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November

John Ridley: On graphic novels and connecting art with social justice in Milwaukee

November 19, 2019 | Featured |
Nō Studios features collection of photos and articles from Milwaukee Independent at Social Justice Summit

November 19, 2019 | Articles |
Social media platforms allow community damage by evading responsibility to filter out lies

November 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
Dasha Kelly Hamilton shares vision for a shared journey at inaugural reading as MPL’s Poet Laureate

November 18, 2019 | Featured, Video |
Jeff Cannady: A pioneer of live streaming on social media who disrupted the broadcast industry

November 18, 2019 | Articles |
Author Joey Grihalva chronicles a century of Milwaukee Jazz culture and renaissance in new book

November 18, 2019 | Articles |
MCTS mobile app now ranked highest for transit tracking and E-Ticketing in the nation

November 17, 2019 | Articles |
UWM’s Research Vessel Maggi Sue will be the most advanced research ship on the Great Lakes

November 17, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee seeks state funding and help to curtail city’s spate reckless driving

November 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
European masterworks from the Phillips Collection share a modern vision for art with Milwaukee

November 16, 2019 | Photos |
Milwaukee Film saw record number of cinema fans attend 2019 festival

November 16, 2019 | Articles |
Light the Hoan: $1.2M donation could enable project completion by 2020 Democratic National Convention

November 16, 2019 | Articles |
Students in Latino leadership program spend day with city leaders learning about careers in public service

November 15, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Laura Gutiérrez to take over as Executive Director of United Community Center next year

November 15, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee youth rally to defend DACA as Supreme Court decides fate of family immigration program

November 15, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: A surge of racism in Milwaukee suburban schools is a crisis we cannot ignore

November 14, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Elite Milwaukee school strives to disrupt student cliques by assigning lunchroom seating

November 14, 2019 | Syndicated |
Promise Program: MATC continues removing barriers for adult education with free tuition

November 14, 2019 | Syndicated |
Development moves forward with Gary G. Wetzel Center as a tiny home initiative for Milwaukee veterans

November 13, 2019 | Audio, Featured |
Ensuring Economic Equity: Host committee plans historic summits prior to 2020 National Convention

November 13, 2019 | Articles |
Comcast seeks to end dispute with a Black business by rolling back historic civil-rights laws

November 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
80% Coalition: The tug-of-war between truth and lies over meaningful gun reform in Wisconsin

November 12, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Legislators dismiss Governor’s special session in display of contempt for 80% of state voters

November 12, 2019 | Photos |
A Political Food Fight: How the news media profits by feeding the partisan divide

November 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
David E. Peters: Milwaukee historical records preserve memory of Airmobile pilot’s tour in Vietnam

November 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Annual Veterans Day Ceremony honors hometown heroes in Oak Creek

November 11, 2019 | Photos |
Island Knights: Milwaukee native puts tech skills to work supporting rescue operations in the Pacific

November 11, 2019 | Contributory |
Milwaukee resident reflects on spiritual service during Veterans Day as a chaplain in the Navy Reserve

November 10, 2019 | Contributory |
Code of Faith: How the military chaplaincy has embraced growing religious diversity

November 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Veterans who fought in America’s wars have long been among advocates for peace

November 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee reflects America’s failed proxy war to fight racism and inspire social justice

November 9, 2019 | Articles |
City budget amendment proposes pilot program to support families with basic income stipend

November 9, 2019 | Articles |
Reimagining public safety by spending more for people and less on police budget will actually decrease crime

November 9, 2019 | Articles |
Veterans Day Parade fights to prevent apathy so Milwaukee’s retired soldiers are not forgotten

November 8, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
I Am Not Invisible: Exhibit helps raise awareness about the dedication of women veterans in Wisconsin

November 8, 2019 | Articles |
Mildred Fish-Harnack: The Nazi Resistance hero from Milwaukee who was executed on Hitler’s orders

November 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Dominic Inouye: Milwaukee community pours love into Coffee Makes You Black

November 7, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Historic block of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel campus sold for adaptive redeveloped

November 7, 2019 | Contributory |
Cheesehead Couture: From geographic slur to hometown pride and global fashion accessory

November 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: A lesson on lynching and the insensitivity of powerful men who misuse the word

November 6, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Too many White Americans fail to understand a real lynching and its history of racial terror

November 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
A Modern Lynching: Behind the painful film “Always in Season” with director Jacqueline Olive

November 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
The Hop celebrates is first year of streetcar service in Milwaukee with strong ridership numbers

November 5, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Mayor Tom Barrett blames acid attack against Latino resident on Trump’s Anti-Immigrant rhetoric

November 5, 2019 | Articles |
Making a “statement” by not voting only silences your own voice and abdicates that power to others

November 5, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
State and local leaders announce beginning of open enrollment for the 2020 health insurance market

November 4, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Sixteenth Street expands access to critical services with new health care center on south side

November 4, 2019 | Contributory |
Milwaukee celebrates and honors the service of veterans during 4th Annual Veterans Week

November 4, 2019 | Contributory |
Heinous acid attack against Milwaukee man being investigated as racially motivated hate crime

November 3, 2019 | Articles |
Social justice advocate and pillar of the community Mildred L. Harpole has died

November 3, 2019 | Articles |
Bankrupt Faith: New research shows accelerated decline of Christianity in America

November 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Día de Muertos: A modern Mexican celebration with roots in the worship of an Aztec goddess

November 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
Viral Zombies: Influenza pandemic of 1919 fueled H.P. Lovecraft’s depiction of the living dead

November 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
Witch trials did not target the powerful, they were all about persecuting the powerless

November 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
Together We Count: Elected officials kick off 2020 Census Committee to protect state’s future

November 1, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Millions in funding expected to be lost after 2020 Census due to undercounted Wisconsin residents

November 1, 2019 | Syndicated |
Politics have poisoned the 2020 Census with fear so hard-to-count groups can go undercounted

November 1, 2019 | Syndicated |

October

Generations of the local Polish community memorialized at Saint Adalbert’s in the Garden District

October 31, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Even Halloween in Milwaukee highlights the deep racial and economic divides

October 31, 2019 | Syndicated |
Poisoned Candy: A time when Halloween became America’s most dangerous holiday

October 31, 2019 | Syndicated |
The hit broadway play Hamilton opens in Milwaukee with a message for modern revolutionaries

October 30, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Social Media Bumper Stickers: Hashtags warriors are not the activists needed to save us

October 30, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
From Majority Power to Minority Rights: The influence of religious politics on the Supreme Court

October 30, 2019 | Syndicated |
Matthew Morin: Encouraging youth to find their voice begins with asking questions of elected officials

October 29, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Dark Money: How campaign funds from undisclosed sources has poisoned the democratic process

October 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Mitchell International Airport prepares logistical plans to support guests for next year’s DNC

October 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsinites visit state legislators on WAVE’s Day of Action to demand gun violence prevention laws

October 28, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
How lacking gun access helps avoid becoming a statistic when faced with the darkness of suicide

October 28, 2019 | Articles |
Direct connection between gun violence and exposure to lead uncovered in new study

October 28, 2019 | Articles |
Mayor Tom Barrett suggests President Trump select Milwaukee to host 2020 G-7 Summit

October 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
How America’s computer industry got a vital jumpstart from processing the U.S. Census

October 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
A Shot in the Arm: How the seasonal influenza vaccine prevents the spread of contagious viral infections

October 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
In order for things to be okay we need to wake up and actively make them that way

October 26, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
The big lie of Foxconn makes it a political issue

