection: SCOTUS grapples with efforts by Clarence Thomas to overturn affirmative action

March 4, 2023 | Syndicated |
Fan the flames: Audio recording exposes Trump campaign staff’s work to promote 2020 election lies

March 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Aly Miller: Playfully navigating the relationship between place and identity with illustrative maps

March 3, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Profiles |
Comprehension vs. Accuracy: Why paper maps still matter in the digital age of travel

March 3, 2023 | Syndicated |
How the Grinch Lost Christmas: Classic Dr. Seuss children’s book from 1957 gets a sequel

March 3, 2023 | Newswire |
When rightwing politicians weaponize public opinion to cover-up investigations into their schemes

March 2, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
How classified government documents became a 13-year-old girl’s show-and-tell project at school

March 2, 2023 | Newswire |
Why credit rating agencies are working to improve access for consumers who need credit the most

March 2, 2023 | Newswire |
Living Legends Honored: Milwaukee holds special celebration on last day of Black History Month 2023

March 1, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Black History Matters: President Joe Biden condemns efforts to block African American studies in schools

March 1, 2023 | Newswire |
Election season kicks off in Milwaukee with debates of 2024 GOP presidential candidates in August

March 1, 2023 | Newswire |

February

Trump’s 2024 campaign run struggles to find traction in latest push as support from loyal base wavers

February 28, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Why the far right opposes the idea that the United States has ever practiced systemic racism

February 28, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Democracy’s Survival: The destructive nature of fascists posing as “Cultural Warriors” in America

February 28, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
United For Freedom: Milwaukee holds vigil to honor the lives lost in 365 days of defending Ukraine

February 27, 2023 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
What lies ahead: New offensives and new objectives as Ukraine endures Russian terror for another year

February 27, 2023 | Newswire |
A World War: How information became a key weapon of the Ukrainian defense against Russia’s brutality

February 27, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
An Everyday War: When there are no more words to talk about the experience of trauma in Ukraine

February 26, 2023 | Syndicated |
Drone footage shows the utter devastation of Bakhmut and the scale of Putin’s madness

February 26, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Resettlement agency aims to place nearly 300 refugees across Central Wisconsin within two years

February 26, 2023 | Syndicated |
Secretary Blinken reminds UN Security Council that “one man started this war and one man can end it”

February 25, 2023 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Ukraine’s port city of Odesa added to UNESCO heritage sites in danger list

February 25, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
UNESCO trains law enforcement in border countries to prevent trafficking of looted Ukrainian art

February 25, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Russian forces hungry for a battlefield success continue scorched earth tactics on Ukraine civilians

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Russia’s year of brutality against Ukraine has purged critics at home and inspired a surge of nationalism

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Russia alters aerial terror tactics on civilians by swarming Ukraine’s air defenses with decoy missiles

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
One year later: Why Ukraine must fight and peace advocates should stop collaborating with Putin

February 24, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Latest tragedy for war refugees: Ukrainians experience catastrophic disaster in their new home

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Heart of Ukraine: Longest battle of the war continues to exact a heavy toll on most vulnerable

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Justice must be served: U.S. determines that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
War in Ukraine: How Putin’s madness caused a year of widespread suffering across the global economy

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
A timeline of war: Key moments in a year of sorrow and solidarity after Russia invaded Ukraine

February 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Why an unlikely wartime leader like President Zelenskyy instills hope for Ukraine and the world

February 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
War is a huge calamity: Ukraine’s year of pain, death, and nation building

February 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Vladimir Putin put on trial for his war crimes in Ukraine by People’s Court in The Hague

February 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Former Wisconsin governor Tony Earl dies after suffering a stroke at 86

February 23, 2023 | Newswire |
Unacknowledged Prisoners of War: Ukrainian civilians vanish or languish in squalid Russian-run jails

February 23, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
European Union’s assembly calls for special court to judge Russian war crimes in Ukraine

February 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
How the Wagner Group’s inhuman brutality gave Russia an advantage in its unprovoked war

February 23, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Forced separations are an all too common condition as war rips young Ukrainian family apart

February 22, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Russia diverts attention from continued military blunders with terror attacks on Ukrainian civilians

February 22, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Russia rejects compliance of its last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States

February 22, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Report details how Ukrainian health care system was deliberately and indiscriminately targeted by Russia

February 22, 2023 | Newswire |
Expectation of victory: Ukrainians remain committed to reclaiming their land as war enters second year

February 22, 2023 | Syndicated |
Cambodian mine clearing experts train Ukrainian soldiers how to safely remove Russian mines at home

February 22, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
More than a thousand words: Photojournalists capture a year of Russia’s brutality in searing images