October 26, 2019 | Syndicated |
Empty and Unfinished: Foxconn innovation centers in Wisconsin remain hollow shells

October 26, 2019 | Syndicated |
Richard Taylor: Crafting metal as monuments to history and creativity

October 25, 2019 | Featured, Profiles |
Manuscripts and art from Marquette’s J.R.R. Tolkien collection on loan for national exhibit in France

October 25, 2019 | Articles |
Landfall Press: New exhibition celebrates five decades of contemporary printmaking

October 25, 2019 | Articles |
Conservative group seeks to make a quarter-million Wisconsin residents ineligible to vote

October 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Host Committee focused on inclusion and diversity surrounding hundreds of DNC events

October 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
Airbnb ranks Milwaukee as Top Global Destination in 2020 due to city hosting DNC

October 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
I Want My MTV: 11th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival opens with nostalgic look at the music video network

October 23, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Gaminiscing: Video games are connecting generations by teaches history from personal experiences

October 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Cultures since Antiquity have blamed games for causing their social woes

October 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers signs executive order for special legislative session on gun control

October 22, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Protecting students at school has become a growth industry that struggles to fulfill its purpose

October 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin launches task force to study threat of climate crisis on state’s population and economy

October 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
City leaders commemorate the 75th anniversary of Milwaukee’s Equal Rights Commission

October 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Governor Tony Evers signs bipartisan legislation to ensure health coverage for families of fallen heroes

October 21, 2019 | Articles |
Legislation seeks to make Hmong veterans from the Vietnam War eligible for state benefits

October 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Creative artist Dasha Kelly Hamilton selected as Poet Laureate for Milwaukee Public Library

October 20, 2019 | Articles |
Beloved founder of Milwaukee Irish Fest passes after long battle with cancer

October 20, 2019 | Contributory |
Supporters hope bipartisan traffic camera legislation will help save lives in Milwaukee

October 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
MCTS bus driver honored during Fire Prevention Week for saving residents from a burning apartment

October 19, 2019 | Articles |
Tommy’s Train: Planning for Wisconsin’s failed high-speed rail project stretched over two decades

October 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee elevates its standing as a port city with cruise ships visits doubling in 2019

October 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: When a diverse community gathers in fellowship on the spiritual toll of gun violence

October 18, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Sherrill Knezel: The synergy of small actions that bring people together for a greater good

October 18, 2019 | Articles |
“On the Block” discussions focus on economic development in underserved communities

October 18, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee area schools have the constitutional obligation to protect students from discrimination

October 17, 2019 | Featured, Syndicated |
Preliminary census data for Wisconsin shows state’s poverty level lowest since before Great Recession

October 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Chris Abele stuns Milwaukee’s political landscape with decision to not seek reelection as County Executive

October 17, 2019 | Contributory |
From hobby to thriving business: Johanna Ortiz brings Puerto Rican treats to Milwaukee’s Southside

October 16, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Import taxes on range of Wisconsin agricultural products to end under US-Japan Trade Deal

October 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
Metro Milwaukee businesses face higher costs from Chinese imports affected by trade war tariffs

October 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
Exiled: Milwaukee community screens Mike Seely’s film on the human cost of deporting combat veterans

October 15, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
State awards four Milwaukee nonprofits with $320K in grants for helping veteran entrepreneurship

October 15, 2019 | Articles |
Senator Tammy Baldwin introduces bipartisan legislation for veterans to become airline pilots

October 15, 2019 | Articles |
Reggie Jackson: Why I Don’t Celebrate Columbus Day

October 14, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Governor Tony Evers designates second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day across Wisconsin

October 14, 2019 | Articles |
The history of Columbus Day and why municipalities are adopting Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead

October 14, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reform for redistricting process gains support from two-thirds of Wisconsin counties

October 13, 2019 | Articles |
Election Commission takes steps to strengthen security of Wisconsin’s voting process

October 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
Local small business owners strategize on how to benefit from DNC and not get left behind

October 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee seeks nominations from residents for City Hall’s 106th annual Christmas tree

October 12, 2019 | Contributory |
The issue of climate change is more about health and prosperity than saving the environment

October 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
Hundreds of Native American heritage sites under threat from rising water levels

October 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
HWCC recognizes transition in leadership and excellence of Hmong businesses at annual awards

October 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
IRS admits targeting the poor because they are easier and cheaper to audit

October 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
Cine Sin Fronteras to feature powerful films of immigration, identity, and African roots

October 11, 2019 | Contributory |
Big Cannabis: Billions up for grabs as states move to legalize marijuana

October 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Medicine Monopolies: The case for a Public Pharma System that puts our health over corporate profits

October 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
DISH Network offers to pay one (un)lucky fan $1,300 to watch 13 Stephen King movies by Halloween

October 10, 2019 | Articles |
Activists rally for second week demanding Fire and Police Commission action on SOP130 policy

October 9, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee County terminates $2.5M in contracts with vendor due to its practices at southern border

October 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
The cultural impact of “Americanization” on Milwaukee’s original Jewish immigrant population

October 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
Homeless occupants of tent city under Marquette Interchange given eviction notice by WisDOT

October 8, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee County’s 2020 budget to include new investments in homeless prevention services

October 8, 2019 | Articles |
Tasty treats help Alan Goodman win Near West Side’s 2019 Rev-Up MKE small business competition

October 8, 2019 | Articles |
Rockwell Automation helps Cass Street School open STEM Center to give students firsthand experiences

October 7, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
New PSA message shares “Back-to-School Essentials” for students to survive classroom shootings

October 7, 2019 | Articles |
School curriculums for today’s economy consider technical education with vocational training

October 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Council President Ashanti Hamilton: On the challenges and opportunities of the 2020 city budget

October 6, 2019 | Articles |
Construction of Lakefront Line extension for Milwaukee’s Streetcar delayed over Couture tower

October 6, 2019 | Contributory |
Developer envisions 50-story tower at 815 East Clybourn as promotion to sell Lakefront property

October 6, 2019 | Contributory |
Advocates say State’s incarceration fee policy of “pay-to-stay” criminalizes the poor

October 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee County explores electronic monitoring as a secure alternative to detention facilities

October 5, 2019 | Contributory |
UMOS TechHire program trains the formerly incarcerated for careers in skilled trades

October 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: My family’s story of being enslaved and our forced migration

October 4, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
On Liberty and Tyranny: A racist political system designed to keep black candidates from winning

October 4, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reparations remain the best cure to eliminate massive wealth gap between black and white Americans

October 4, 2019 | Syndicated |
HUD awards Milwaukee $5.6M grant for protecting children and families from home lead hazards

October 3, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Small Wisconsin hospitals look for ways to survive statewide rural health crisis

October 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Next health care catastrophe seen coming in mass closings of rural hospitals nationwide

October 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
John Ridley’s Nō Studios to host Social Justice Summit with space to blend art and empathy

October 2, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Wisconsin’s first Read, Play, and Learn space opens at Riverworks Coin Laundry to enhance youth literacy

October 2, 2019 | Contributory |
How Milwaukee corporations can learn from Gandhi to put social responsibility alongside profits

October 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
Unmarked graves of two Milwaukee Civil War veterans get headstones during 2019 Doors Open

October 1, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
American Armed Forces see record high surge of suicides among active duty troops

October 1, 2019 | Syndicated |
Consumer manipulation and the paradox of all advertising in the information age

October 1, 2019 | Syndicated |

September

Crowd protests Milwaukee Police documented on video helping ICE arrest local husband

September 30, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
ACLU of Wisconsin warns MPD that cooperation with ICE erodes the health of its community relationships

September 30, 2019 | Contributory |
Democracy vs. Oligarchy: The real American divide is not Left vs. Right

September 30, 2019 | Syndicated |
Whitney Salgado: Creative inspirations from the magical storytelling of film

September 29, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee Film announces centerpiece collection of motion pictures for 2019 festival

September 29, 2019 | Contributory |
Black Lens program to celebrate Milwaukee connections in Hollywood at 2019 MKE Film Festival

September 29, 2019 | Contributory |
Mayor Tom Barrett presents Common Council members with proposed 2020 executive budget

September 28, 2019 | Articles |
Liberate MKE: Campaign encourages Milwaukee leaders to draft budget reflecting community priorities

September 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
José Vásquez: Packers honor Milwaukee educator with Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award

September 28, 2019 | Contributory |
Dominic Inouye: On the art of community at Walnut Way’s Harvest Day

September 27, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Lex Allen shares journey of self-discovery with a love letter to Milwaukee in “Let Go” music video

September 27, 2019 | Articles |
County redirects $4.1M from budget to restore cut MCTS routes but special event lines to end in 2020

September 27, 2019 | Articles |
Changing of the Guard: Dan Buttery becomes 4th leader of War Memorial Center

September 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Gary Grunau: Civic champion and transformative Milwaukee real estate developer dies of cancer

September 26, 2019 | Articles |
Sam Belton to open new jazz coffeehouse in Harambee building renovated by Bader Philanthropies

September 26, 2019 | Articles |
Environmental restoration of Kletzsch Park key to economic development for Milwaukee River basin

September 25, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Youth-led climate activism appears to be influencing public opinion

September 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
Make Room! Make Room! The impact of overpopulation on our environment

September 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
No Planet B: Students skip school in Milwaukee to join Global #ClimateStrike

September 24, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Future Coalition: Milwaukee youth activist Katie Eder leads national climate movement

September 24, 2019 | Articles |
Greta Thunberg: The little girl who woke up a generation

September 24, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
Every Hero Deserves a Home: Redevelopment begins on the Milwaukee VA’s historic Old Main

September 23, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Construction of new Cristo Rey Jesuit High School moves forward thanks to community investments

September 23, 2019 | Contributory |
Choice Overload: Deciding how to Decide

September 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Massive supply of counterfeit vaping cartridges seized during arrest of Kenosha brothers

September 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
In the rush to protect children from vaping the greater danger of gun violence is being ignored

September 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
The MAGA Bible: A political translation of God’s Word for a corrupted faith

September 22, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
David Crowley: Tobacco 21 campaign seeks to raise legal age to keep vaping “candy” out of schools

September 21, 2019 | Contributory |
E-cigarettes lure kids into vaping with sweet flavors and misleading claims

September 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Vapors of Death: The failed promise of alternative nicotine products

September 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Beth Weirick: On processing grief and being an advocate for Milwaukee’s redemption

September 20, 2019 | Featured, Profiles |
All-Star Milwaukee Brewers invest in The Avenue to make positive impact off the field

September 20, 2019 | Articles |
Salmon Runs: City skyline adds metropolitan backdrop to spawning season along Milwaukee rivers

September 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: On the Horror of America’s History of Racial Violence

September 19, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
HUD proposal would gut purpose of Fair Housing Act and further destabilize local neighborhoods

September 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reactions from critics to 1619 project shows continued efforts to distort the history of slavery

September 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
MSOE opens Diercks Hall with “Rosie” supercomputer named for female programmers of WWII

September 18, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
A Knowledge Economy: How Artificial intelligence can enhance journalism

September 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
Scientific search team nearing meteorite splashdown site at depths of Lake Michigan

September 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
Constitution Day: Remembering the responsibilities and opportunities of being a U.S. citizen

September 17, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Aging communities and fewer births are altering school enrollment in districts around Wisconsin

September 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Building trust as a solution to breaking the infinite loop of an echo chamber

September 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Talgo seeks to rapidly grow workforce as it expands train refurbishing work at Century City facility

September 16, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Investment in rail infrastructure is a key part of making public transportation cleaner

September 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
New series of renderings show whirlwind reversal of purpose for latest Foxconn buildings

September 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
New WelcomeToMKE.com website features the storytellers of Milwaukee PBS

September 15, 2019 | Articles |
Go Pack Go: Proposed legislation to require Wisconsin TV stations to provide statewide viewing access

September 15, 2019 | Contributory |
Gaetano Cecere’s Abraham Lincoln statue has remained a cherished Lakefront memorial for decades

September 15, 2019 | Syndicated |
Cavalier Johnson: Milwaukee residents are losing faith in state’s commitment to local concerns

September 14, 2019 | Articles |
Portia Cobb: On being racially profiled in Milwaukee over a burrito and the social media reaction

September 14, 2019 | Syndicated |
Business leaders join with elected officials to propose investment plan for Milwaukee communities

September 14, 2019 | Contributory |
Emanuel “E-Man” Monge: Super hero teen battling cancer gets special recognition at City Hall

September 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Eligibility proposal from USDA would disqualify 60,000 Wisconsin recipients from SNAP benefits

September 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s TANF financial assistance program is failing to help enough people climb out of poverty

September 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
Never Forget: Milwaukee pays tribute to victims of 9/11 during 18th anniversary memorial ceremony

September 12, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Health and Community Engagement: Mayor Tom Barrett hosts last Walk 100 event of sixth season

September 12, 2019 | Photos |
Trump’s border wall plan to siphon millions in funding from Wisconsin-based military projects

September 12, 2019 | Contributory |
Crowds brave inclement weather on first day of ticket sales for Broadway’s Hamilton at Marcus Center

September 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
May yer Thao becomes first Asian American to serve in Executive Office with appointment to WHEDA

September 11, 2019 | Articles |
Governor emphasizes partnership with Japanese-owned businesses in Wisconsin during trade mission

September 11, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee House of Correction receives bulk computer donation for inmate job training

September 10, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
With evidence of Gestapo-like tactics by ICE, Waukesha Sheriff continues as a local enforcer

September 10, 2019 | Contributory |
Community leaders deliver petition seeking to bar local law enforcement collaboration with ICE

September 10, 2019 | Contributory |
A Social Message in Song: Rehearsal session with Milwaukee cast of iconic musical “West Side Story”

September 9, 2019 | Featured, Video |
Labor Trafficking: Victims accuse Wisconsin farm of prison-like conditions and exploitation

September 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
How environmental instability from climate change is displacing farmers from Central America

September 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
A lesson from 1939: Holocausts begin when nations lose their humanity

September 8, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
Semantic Arsenals: The language of “Warspeak” in news leaves us fatigued and shell-shocked

September 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Unspooling the mythology of World War II on 80th anniversary of its bloody beginning

September 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
The political divisions of 1860 and 1968 as a lesson for the 2020 elections

September 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Demographic Trends: Wisconsin continues to be molded by its population structure

September 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
A nation of neighborhoods: How the suburbs fit in between the Urban vs. Rural identity struggle

September 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers applauds economic benefits of new Freshwater Collaborative during scientific tour

September 6, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Great Lakes freighters may be required to treat ballast water to halt spread of invasive species

September 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Local crop yields and food supplies remain at risk from destructive impact of climate change

September 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Revitalization continues for northwest side with new Strauss Brands headquarters at Century City

September 5, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
How Wisconsin can prosper by adopting an inclusive approach to undocumented immigrants