February 22, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Kyiv Stands: President Joe Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine in defiant display of Western solidarity

February 22, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
From DC to Kyiv: How a U.S. President clandestinely visited a warzone not protected by the U.S. military

February 22, 2023 | Newswire |
Biden’s rebuff to Putin: I am here in Kyiv and you are not

February 22, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Possibility of arming Kyiv with advanced fighter jets puts rare strain on NATO unity

February 22, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Western powers underscore long-term commitment to Ukraine with transfer of advanced weapons

February 22, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Milwaukee Judge Janet Protasiewicz advances in high-stakes race for Wisconsin Supreme Court seat

February 22, 2023 | Newswire |
Support for Ukraine softens: Recent poll shows how shortsighted and selfish Americans are about aid

February 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Stained with blood: IOC’s corruption betrays Olympic spirit with refusal to ban Russians from Paris games

February 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
President Maia Sandu details Putin’s violent plot to topple her government as prelude to seize Moldova

February 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
U.S. launches international initiative for responsible use of AI and autonomous weapons by militaries

February 21, 2023 | Newswire |
Support of Iran regime by China’s Xi seen as enabling Russian terror campaigns against Ukraine and Syria

February 21, 2023 | Newswire, Syria, Ukraine |
Spy balloon drama: Why public attention adds pressure for the United States to confront China

February 21, 2023 | Syndicated |
Partnerships and Possibilities: County Executive Crowley delivers 2023 State of the County address

February 21, 2023 | Photos |
Public safety in Milwaukee County at risk without help from Madison to fund state-mandated programs

February 21, 2023 | Articles |
Local businesses receive $1.5M in grant funding from Milwaukee’s Commercial Revitalization program

February 21, 2023 | Curated |
Already hard-hit by war: Syrians struggle to get aid and rebuild after devastating earthquake

February 21, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Syria |
United Nations appeals for a billion in funding to help Syrian quake survivors in rebel-held region

February 21, 2023 | Newswire, Syria |
International humanitarian groups look at longterm fundraising to deliver aid in Syria and Türkiye

February 21, 2023 | Newswire, Syria, Türkiye |
How Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine restructured global alliances and renewed old fears

February 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Why the devastating earthquake in Türkiye further threatens President Erdoğan’s grip on power

February 21, 2023 | Syndicated, Türkiye |
Excising exonyms: Why Turks have called their country Türkiye since the end of the Ottoman Empire

February 21, 2023 | Syndicated, Türkiye |
U.S. Marshals capture 114 wanted fugitives in Milwaukee during recent Operation North Star II

February 20, 2023 | Articles |
Lawsuit filed against Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs alleges gender discrimination

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Promoting Trump’s Fraud: Court filings show Fox News lied to its audience to retain viewership and profit

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Lawmakers in several states seek to prevent January 6 insurrectionists from holding elected office

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Voting experts to establish guidelines for Wisconsin poll watchers ahead of 2024 presidential race

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
The GOP’s Civil War: Republicans confront a bitter divide with no clear path forward

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
MCTS joins growing list of metro areas that cap bus fares with new collection system called WisGo

February 20, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Rethinking I-794: Advocates propose removing Milwaukee’s interstate overpass to rejuvenate the city

February 20, 2023 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Brewers could see $300M of state funding to repair stadium under Governor’s budget proposal

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Black voters in Wisconsin not surprised to hear about GOP’s suppression tactics in elections

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Election-denying lawmakers now hold key election oversight roles in two major battleground states

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Wisconsin judge considers clarifying criteria for what constitutes a legal home address for voting

February 20, 2023 | Newswire |
A Day at Biden’s White House: The invite, representation, and ongoing progress of Building A Better Wisconsin

February 19, 2023 | Articles |
An enduring GOP policy: When an economic vision is little more than a recycled nightmare

February 19, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Cold War legacy of Jimmy Carter: How Human Rights strategies helped to dismantle the Soviet Union

February 19, 2023 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s “Breakthrough Budget” pushes for middle class tax cuts, education, and family leave program

February 19, 2023 | Newswire |
Governor Evers proposes plan allowing Milwaukee to utilize sales tax to fund city and county services

February 19, 2023 | Newswire |
Despite fears of a looming recession the U.S. economy slowed but still grew at 2.9% rate last quarter

February 19, 2023 | Newswire |
Russian aggression against Ukraine reminds Auschwitz survivors that lesson of “Never Again” was forgotten

February 18, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Holocaust stories told in new ways through uncovered Jewish objects featured at Berlin exhibit

February 18, 2023 | Newswire |
Federal government adds financial incentives for states reluctant to host storage of nuclear waste

February 18, 2023 | Newswire |
Navigating the Holy Land: A photojournalist’s diary from the streets of Old Jerusalem