September 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
The New Red Scare: Politicians blame migrations for a self-inflicted economic decline

September 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
Hayat Pharmacy starts initiative to improve health situation for homeless in Milwaukee’s Tent City

September 4, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
An Urban Battlefield: The untold struggle of homeless veteran families

September 4, 2019 | Syndicated |
A Two-Front Assault on Women: The relationship between abortion bans and easy access to guns

September 4, 2019 | Syndicated |
Mount Pleasant officials conspired to seize family homes in tax-payer funded land grab for Foxconn

September 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
County asks bus drivers to help settle contract as state budget pushes MCTS into financial crisis

September 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin researchers are close to finding solution for NASA’s Apollo era conundrum in space

September 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
The Power of Street Art: Conversations with the New Tosa Muralists

September 2, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Milwaukee Art Museum to host public unveiling of Robert Indiana’s The American LOVE Sculpture

September 2, 2019 | Articles |
Portrait of Milwaukee: Industry, people, and architecture are highlights of new photo exhibition

September 2, 2019 | Articles |
Generic Headline #281: Mass shooting on (day) in (city) leaves (body count) dead

September 1, 2019 | Syndicated |
Powerless to heal: When prayers don’t work as people of faith think they should

September 1, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
U.S. military families overseas react with confusion and anger over new citizenship rules for kids

September 1, 2019 | Syndicated |

August

The poison of technology at the root of our epidemic for unhappiness

August 31, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee fights a losing battle as drug overdose deaths continue to afflict struggling communities

August 31, 2019 | Syndicated |
Corruption in the Cloud: Best practices to protect your digital life against cybercrime

August 31, 2019 | Syndicated |
On saying goodbye to a dying America

August 30, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
A century of hope in the American Dream and a sad reality of its demise for many Americans

August 30, 2019 | Syndicated |
China’s method of control in Hong Kong seen as a harbinger for American politics in 2020

August 30, 2019 | Syndicated |
Health officials urge Milwaukee residents to immediately stop using all vaping products

August 29, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Public transit plans for Milwaukee and cities nationwide at risk from Koch-funded activists

August 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Proposal seeks to halt assault on journalism by supporting independent news organizations

August 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Photojournalists remember Harry Kemp and his decades of images documenting local communities

August 28, 2019 | Audio, Featured |
How White Supremacy has used hate speech as the kindling for domestic terrorism

August 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
Infographic: The cost and consequences on society from angry white men

August 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Water Council hosts roundtable with Senator Tammy Baldwin in support of water technologies

August 27, 2019 | Featured, Video |
Wisconsin is paying a high price from the storm damage caused by extreme weather

August 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
Give Me Liberty: Acclaimed hometown film shares a uniquely Milwaukee immigrant story with the world

August 27, 2019 | Articles |
Pride and Prejudice and Latinos: There could be a modern-day Anne Frank in Milwaukee who is Hispanic

August 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Fact-Checking in an era where outrageous satirical headlines are indistinguishable from real news

August 26, 2019 | Syndicated |
Questions about the 2020 census on the issue of citizenship and who counts

August 26, 2019 | Syndicated |
New ordinance imposes fines on minors to stem epidemic of sexting in suburban Waukesha County

August 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
Our children went from fearing the monster under the bed to the one occupying the Oval Office

August 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
Trump pushes public charge clause that once banned Nazi-era Jewish refugees from sanctuary

August 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
Free home delivery service for library books coming to Milwaukee in effort to promote reading

August 24, 2019 | Articles |
Layoffs continue to pummel U.S. newspapers and digital-native news outlets

August 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
Algorithm Overlords: How social media tech stifles journalism and interferes with democracy

August 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
Earnell Lucas: A Day in Photos with the County Sheriff

August 23, 2019 | Featured, Profiles |
Top universities have law schools but lack educational programs for police science

August 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Alderman Cavalier Johnson and family narrowly avoid random gunfire in his neighborhood

August 23, 2019 | Articles |
Reggie Jackson: On the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of the First Enslaved Africans

August 22, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The 1619 Project tells an “unvarnished truth” about slavery in America

August 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
If Germans can atone for the Holocaust then Americans can pay reparations for slavery

August 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
Gun safety advocates in Milwaukee demand Congress end paralysis of courage and enact red flag laws

August 21, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
If “All Lives Matter” then why can’t Americans love migrants as much as they do handguns

August 21, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
Wisconsin legislators seek to insert their authority into free speech policies on UW campuses

August 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Hip-Hop Week MKE 2019 infuses music with health, civic engagement, and financial literacy

August 20, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Nile puts “The Hop” in Hip-Hop Week with first-ever streetcar concert performance

August 20, 2019 | Video |
Wokewashing: When companies only make charitable efforts to get good PR for their brands

August 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Sherrill Knezel: To step out of isolation and be in relationship begins with listening

August 19, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Japanese diplomatic delegation visits Komatsu and Rockwell to deepen local economic ties

August 19, 2019 | Contributory |
Tax policy changes exacerbate racial and ethnic disparities in Wisconsin

August 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
“Junk” beer from Lakefront Brewery’s “My Turn” series recalled due to risk of exploding bottles

August 18, 2019 | Articles |
ACLU raises concerns about Pentagon’s deployment of surveillance balloons over Wisconsin

August 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
Online privacy regulated by Reagan Era law from 1988 designed to protect video rentals

August 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
Another Man: New track from Milwaukee duo Nickel & Rose inspired by Vera Hall’s Jim Crow era folk song

August 17, 2019 | Articles |
Wisconsin proposes law to implement background checks on gun purchases but faces opposition

August 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Casualties of Trump’s Trade War: China tariffs push Wisconsin farmers to brink of financial ruin

August 17, 2019 | Articles |
Next Avenue series connects conversations within Milwaukee’s booming 50+ community

August 16, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
The Big Squeeze: A new midlife crisis is confronting many over 40

August 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
New plan envisions transforming Mitchell Park Domes into vital hub for Clarke Square Neighborhood

August 16, 2019 | Articles |
Bronzeville community joins Mayor’s 100 day walking challenge for a healthier neighborhood

August 15, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Latest effort by Sharon and Larry Adams to revitalize Lindsay Heights gets national attention

August 15, 2019 | Articles |
Upcoming documentary highlights thriving condition of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville before its demolition

August 15, 2019 | Syndicated |
Students in Teen ArtXpress program design Anti-ICE mural for MCTS Bus advertisement

August 14, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
MPS kicks off early start calendar by rolling out red carpet to welcome Golda Meir students

August 14, 2019 | Articles |
Budget crisis from state tax drain forces Milwaukee County to propose cuts for public bus services

August 14, 2019 | Articles |
Purple Heart Day and VetFest highlight two days of public recognition for Milwaukee veterans

August 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee seeks Tiny Homes development as solution for Homeless Veterans

August 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
Fiscal review finds state agency saved Wisconsin nonprofits almost $3.9 million in debt

August 13, 2019 | Contributory |
Reggie Jackson: Desecration of Emmett Till’s Memorial shows the Civil War has still not ended

August 12, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Students posing with guns at shot-up Emmett Till Memorial face Civil Rights investigation

August 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
Lessons from the Soviet past: How a Confederate statue graveyard could help bury the Old South

August 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin legislators remain indifferent to popular support for life saving gun laws

August 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
Usual Suspects: Politicians continue to use mental illness as a scapegoat for gun violence

August 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
Exploitation of Misery: When our leadership during a tragedy is an ethical black hole