February 18, 2023 | Editorial, Photos |
Armenian cultural museum reopens after years of renovation near Old City’s Damascus Gate in Jerusalem

February 18, 2023 | Newswire |
Pressure mounts on Israel to “end appeasement of Russia” and offer military aid to Ukraine

February 18, 2023 | Newswire |
Zein Barakat: A spirit of volunteerism that nurtures an abundance of compassion, love, and humility

February 17, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Syria |
Hima Humeda: A Syrian college student’s story from childhood heart surgeries to caring for war refugees

February 17, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
A clarity of vision: Giving displaced Syrian children the ability to see a world full of possibilities

February 17, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
Medical Mission to Jordan: The faces of Syrian refugees and their health struggles after years of war

February 16, 2023 | Featured, Photos, Syria |
Abrar Qureshi: Finding a “Street of Happiness” among the faded ruins of hope in Za’atari

February 16, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
Abdullah Chahin: Building a collective purpose to provide medical care as a Syrian in exile

February 16, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
Medical Mission to Jordan: A visual diary from a week with Syrian refugees and SAMS volunteers

February 15, 2023 | Featured, Photos, Syria |
Hazar Jaber: Advocating for oral health so poverty does not make sugar into a poison for children

February 15, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
Bassel Atassi: Holding onto a family identity after Syria went from a home country to a ghost country

February 15, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
Za’atari Refugee Camp: Syrians struggle with a decade of life in the bubble of a temporary shelter

February 14, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Syria |
Jihad Shoshara: How medical advocacy empowers Syrians living with guilt and trauma from a distance

February 14, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
Deadliest in a decade: Untold numbers remain buried under rubble in Syria after devastating earthquake

February 14, 2023 | Articles, Syria, Türkiye |
Medical Mission to Jordan: Traveling from Milwaukee to document the conditions of displaced Syrians

February 13, 2023 | Articles, Featured, Photos, Syria |
Refugees in need: How the Syrian American Medical Society is able to provide vital medical services

February 13, 2023 | Articles, Syria |
Waleed Najeeb: A spiritual duty to bring specialized relief to those suffering from a decade of war

February 13, 2023 | Articles, Profiles, Syria |
Gun policies across States experience widening divide after disturbingly frequent mass shootings

February 12, 2023 | Newswire |
Horror and Anguish: Mental health scars extend far beyond those directly affected by mass shootings

February 12, 2023 | Syndicated |
Governor Evers proposes expanded spending to cover unmet mental health needs in Wisconsin schools

February 12, 2023 | Syndicated |
A cartoon vision of tyranny: Americans overlook the roots of authoritarianism woven into our republic

February 11, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Echo Chambers: Why the info ecosystem of cable news drives America’s polarization more than social media

February 11, 2023 | Syndicated |
How fake news drove the American colonies into a bloody fight for independence

February 11, 2023 | Syndicated |
China faces looming economic crisis after recording first decline of birth rates in decades

February 10, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Wisconsin GOP disregards military families with unfair mail ballot timelines pushed by other states

February 10, 2023 | Newswire |
Ranked-choice voting: Green Party leader pushes for broader changes in how Wisconsin elections are run

February 10, 2023 | Syndicated |
Why the success of bringing manufacturing back to America hinges on training American workers

February 9, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
How nonprofits get back on their feet while also playing a key role in local recovery from disasters

February 9, 2023 | Syndicated |
Understanding Hikikomori: How shame and trauma push some people to live in extreme social isolation

February 9, 2023 | Syndicated |
Divided We Stand: How ALEC’s legislative agenda pushes racist reactions over egalitarian values

February 8, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
The exhaustion that Blue people endure when living in a Red America that refuses to see them

February 8, 2023 | John Pavlovitz |
Beyond achieving a policy goal: The far-right’s obsessive romance with cruelty for cruelty’s sake

February 8, 2023 | Syndicated |
Carbon waste byproducts: Why “hairdryer math” gets bizarre when applied to global warming

February 7, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Study says Exxon Mobil’s scientists accurately predicted global warming as far back as the 1970s

February 7, 2023 | Newswire |
Federal funding to help Wisconsin communities boost investments in solar and clean energy solutions

February 7, 2023 | Syndicated |
Tammy Baldwin’s third term? Why Democrats may have a more difficult time in 2024 to keep the Senate

February 6, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
A litany of human rights crises emerged in 2022 but also presented new opportunities against violations

February 6, 2023 | Newswire |
Partisan Strategies: Why the real political divide is not Conservative vs. Liberal but Fear vs. Trust

February 6, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Rare trove of Jewish objects hidden since WWII discovered by construction company in Poland