August 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
Communities pay high economic costs resulting from changes in ICE enforcement

August 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Good Guy with a Gun: How pulp fiction became a deadly American fantasy

August 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Invoking racist trope “Love It or Leave It” is not how we find peace or inspire reform

August 10, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
A litany of names for another week of mass shootings

August 9, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Milwaukee ICE Office shut down for a day by Jewish-led #NeverAgain civil disobedience

August 9, 2019 | Articles |
Author of Protestant Reformation invoked by Lutheran activists at local immigration protest

August 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee leaders hold vigil against hate in remembrance of Oak Creek, Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton

August 8, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Darryl Morin: Trump’s Hispanophobia is a manifestation of our nation’s Epidemic of Hate

August 8, 2019 | Articles |
Stop blaming video games for mass killings that are inspired by political hate

August 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: Patriotism and complacency are not synonymous

August 7, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Interfaith Conference prepares for 50th anniversary with transition to new Executive Director

August 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Kanwar Singh: On being an American when told to go back home

August 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Sundeep Morrison: On performing a powerful American story in the one-woman show “Rag Head”

August 6, 2019 | Featured, Profiles |
How our American identity thrives on toxic divisions that leaves us unable to stand united

August 6, 2019 | Contributory |
A Manifesto of Racism: It takes a village to raise a white supremacist

August 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Massacre in El Paso: With blood on his hands, Trump cannot be absolved of anti-Latino hate speech

August 5, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Save those “thoughts and prayers” because your political fear is killing us

August 5, 2019 | John Pavlovitz |
#trumpsterrorists trends on twitter as country demands end to gun violence by white nationalists

August 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
Finding affordable child care remains a struggle for low-income Milwaukee parents

August 4, 2019 | Syndicated |
End of JobLines: Bus Route 57 discontinues service reach into Waukesha County over funding

August 4, 2019 | Contributory |
Elder Abuse: Mistreatment of older adults is steadily on the rise

August 4, 2019 | Syndicated |
Dockless Scooter pilot program already faces suspension as riders fail to obey rules of the road

August 3, 2019 | Articles |
The environmental impact of using E-Scooters as a replacement for car trips

August 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Upgrade to Concorde design could help supersonic passenger aircraft return to the skies

August 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Golden Knights mark 60th year with precise landings from 12,500 feet at Milwaukee Air & Water Show

August 2, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Wisconsin native performs aerobatic maneuvers in F-16 above Milwaukee skyline with Thunderbirds team

August 2, 2019 | Photos |
Three Naval Air Crewmen from Wisconsin part of rescue squadron credited with saving sailor at sea

August 2, 2019 | Articles |
Harbor View Plaza brings new community space to Milwaukee’s waterfront

August 1, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin designates Milwaukee County Parks System as important habitat for birds

August 1, 2019 | Contributory |
Tourists face growing risk of injury from counterfeit alcohol spiked with toxic chemicals

August 1, 2019 | Syndicated |

July

Joel Brennan honored at Discovery World’s 2019 Ignite the Spark fundraising gala

July 31, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee to again host USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships in 2020 and 2021

July 31, 2019 | Contributory |
DNR expands protection for Wisconsin drinking water after recent discoveries of contamination

July 31, 2019 | Contributory |
Affordable housing for veterans at Victory Manor brings HACM full circle on 75th Anniversary

July 30, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Student behavioral health services under review for expansion within University of Wisconsin System

July 30, 2019 | Contributory |
Overlooked Talent: Companies not doing enough to provide employment to people with autism

July 30, 2019 | Syndicated |
Bel Leong-Hong shares insight with Milwaukee’s Asian community for economic inclusion at 2020 DNC

July 29, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Video highlighting Milwaukee’s charm marks one year countdown to 2020 Democratic National Convention

July 29, 2019 | Contributory |
Calculating the political divide between Wisconsin’s Democratic and Republican legislators

July 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Anti-Immigration policies driving convict farm labor to levels not seen since Jim Crow era

July 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
The State of American Values: A Border Patrol Agent shares experience of guarding migrant children

July 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
Political Tribalism: How fear of “the other” manipulates our social discourse

July 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
Summer vacation is also a season of hunger for many local students in Wisconsin

July 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milliken v. Bradley: How suburban schools were allowed to dodge Brown v. Board of Education

July 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
Educational Segregation: What the racial composition of public schools looks like today

July 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
Investing in Milwaukee: Tarik Moody on being a creator, connector, and innovator

July 26, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Backspin: Podcast explores Milwaukee’s Hip-Hop roots in black culture

July 26, 2019 | Articles |
Nelly Vigil: Putting a positive spin on female empowerment with Scratch Sessions

July 26, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: A lawless disregard for road safety fuels Milwaukee’s reckless driving epidemic

July 25, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee moves forward with a pilot study for dockless electric scooters

July 25, 2019 | Articles |
MCTS Excellence: Video series about local bus drivers wins prestigious national award

July 25, 2019 | Contributory |
Governor Tony Evers will visit Tokyo and Yokohama during Wisconsin’s trade mission to Japan

July 24, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Vietnam Treason: How U.S. troops died when a candidate used war to become president

July 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
Study highlights new generations in Vietnam still feeling the health impacts from war

July 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
Westown blooms with completion of epic mural by Emma Daisy Gertel

July 23, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Upgrade of 310W building in Westown District sees boost for economic development downtown

July 23, 2019 | Contributory |
Northridge Mall one step closer to demolition as property owners fail to block raze order

July 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Visitors storm Milwaukee’s 2019 Bastille Days riding “Le Hop” in record numbers

July 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Paul Mathews: Long-time leader of Marcus Center to retire at end of year

July 22, 2019 | Contributory |
Newly completed Seven04Place brings much needed affordable housing to Walker’s Point neighborhood

July 22, 2019 | Contributory |
Neil Armstrong: The afterglow of a giant leap for all mankind

July 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
A Lunar Atlas: How telescopes created photographic maps for Apollo missions

July 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Space Dreams: When a trip to the moon only took place in the imagination

July 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Apollo 11: Remembering the race to put a footprint on the moon 50 years ago

July 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Jim Lovell: The man who circled the moon grew up in Milwaukee as a boy with a passion for rockets

July 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Gifts from NASA: Five innovations needed for moon-landings that changed our life on Earth

July 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Civil Rights forum in Milwaukee calls for greater national protection of LGBTQ Latinxs

July 19, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee’s PrideFest and Pride Parade set new records in 2019 for public participation

July 19, 2019 | Articles |
LULAC and Airbnb partner ahead of 2020 DNC to promote entrepreneurship for Latinx women

July 19, 2019 | Articles |
Border Patrol Agents found mocking care of migrant kids with unofficial commemorative coin

July 18, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
A list of 20 things any individual can do right now to help immigrant families

July 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
America’s longstanding history for harsh punishment of undocumented residents

July 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
LULAC members swarm Senator Ron Johnson’s Milwaukee office in protest of “Kids in Cages” at border

July 17, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Lights for Liberty coalition holds vigil to shine a light on the darkness of detention camps

July 17, 2019 | Photos |
Politics and Puppets: How oligarchs profit from Trump’s division of Americans

July 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Presidential candidates Castro, Warren, Sanders, and O’Rourke visit Milwaukee for LULAC’s Town Hall

July 16, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Chief Alfonso Morales joins Wisconsin leaders in support of drivers permits for immigrants

July 16, 2019 | Articles |
Puerto Rican leaders share love of America and need for disaster relief during Milwaukee visit