February 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Students in Ukraine face daily threats as Russia’s brutal war forces improvisation of education

February 5, 2023 | Syndicated |
Power plant workers in Ukraine stay at their posts when bombs land in fight to keep electricity flowing

February 5, 2023 | Newswire |
A parasitic industry: Understanding why America does not define healthcare as a basic human right

February 4, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Racial battle fatigue: The cumulative effects of hostility that Black people experience in White society

February 4, 2023 | Syndicated |
Kenosha judge allows father of victim killed by Kyle Rittenhouse to proceed with wrongful death lawsuit

February 4, 2023 | Newswire |
America’s homeless population remains about the same as before pandemic despite increased local efforts

February 3, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Reinforcing Redlining: Why Wisconsin’s outdated zoning codes adds to housing shortage difficulties

February 3, 2023 | Syndicated |
Nonprofits face challenges in making transportation accessible to aging Wisconsinites with disabilities

February 3, 2023 | Syndicated |
Story of Nearest Green: When a Black distiller was credited for teaching Jack Daniel how to make whiskey

February 2, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Graves of Black ancestors: How government officials and developers worked to erase the Moseley Cemetery

February 2, 2023 | Syndicated |
How Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic” defined the Civil War as a holy war for human freedom

February 2, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Reggie Jackson: The beating death of Tyre Nichols asks unanswered question of when will police abuse end

February 1, 2023 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Pardeep Kaleka: The “might makes right” mindset is acculturated into the racial hurt we consume

February 1, 2023 | Columns, Pardeep Kaleka |
The myth of discrimination: How the culture of White Supremacy killed Tyre Nichols

February 1, 2023 | John Pavlovitz |
Murdered By Police: Congress should pass legislation of a national standard for law enforcement

February 1, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Death of Tyre Nichols revives national calls for changes in violent culture of local police

February 1, 2023 | Newswire |
Blind spots in color blindness: Black police officers are infected by same anti-Black bias as White society

February 1, 2023 | Syndicated |
Family of Tyre Nichols grieves on sacred ground with Memphis community on the eve of his funeral

February 1, 2023 | Newswire |
67 minutes of video recorded violent police brutality followed by indifference to victim’s condition

February 1, 2023 | Newswire |
Investigations into police brutality: A timeline of events in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols

February 1, 2023 | Newswire |

January

Demise of liberal democracy: We are living in the final stage of Reaganism’s dystopia

January 31, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Beyond the Bubble: Rightwing newsletter tries to decipher the conservative news media for outsiders

January 31, 2023 | Newswire |
An infatuation with darkness: The character of the far-right can be seen in their hideous heroes

January 31, 2023 | Syndicated |
Social media never forgets: Why the digital experience of daily life makes it hard to move on from a breakup

January 30, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Is this true? The algorithms used by social media are not attuned to what is best for society

January 30, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
The loss of “Black Twitter” would make it harder to discuss racism and publicize police brutality

January 30, 2023 | Syndicated |
Imposing a judicial code of ethics on SCOTUS could protect it from wealthy rightwing “Christians”

January 29, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Lacking Accessibility: Why churches fail to offer people full accommodations to worship spaces

January 29, 2023 | Newswire |
Disney’s Magic: When people come close to crossing the boundaries between consumerism and religion

January 29, 2023 | Syndicated |
Undoing Roe: Fallout of ending abortion protections was immediate, far-reaching, and still not over

January 28, 2023 | Newswire |
Simmering Tensions: Why talking across the political aisle helps reduce hostility

January 28, 2023 | Syndicated |
Survey of electorates showed Independent voters contributed to midterm woes for GOP candidates

January 28, 2023 | Newswire |
Race, Ethnicity, and Age: Why employers are forced to be more flexible as workplace diversity grows

January 27, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Joy of Nature: After generations of racial exclusion Black Americans are re-embracing the Great Outdoors

January 27, 2023 | Syndicated |
Stalled Funding: Wisconsin explores regional services as fix for struggling emergency mental health system

January 27, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated |
Reasons for despair: Why the new “Great Depression” comes from our profound sense of political dread

January 26, 2023 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
The 2022 election cycle saw cracks in Black voter support for Democratic candidates

January 26, 2023 | Newswire |
What America Denies: The racial myths and fabrications that Whiteness tells itself

January 26, 2023 | Syndicated |
Why President Biden should follow President Truman’s courage and revive a Berlin-style Airlift for Ukraine

January 25, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Winter of Discontent: Poor performance and low morale of Russian soldiers expected to worsen

January 25, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Scrutiny of Orthodox Churches more than tug-of-war for spiritual independence of the Ukrainian soul

January 25, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Weaponized Education: Ukraine schools remain a key battleground in the fight for the nation’s future

January 24, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Wartime Ukraine reclaims national identity with surge to erase Colonial Russian past from public spaces

January 24, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
A fallen fiend: Why the USSR imploded under the unviable ideology of its depravity and terror

January 24, 2023 | Newswire |
No longer just pawns: How the war in Ukraine is shifting the balance of power to Eastern Europe

January 23, 2023 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
The Winter Campaign: Putin has been weaponizing energy for years and has no incentive to stop now

January 23, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Over dependence on Russian oil and gas has accelerated a global swing to clean energy

January 23, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Monsters of American Capitalism: Trump, Bankman-Fried, and Musk show how greed is a public danger

January 22, 2023 | Robert Reich |
Treasure sleuths piece together how pirates hid from their crimes in Colonial America with impunity

January 22, 2023 | Newswire |
Ownership of ancient artifacts debated as Egyptians seek return of Rosetta Stone from British Museum

January 22, 2023 | Newswire |
Concerns over sexual assault and pandemic response among factors causing military recruitment decline

January 21, 2023 | Syndicated |
Proposed posthumous promotion of Ulysses S. Grant sheds new light on his fight for equal rights

January 21, 2023 | Syndicated |
Ukrainian soldiers recover at rehabilitation center in Kharkiv before returning to front lines

January 21, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
What madness looks like: Russia continues to escalate onslaught with new levels of death and devastation

January 20, 2023 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Cyberattacks from Russia target online auction of Banksy art selling to raise money for Ukraine relief

January 20, 2023 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
America’s spy network lags behind rivals in seizing on intelligence data hiding in plain sight

January 20, 2023 | Newswire |
Child care disruptions continue even as Americans try to move on from COVID

January 19, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Scientists are closer to understanding how immune dysfunctions can contribute to “long COVID”

January 19, 2023 | Syndicated |
COVID-19 surge in China increases likelihood of new mutant virus as elderly resist vaccinations

January 19, 2023 | COVID-19, Newswire |
Profit from lies: How Big Oil’s acceleration of global warming has made winter cold more extreme

January 18, 2023 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
A year of disasters: Climate catastrophes are causing billions in damages with no relief in sight

January 18, 2023 | Syndicated |
Farmers of color file class-action lawsuit against federal government for promised financial aid

January 18, 2023 | Newswire |
Atmospheric carbon might make Great Lakes more acidic and inhospitable for some fish and plants

January 17, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Authorization by Congress of a new heavy icebreaker seen as a boost for winter shipping on Great Lakes

January 17, 2023 | Syndicated |
The New Abnormal: Catastrophic weather disasters are considered tame after frequency of yearly onslaught

January 17, 2023 | Newswire |
Something to Say: Legacy of MLK honored with program to help Milwaukee families talk about racism

January 16, 2023 | Articles, Featured |
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday features tributes, commitments, and memorials to elevate race equity

January 16, 2023 | Newswire |
Weaponizing our bigoted past: How the distortion of MLK‘s words enables more racial division

January 16, 2023 | Syndicated |
BLM foundation launches student solidarity fund to provide college aid as loan forgiveness stalls

January 16, 2023 | Newswire |
Terror Tactics: Russia uses $1M supersonic anti-ship missile to attack random apartments in Dnipro

January 15, 2023 | Newswire |
The cost of war in Ukraine is being paid by loving fathers and their injured sons

January 15, 2023 | Newswire |
What the battles of Soledar and Bakhmut reveal about the likely next phase of war in Ukraine

January 15, 2023 | Syndicated |
Many Americans will qualify for a 2023 tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle

January 15, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Highway safety study finds more than half of car crash victims had drugs or alcohol in their system

January 15, 2023 | Newswire |
Lingering health impact from COVID pandemic prompts Federal extension of Real ID deadline

January 15, 2023 | COVID-19, Newswire |
Commercial freight routes face new restrictions as EPA tightens nitrogen oxide limits on heavy trucks

January 14, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
U.S. Postal Service pledges transition to a nationwide all-electric delivery fleet beginning in 2026

January 14, 2023 | Newswire |
Most small SUVs flunked the insurance industry’s updated frontal crash tests

January 14, 2023 | Newswire |
Next political fight around the corner as Federal spending approaches debt ceiling

January 13, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Easing of inflation gives rise to optimism that American economy can avoid a recession

January 13, 2023 | Newswire |
GOP disfunction drives unity among Democrats in the often-divided environment of Washington politics

January 13, 2023 | Newswire |
Wisconsin Republicans again seek to dictate human rights with push to undo conversion therapy ban

January 12, 2023 | Newswire |
Fake elector for Trump gloats over Wisconsin GOP’s success of suppressing minority voters in Milwaukee