July 16, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee’s Latino community welcomes LULAC 2019 National Convention with gala celebration

July 15, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Historic ribbon cutting at LULAC convention ushers in new chapter for local Hispanic population

July 15, 2019 | Photos |
How a vibrant local Latino history landed the LULAC national convention in Milwaukee

July 15, 2019 | Syndicated |
Statistics show Blacks in Wisconsin arrested for marijuana possession 4x more often than whites

July 14, 2019 | Syndicated |
The history and legacy of segregated swimming pools and recreational venues

July 14, 2019 | Syndicated |
Refusal by Legislators to expand Medicaid budget is costing Wisconsin money and lives

July 14, 2019 | Syndicated |
Save the Soldiers Home Project gets $100K grant in support of housing for veterans

July 13, 2019 | Featured |
Foxconn still unlikely to reach 10% of its promise to Wisconsin tax-payers by hiring 15,000 workers

July 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin legislators seek to limit Governor’s veto in latest assault on democracy

July 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
Emma Daisy Gertel: On being creative as a way to explore and understand life

July 12, 2019 | Featured, Profiles |
Movement looks to add non-standard punctuation marks for clarity in digital communications

July 12, 2019 | Articles |
Hedonic Adaptation: Why everyone should use chopsticks to eat popcorn

July 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
New Studies focus on how to improve food access for diabetic African Americans in Milwaukee

July 11, 2019 | Contributory, Featured |
Abortion bans expose white anxiety about the reproduction of people of color

July 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
Racial disparities also prevent people of color from access to an equitable end of life

July 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
Teens Grow Greens partners with Outpost Natural Foods to launch MyPlant for Kids program

July 10, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
MMSD’s Kevin Shafer recognized by Water Council for support of STEAM education

July 10, 2019 | Contributory |
Neighborhoods see community improvements after massive investments in city playgrounds

July 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers visits Milwaukee to sign law expanding electric transportation options

July 9, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
State regulators refuse to intervene in challenge between energy monopoly and solar company

July 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
Green Space: The complicated relationship between city parks and crime prevention

July 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Reflecting on the A.O. Smith backstory with eyes open to a community in need

July 8, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Question of Reparations: Not an issue of if but when and how

July 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Federal poverty statistics ignore local economic struggles not measured by personal income

July 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee County proposal takes new approach for Youth Justice Reform

July 7, 2019 | Contributory |
Promise to reduce Wisconsin’s prison population faces numerous political hurdles

July 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin girls remain at risk for revictimization after trauma of human trafficking ends

July 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers signs state budget into law after veto of several key provisions

July 6, 2019 | Contributory |
The ugly trend of how Milwaukee media reports on Mandela Barnes as a politician of color

July 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Veto Power: The story of Wisconsin’s unique executive prerogative

July 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Kids in Cages: Reflections on our disunited state and culture of unrequited love

July 5, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Our Constitution gives everyone on U.S. soil equal protection regardless of legal status

July 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
The limits of news images as political catalysts for a sustained humanitarian response

July 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
Being honest about which kind of America we celebrate on July 4th

July 4, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
The dangerous white lie about migrants of color that is hindering America’s greatness

July 4, 2019 | Columns, John Pavlovitz |
A whitewashed curriculum fails to teach basic historical facts about racial supremacy

July 4, 2019 | Syndicated |
Frederick Charles Winkler: Milwaukee’s Hero of Gettysburg

July 3, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Humble Patriotism: The inclusive and collective pride found in the nature of National Parks

July 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Infographic of Economic Damage: A Trillion-Dollar debt that the U.S. owes Black America

July 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Southside Bicycle Day brings hundreds of free bikes and health education to local children

July 2, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Proposal for new Great Lakes oil pipeline is latest threat to 90% of the nation’s freshwater

July 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
Toxins Among Us: The danger and damage from exposure to lead

July 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
Dominic Inouye: A tale of three cities, or why I plan to love Milwaukee even more now

July 1, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
QWERTY: How Milwaukee native Christopher Latham Sholes taught the world to type for 145 years

July 1, 2019 | Syndicated |
The Vault: Programs from City’s TV Channel look back at quarter century of municipal history

July 1, 2019 | Contributory |

June

An Ode to Lost Joy: Facing a Mirror with Eyes Wide Shut

June 30, 2019 | Articles |
Wisconsin’s deaf community to gain expanded protection when sign language bill becomes law

June 30, 2019 | Articles |
Bipartisan effort seeks to improve mental health services for vulnerable youth

June 30, 2019 | Contributory |
Riding the Milwaukee Streetcar will remain free through 2020

June 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Retaining talent in Milwaukee’s workplace more about community connections than generational allure

June 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee pushes for state law to allow red light speeding cameras at dangerous intersections

June 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
B is for Bisexual: The “Other” Struggle for Identity

June 28, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Before Stonewall: When Milwaukee took a stand for LGBT rights at Black Nite

June 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
Equality Act: The real fight for LBGTQ rights is at the local level

June 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
Sending a message of hope: Shorewood becomes latest municipality to ban conversion therapy

June 27, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
How the news media fumbled reporting about the Stonewall riots

June 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
We’ve Been Here All Along: A post-war legacy of university persecutions against gay students

June 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
For the Love of Milwaukee: Bradley Tech students build romantic centerpiece for Bastille Days

June 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Computer science senior at Bradley Tech High School awarded STEM Scholarship

June 26, 2019 | Contributory |
Sixteenth Street helps Latinos overcome barriers to successful substance abuse treatment

June 26, 2019 | Syndicated |
Interfaith leaders block access to Milwaukee ICE Office in protest of raids targeting families

June 25, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Allow the Outraged: Exposure to repeated trauma should never be accepted as commonplace

June 25, 2019 | Columns, John Pavlovitz |
Prevention campaign promotes benefits of PrEP pill that reduces risk of contracting HIV

June 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
Need for Speed: Motorsports returned to Milwaukee Mile for first major auto race in 5 years

June 24, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee’s Lakefront hosts annual celebration of Art

June 24, 2019 | Photos |
The case for renaming a Milwaukee street in honor of hometown jazz legend Al Jarreau

June 24, 2019 | Articles |
New Digital Divide: People who trust their lives to algorithms vs. those who opt out

June 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Best of Enemies: How the power of friendship can make peace between rivals

June 23, 2019 | Columns, Editorial |
Data insecurity drives economic injustice and sharpens financial distress for low-income families

June 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
“Bank On” grant to improve the accessibility of financial services for underserved communities

June 22, 2019 | Contributory |
Generational shift continues impacting economic tradition too dependent on soaring housing markets

June 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
Massive neighborhood infrastructure part of next phase of redevelopment for Westlawn Gardens

June 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
Save Me: New film shines light on growing suicide crisis within Milwaukee’s Hmong community

June 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Local Hmong experience cultural tensions as modern generations confront old traditions

June 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Justin Roby: Healing the Hood in Milwaukee one block party at a time

June 21, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s 48th Annual Juneteenth Day Festival celebrates emancipation, community, and ancestors

June 20, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
As a nation built on slave labor, it is time to finally talk about reparations

June 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Stony the Road: A detailed look into the period after Reconstruction and its impact today

June 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Juneteenth, Consent of the Governed, and the Constant Struggle for Equality

June 19, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Kids and Guns: When tragedy strikes next door and Milwaukee neighbors join in support

June 19, 2019 | Columns, Reggie Jackson |
Statue of Liberty: A forgotten monument to freed slaves and a false idol of broken promises