January 12, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
The “red wave” collapsed: How Wisconsin Democrats fought back in the most gerrymandered state

January 12, 2023 | Syndicated |
House Republicans launch long-promised political witch-hunt on Biden family

January 12, 2023 | Newswire |
Census Bureau makes biggest modification in decades to how it defines meaning of “urban” America

January 11, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Candidates for partisan-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court say party politics will have no influence

January 11, 2023 | Newswire |
Section 1326: Why the immigration fight is fueled by a 1920s law based on anti-Latino racism

January 11, 2023 | Newswire |
World-renowned art duo HYBYCOZO brings “Lightfield” sculptures to Milwaukee for immersive experiences

January 10, 2023 | Curated, Featured |
Collective behind Milwaukee Theater District aims to help entertainment industry recover from pandemic

January 10, 2023 | Syndicated |
Last Sherlock Holmes book enters public domain with massive cache of vintage creative works in 2023

January 10, 2023 | Newswire |
Aaron Rodgers has entire postseason to ponder his future after playoff hopes crushed by Packers loss

January 9, 2023 | Newswire |
Authoritarian Learning: Insurrection by Brazil’s far-right shows Trump taught world how to do January 6

January 9, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
President Lula vows to punish pro-Bolsonaro supporters for January 8 attack on Brazil’s Congress

January 9, 2023 | Newswire |
How America’s racial hate empowers a vast network of fixers to prey upon migrants crossing from Mexico

January 9, 2023 | Featured, Newswire |
Border Bishop: Milwaukee-native takes lead role in El Paso’s Catholic migrant ministry

January 9, 2023 | Newswire |
Caring for the vulnerable: Medical volunteers help traumatized assault survivors at Migrant shelters

January 9, 2023 | Newswire |
Republicans stoke racism and anti-immigration fears as President Joe Biden inspects border with Mexico

January 9, 2023 | Newswire |
Power entirely for its own sake: Where begging and pleading to become House Speaker leaves the nation

January 8, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
President Joe Biden stops in El Paso on way to Mexico City for firsthand look at Southern border situation

January 8, 2023 | Newswire |
Win or go home: Green Bay Packers are just one win away from clinching Super Bowl playoff spot

January 8, 2023 | Syndicated |
Wanting an old job back: How a Trump presidential bid could follow Roosevelt’s failed Bull Moose campaign

January 8, 2023 | Syndicated |
Why the conservative base of Republican voters has yet to wake up to its oppression by Republican politicians

January 8, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Faith leaders say report by January 6 Committee minimizes central role of Christian Nationalism

January 8, 2023 | Syndicated |
Clancy and Madison: Two freshman Legislators from Milwaukee revive Wisconsin’s dormant Socialist Caucus

January 8, 2023 | Newswire |
The Four Freedoms: Lessons from the FDR speech that articulated a powerful vision for a world

January 7, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Pyrrhic Victory: McCarthy capitulates to MAGA faction to become House Speaker in turbulent 15th vote

January 7, 2023 | Newswire |
Without veto-proof majority GOP Lawmakers scheme to use voters to strip Governor Evers of executive powers

January 7, 2023 | Newswire |
A growing fear in the new year of more violence as Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives on social media

January 7, 2023 | Newswire |
More LGBTQ students are “walking a tightrope” over policy backlashes at Christian colleges

January 7, 2023 | Newswire |
The Queer family farm: LGBTQ farmers find fertile ground in Wisconsin despite social obstacles

January 7, 2023 | Syndicated |
Failure to Launch: Trump rings in 2023 against heavy headwinds threatening his third White House run

January 6, 2023 | Newswire |
Documents show Senator Ron Johnson pushed for GOP-controlled Legislature to pick Trump’s electors

January 6, 2023 | Newswire |
Evidence suggest that “Anti-McCarthy Crowd” are aligned with Vladimir Putin’s mission to ruin America

January 6, 2023 | Thom Hartmann |
Pardeep Kaleka: Why American regret about January 6th is both healthy and the path forward

January 6, 2023 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
The Big Lie: Key takeaways from the Congressional January 6 report that detailed Trump’s attempted coup

January 6, 2023 | Newswire |
Failed Speaker Bid: Two years after deadly insurrection finds Congress again paralyzed on January 6

January 6, 2023 | Newswire |
Governor Tony Evers meets with Mayors of Wisconsin’s five largest cities to discuss changes in local funding

January 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Trump’s taxes: Release of long-sought returns sheds a light on foreign influence and possible fraud

January 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Russia’s brutal war and Iran’s internal turmoil limited their ability to interfere in midterm elections

January 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Destructive Politics: House Speaker chaos shows GOP has ability to obstruct but not to actually govern

January 5, 2023 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Republican Party in disarray for second day as radical wing rejects McCarthy as House Speaker

January 5, 2023 | Newswire |
Georgia vote for Democrats gives Vice President Kamala Harris reprieve as Senate tiebreaker

January 5, 2023 | Newswire |
New abortion law faces threat of veto by Governor Evers as Wisconsin GOP split over changing to ban

January 4, 2023 | Newswire |
An ugly enforcement: Wisconsin’s fetal protection law allows detention of pregnant women for alcohol use

January 4, 2023 | Syndicated |
Senator Baldwin’s proposed Federal travel funding for abortion seekers faces a hostile new Congress

January 4, 2023 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: What my stroke taught me about health and relationships

January 4, 2023 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Recent mergers of major hospitals in Wisconsin will impact about 8.5M patients in state and beyond

January 4, 2023 | Syndicated |
What is MyPlate? Why so few families are aware of or pay attention to the federal nutrition guide

January 4, 2023 | Newswire |
Inauguration 2023: Tony Evers sworn in for Second Term as 46th Governor of Wisconsin at State Capitol

January 3, 2023 | Newswire |
Governor Evers begins second term as GOP lawmakers refuse to confirm 180 appointees from his first term

January 3, 2023 | Syndicated |
New Congress imperiled at its start as Kevin McCarthy suffers two historic defeats to become House Speaker

January 3, 2023 | Newswire |
Rising COVID-19 related hospitalizations point to increased health risks for seniors through winter

January 3, 2023 | COVID-19, Featured, Newswire |
Reducing Transmission: Masks remain a tried-and-true way to stay healthy as viral infections skyrocket

January 3, 2023 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Stick to the science: Dr. Anthony Fauci offers parting advice after five decades of public service

January 3, 2023 | COVID-19, Newswire |
The Diary of Anya Verkhovskaya: Going to war in Ukraine without ever leaving her office in Milwaukee

January 2, 2023 | Articles, Ukraine |
Fighting War Fatigue: Volunteer network continues saving lives in Ukraine as public donations dry up

January 2, 2023 | Articles, Ukraine |
Remembering 2022 as the year democracies pushed back against authoritarians and exposed their weakness

January 2, 2023 | Heather Richardson |
Lola Vaganova: A journey from Izium to Milwaukee in the footsteps of an ancestor who also fled a war

January 2, 2023 | Featured, Photos, Profiles, Ukraine |
World leaders thanked for their support of Ukraine in billboard series by the “Brave Society” of Irpin

January 2, 2023 | Articles, Ukraine |
A missile cemetery: Where spent Russian ordinance used to terrorize eastern Ukraine is stored as evidence

January 2, 2023 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Compulsory Christianity: The danger of professed Christians who have no real interest in Jesus

January 1, 2023 | John Pavlovitz |
Global Anglican Church faces growing friction among provinces over same-sex marriage

January 1, 2023 | Newswire |
Pauli Murray: The “Jane Crow” Feminist and Episcopal saint on the front line for racial justice

January 1, 2023 | Syndicated |

December

Year In Review 2022: Influences over a lifetime from Thich Nhat Hanh to Gilligan’s Island

December 31, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Celebrating Milwaukee in photos after a long stretch of social distancing

December 31, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: The enduring spirit of the Milwaukee community and its many voices

December 31, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: First-hand reports from the early days of war in Ukraine

December 30, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Milwaukee stands in solidarity with Ukraine against Russia’s invasion

December 30, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: The humanitarian crisis faced by Milwaukee’s Sister City of Irpin

December 30, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: The Hispanic community’s growing political clout reaches the border

December 29, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: From bodily autonomy over COVID to State regulation of every vagina

December 29, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Election lies continue deployment as weaponized rhetoric against voters

December 29, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Cavalier Johnson’s first year as first elected Black Mayor of Milwaukee

December 28, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Honoring the aging population of Milwaukee veterans

December 28, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: COVID-19 retains its grip as the public experiences pandemic amnesia

December 28, 2022 | Articles, COVID-19, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Grasping for democracy against the rising flood of one-party rule

December 27, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: The danger of self-avowed Christians who have no interest in Jesus

December 27, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Profiting from the “Culture War” that subsidizes Corporate Socialism

December 27, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: The ugly path from hateful speech to systemic violence

December 26, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: Whitewashing history and a racial reckoning that never was

December 26, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2022: When a poisoned political ideology resembles a modern-day Confederacy

December 26, 2022 | Articles, Year In Review |
A War by any other name: Covering America’s Cultural Revolution from the streets of Milwaukee

December 25, 2022 | Articles |
A look down: Enjoying the Zen of the natural world from a collection of drone images