June 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
Lazy Day Sail: S/V Denis Sullivan stars as key attraction of Port Washington’s Pirate Festival

June 18, 2019 | Featured, Video |
MTO mural and MCTS bus shelter art series add fresh wave of color to Milwaukee’s summer scenery

June 18, 2019 | Articles |
Lantern Festival returns with spectrum of illuminated hues from the Middle Kingdom for 4th year

June 18, 2019 | Contributory |
Milwaukee celebrates Flag Day with recognition of veteran struggles to find a place in the community

June 17, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Marcus Center considered a possible site for downtown relocation of Milwaukee Public Museum

June 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
How to enjoy Milwaukee’s summer music festivals without mobile phone insta-interruptions

June 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Study finds high paying jobs continue to elude Hispanic workers in Milwaukee

June 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
Concern about economic stability grows with trend of discouraged workers no longer seeking jobs

June 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
The Cliff Effect: Getting poorer while working harder

June 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
Six Triple Eight: Anna Mae Robertson reflects on WWII service in black postal battalion

June 15, 2019 | Syndicated |
David Drent to retire from War Memorial Center after almost a half century of service

June 15, 2019 | Contributory |
Political Math: The impact on Congress if Washington DC finally becomes the 51st state

June 15, 2019 | Syndicated |
Napalm Girl: Vietnam veterans embrace Kim Phúc and her message of love during Milwaukee visit

June 14, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Joe F. Campbell: From Trảng Bàng to Big Boy and the little moments in war that offer hope

June 14, 2019 | Articles |
44 years after the Fall of Saigon: Fathers, Footsteps, and Photos from Vietnam 22 years ago

June 14, 2019 | Columns, Editorial |
Mother-daughter duo paint swing bridge mural inspired by nearby river ecology

June 13, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
70 years after 1984: How today compares with Orwell’s prophetic dystopian novel

June 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
State of Identity: One-third of national flags worldwide contain religious symbolism

June 13, 2019 | Syndicated |
A Million Moments of Pride: Families and rainbows fill route for Milwaukee’s 2019 LGBT parade

June 12, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Pride and Prejudice: A century of debating gay rights and disagreements about discretion

June 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
Survey finds young black women now identify as bisexual three times higher than decade ago

June 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: CNN Highlights Living While Black in Milwaukee on “United Shades of America”

June 11, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Alverno explores remedy for region’s health care shortfall with expansion of medical curriculum

June 11, 2019 | Contributory |
Interactive map visualizes Wisconsin’s health disparities by county

June 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
Postman’s Porch: Transformed Postman Square creates a “third space” for downtown neighbors

June 10, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Challenging the Narrative: Even the Women’s Suffrage Movement has a whitewashed history

June 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Mental Health in the Digital Age: How to protect yourself from the dangers of social media

June 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin fish are experiencing a roller coaster of methylmercury levels due to climate change

June 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
Climate change causing Lake Michigan to experience rapid shifts between high and low water levels

June 9, 2019 | Syndicated |
Water Council recognized for innovation in pioneering improvements with water quality

June 9, 2019 | Contributory |
A Vintage Spring Cleaning: Preview of the Historic Pabst Mansion’s Outdoor Estate Sale

June 8, 2019 | Photos |
MindBodyMe: Discovery World partners to create a science-driven exploration of health

June 8, 2019 | Contributory |
First time in Wisconsin history for Gay Pride Rainbow flag to fly over state Capitol

June 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Exclusive: John McGivern and John Gurda illuminate why Milwaukee should Light the Hoan Bridge

June 7, 2019 | Featured, Video |
Hotels begin sprouting in Milwaukee ahead of 2020 Democratic National Convention

June 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Airbnb continues to disrupt hotel markets in cities like Milwaukee with exponential growth

June 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
PrideFest Preview: Milwaukee’s inclusive 2019 LGBTQ celebration set to break attendance record

June 6, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
C-47 troop transport flown at vanguard of D-Day invasion rescued from obscurity in Wisconsin

June 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Public Health Over Profit: World War II necessities sped vaccine development and medical innovation

June 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Film to install 1925 Wurlitzer pipe organ as part of restoration for historic Oriental Theatre

June 5, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Bud Selig and Aviva Kempner to highlight screening of film about baseball and espionage

June 5, 2019 | Articles |
Nō Studios names recipients of inaugural “Artist in Residence” program for emerging filmmakers

June 5, 2019 | Contributory |
Mayor Tom Barrett kicks off Walk 100 Miles in 100 Days Challenge for a healthier 2019

June 4, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
New plan will “Ramp Up” access to Bradford Beach for people with disabilities

June 4, 2019 | Contributory |
Brew City Match revitalization program begins accepting small business loan applications

June 4, 2019 | Contributory |
Behind the Tiny Desk: Exclusive look at how 88Nine filmed musicians for NPR’s talent search

June 3, 2019 | Featured, Video |
Erase Me: Winning song of Tiny Desk contest explores complicated privileges as a transgender man

June 3, 2019 | Syndicated |
Diverse group of Milwaukee musicians selected for Backline’s spring 2019 music accelerator program

June 3, 2019 | Articles |
Making our festival grounds Smoke-Free Is good business for Milwaukee

June 2, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Big Tobacco shifts to using social media as shortcut to hook a new generation of smokers

June 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
How drunk driving laws are enforced in a cultural landscape awash in alcohol like Wisconsin

June 2, 2019 | Syndicated |
Waukesha Alderman Aaron Perry on the Independence of Politics

June 1, 2019 | Articles |
Supreme Court decision will determine what autonomy Wisconsin has over partisan gerrymandering

June 1, 2019 | Syndicated |
New study identifies how pets enforce boundaries of racial segregation in neighborhoods

June 1, 2019 | Syndicated |

May

Carlos Rolón: Sharing culture and identity in Sculpture Milwaukee’s largest artwork

May 31, 2019 | Featured, Profiles |
How gallery owners can avoid erasing the ethnic narratives of Milwaukee’s artists of color

May 31, 2019 | Syndicated |
Gateway mural by Emma Daisy Gertel will blossom in Westown this summer

May 31, 2019 | Articles |
Walking the Talk: Jane’s Walk MKE Gets Political

May 30, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Countdown to Rise! as Milwaukee’s PrideFest honors 50th anniversary of Stonewall Riots

May 30, 2019 | Articles |
George Platt Lynes: The forgotten legacy of a legendary gay photographer

May 30, 2019 | Syndicated |
Honoring Fallen Heroes: Wood National Cemetery hosts 2019 Memorial Day tribute

May 29, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War share special Memorial Day remembrance at Calvary Cemetery

May 29, 2019 | Photos |
Milwaukee’s 154th annual Memorial Day Parade marched on despite rain and low public turnout

May 29, 2019 | Photos |
Threads of Remembrance: Milwaukee hosts touring exhibit of the 9/11 Memorial Quilts

May 28, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Bader Philanthropies offers funding to expand local programs that serve Milwaukee veterans

May 28, 2019 | Contributory |
Heartbreaking responses follow viral tweet asking about service experiences in U.S. Army

May 28, 2019 | Syndicated |
Sentinel from 1903 remains on guard over Milwaukee’s fallen soldiers and sailors

May 27, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Memorial Day: From Confederate commemoration to holiday honoring all our nation’s military dead

May 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
The legacy of Vietnam continues to shape views of honor and loss from war

May 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
Satisfy My Soul: Isaac Wells and his journey from homeless shelters to top national honors

May 26, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Entire 2019 class of Cristo Rey graduating as first generation to continue on with higher education