December 25, 2022 | Editorial |
On and off the field: A look at some of the most memorable sports moments of 2022

December 25, 2022 | Newswire |
Being done with church: When people reach the limit of what they can tolerate in their house of worship

December 25, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
A breach of faith: Understanding the complex relationship between religion, identity, and trauma

December 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Pew survey reveals the more religious Americans are the less worried they feel about climate change

December 25, 2022 | Newswire |
Pope Francis rebukes greedy consumerism at the expense of the vulnerable in Christmas Eve homily

December 25, 2022 | Newswire |
The 117th Congress: Born in the chaos after January 6 and concludes with historic legislative achievements

December 24, 2022 | Newswire |
Congress approves overhaul of election certification rules in response to Trump’s January 6 manipulations

December 24, 2022 | Newswire |
White Victimhood: One small town in Wisconsin shows how fringe fears have become mainstream

December 24, 2022 | Newswire |
Merriam-Webster picks “gaslighting” as word of the year for 2022 due to popularity in political trolling

December 24, 2022 | Newswire |
Putin’s weaponization of winter leaves a Christmas in Ukraine without its traditional holiday glow

December 24, 2022 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Occupation Billboards: Russia’s propaganda war has been waged in tandem with the battlefield brutality

December 24, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Culture as a target: Why Russian attacks specifically aim to erase Ukrainian identity

December 24, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Peace and PTSD: Ukraine is already working to heal the mental wounds of its soldiers

December 24, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
January 6 committee’s report asserts Trump criminally engaged in conspiracy to overturn 2020 election

December 23, 2022 | Newswire |
Discouraging mischief: Congress aims to close off exploits of Electoral Count with bipartisan solutions

December 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
TSA raising fines after finding record number of guns on passengers at checkpoints and in carry-ons

December 23, 2022 | Newswire |
Two Santas strategy: Why Republicans use Saint Nicholas then Scrooge to shift economic messages

December 23, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
A yuletide assault: The real War on Christmas has been waged by the Religious Right for years

December 23, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
The Christmas phenomenon: From pagan tradition to a commercialized American holiday

December 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
January 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on Trump’s criminal involvement in violent insurrection

December 22, 2022 | Newswire |
The media’s blind spot: Why blatant efforts to suppress voter participation has been mostly ignored

December 22, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
House Republicans already preparing an onslaught of political investigations for new session

December 22, 2022 | Newswire |
President Zelenskyy thanks America for making Ukraine stronger to defend against Russia’s tyranny

December 22, 2022 | Featured, Newswire, Ukraine |
Ukrainians have demonstrated for three hundred days that a free democracy is worth the investment to save

December 22, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Months in the making: An elaborate plan for President Zelensky’s daring wartime trip to Washington

December 22, 2022 | Newswire |
President Zelenskyy’s visit is a reminder of America’s moral and legal obligation to defend Ukraine

December 21, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
2022 Notebook: Journalists share experiences of reporting on the front lines as Russia invades Ukraine

December 21, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Months after doctors escaped from occupied Mariupol they reassembled to open a hospital in Kyiv

December 21, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
A battle of attrition: Stalemate in Ukraine sets stage for possible winter escalation

December 21, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Ukrainian-Americans responds to Russia’s invasion with book of poetry that shares both grief and hope

December 21, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Lola Vaganova: Poems written in Ukrainian bomb shelter offer a powerful witness of war to Milwaukee

December 21, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Zemliachky: Volunteers fill unanticipated gaps in supply operations to equip Ukraine’s women soldiers

December 21, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Zelenskyy to meet Biden and address Congress today in first trip to Washington since Russia’s invasion began

December 21, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Diane Baima: A holiday season filled with thoughts of Milwaukee but with the trauma of war in Ukraine

December 20, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
“We are here to fix it,” How Ukraine utility crews adapt and overcome after Russia strikes on power grids

December 20, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Ukrainian youth choir sings in defiance of war with messages of hope and freedom

December 20, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Raze or repair? Future remains uncertain for Milwaukee’s iconic Mitchell Park Domes

December 20, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Komatsu partners with Habitat ReStore to salvage reusable items from historic National Avenue Campus

December 20, 2022 | Curated |
Privacy algorithms used for cybersecurity at the heart of latest criticism of 2020 census data

December 20, 2022 | Newswire |
January 6 Panel completes investigation of violent insurrection with “roadmap to justice” for Trump

December 19, 2022 | Newswire |
Failed Stewardship: Final Congressional report on COVID-19 exposes Trump’s reckless pandemic response

December 19, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Renewed push for COVID boosters comes as data shows better protection against symptomatic infection

December 19, 2022 | COVID-19, Newswire |