May 26, 2019 | Contributory |
New program offers students completely online undergraduate degree from Marquette

May 26, 2019 | Contributory |
I Ain’t Broke, So Don’t Fix Me: The Moral Imperative to Ban Conversion Therapy Across Milwaukee

May 25, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
County officials sign resolution formally declaring racism as a public health crisis in Milwaukee

May 25, 2019 | Contributory |
Chris Abele announces 2020 re-election campaign with priority on remedies for racial disparities

May 25, 2019 | Contributory |
Episodes of John McGivern’s “Around the Corner” offer preview of Milwaukee for 2020 DNC visitors

May 24, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Development of Adams Garden Park builds on Lindsay Heights status as environmental business hub

May 24, 2019 | Articles |
Before Social Media: How Morse Code altered the way people communicate for 175 years

May 24, 2019 | Syndicated |
MPS partners with Educators Credit Union for new program to teach students financial literacy

May 23, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Student audit finds less Wisconsin residents enrolling in UW System

May 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Valedictorian tradition faces an uncertain future in light of tarnished honor

May 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Sixteenth Street mural commemorates 50 years as integrated member of the neighborhoods it serves

May 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Immigrants to Wisconsin without lawyers often remain stuck in a purgatory of detention

May 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
National spotlight will be on Milwaukee’s Latino community during LULAC National Convention

May 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
Brewers legend Robin Yount recognized for years of citizen involvement in helping the Armed Forces

May 21, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Gold Star Family, George Banda, and Iwo Jima veterans recognized with Sijan Award for Valor

May 21, 2019 | Photos |
Blue Star program offers military families free summer visits to Milwaukee Art Museum

May 21, 2019 | Contributory |
A Time of Terror: National broadcast details story of how James Cameron survived a lynching

May 20, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Coastal flooding and shoreline erosion expected along Lake Michigan region until end of 2019

May 20, 2019 | Contributory |
Trauma-Informed Care offers Milwaukee children a new approach for finding hope and healing

May 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
Exhibit based on Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Evicted” to display in Milwaukee

May 19, 2019 | Articles |
Maybe one day people of faith will actually love other living people as much as they do embryos

May 19, 2019 | Columns, John Pavlovitz |
The Alt-Constitution: A corrupt interpretation of America’s supreme law

May 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
Economic Engine: Metro Milwaukee fuels revenue growth for Wisconsin’s tourism industry

May 18, 2019 | Articles |
Tangled web of politics ensnares Wisconsin with Foxconn, Terry Gou, Donald Trump, and China

May 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
Corporate Welfare: Latest legislative audit finds WEDC still paying for undelivered jobs

May 18, 2019 | Syndicated |
Dr. Malika Siker: A search for joy and meaning as an inspiration to repair the world

May 17, 2019 | Featured, Profiles |
Wisconsin remains highly vulnerable to measles outbreak with fifth highest rate of vaccine refusal

May 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Rural areas remain in persistent decline as economic shift drains jobs and people

May 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
New home of MKE Urban Stables to combine mounted police with equine-assisted therapy

May 16, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
ACLU of Wisconsin files federal class-action lawsuit calling state’s parole system unconstitutional

May 16, 2019 | Contributory |
Milwaukee County asks state leaders to make transformative changes to youth justice system

May 16, 2019 | Contributory |
City presents plan for Vel Phillips Plaza as transit hub in underutilized urban space of Westown

May 15, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Joaquin Altoro appointed as Executive Director of WHEDA to sustain state’s affordable housing

May 15, 2019 | Articles |
Annual art festival brings creative experiences to Milwaukee’s lakefront for the 57th year

May 15, 2019 | Contributory |
Bay View students revive Lance P. Sijan Memorial Scholarship as example of leadership, love, and honor

May 14, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Emmanuel Blair: Milwaukee native provides vital weather services to Pacific Naval commands

May 14, 2019 | Articles |
Wisconsin joins national push for Congressional legislation to undo tax hike on Gold Star Families

May 14, 2019 | Contributory |
Milwaukee’s hometown Air Wing kicks off Armed Forces Week with aerial refueling flight

May 13, 2019 | Featured, Video |
William Pelkofer: Wisconsin Air National Guardsman takes home-grown path for pilot training

May 13, 2019 | Articles |
Dawn of the Red Arrow: Documentary details birth of Wisconsin’s 32nd Division in World War I

May 13, 2019 | Photos |
Discovery World constructs mind-boggling puzzles in new exhibit with mazes and brain games

May 12, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee ranked third in nation with pedestrian travel and safety for Complete Streets Policy

May 12, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee County forced to cut transit services resulting from defeated wheel tax funding loss

May 12, 2019 | Syndicated |
Oldest Press Club awards Milwaukee Independent ten honors in journalism for a range of social issues

May 11, 2019 | Awards, Featured |
Nonprofit news needs more philanthropic support as journalism suffers from systemic market failure

May 11, 2019 | Syndicated |
LEGO design contest aims to bring replica of Calatrava’s Art Museum to life in bricks

May 11, 2019 | Articles |
John McGivern brings fresh approach to new season of Next Avenue on Milwaukee PBS

May 10, 2019 | Audio, Featured |
The little known story about how John Gurda accidentally became a historian

May 10, 2019 | Contributory |
The dilemma of distance complicates health care options in rural Wisconsin

May 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
People of the Road: Menomonee Valley honors its locomotive past with first pair of public artworks

May 9, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Sculpture Milwaukee to transform Chase Bank’s two-story atrium into “jewel box” for annual art exhibit

May 9, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee’s annual “Project Clean & Green” returns to collect oversized garbage for free

May 9, 2019 | Articles |
City moves forward on streetcar expansion plans with The Hop for 2020 DNC and beyond

May 8, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Report finds Medicaid Expansion plan by Governor Tony Evers would cut insurance costs by 11%

May 8, 2019 | Contributory |
Reducing the Risk: Ideas to improve Foxconn contract so taxpayers actually see a benefit

May 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Block party for Jane’s Walk MKE kicks off monthlong exploration of a shared Milwaukee for 4th year

May 7, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
The Vine brings new wine and food options to beer garden at Bay View’s Humboldt Park

May 7, 2019 | Contributory |
Retrospective of James Nares spotlights an artistic career of gesture, motion, and time

May 7, 2019 | Contributory |
“Day Without Latinxs & Immigrants” strike calls for statewide restoration of driver licenses

May 6, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee’s minority-majority population reflects the fading national demographics of white identity

May 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
A Spectrum of Entitlement: With great privilege comes likelihood of unethical behavior

May 6, 2019 | Syndicated |
Cinco de Mayo: How American beer companies cashed in on a minor Mexican holiday

May 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
Community center teaches Mandarin and cultural identity to Chinese diaspora in Milwaukee

May 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
Research confirms home foreclosure crisis had negative impact on local voter participation

May 5, 2019 | Syndicated |
City’s first Eco Tour destination showcases green transformation of Lindsay Heights neighborhood

May 4, 2019 | Articles |
MSOE plans $32M transformation of Residence Hall into a “Living-Learning Community”

May 4, 2019 | Contributory |
Milwaukee Athletic Club building to undergo $70M of extensive renovations this year

May 4, 2019 | Contributory |
Voices of the City: Hundreds of artwork tiles deliver empowering personal messages from neighbors

May 3, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Sculptures of historical Milwaukee Road workers to unveil on Hank Aaron State Trail

May 3, 2019 | Contributory |
RedLine Gallery closing after a decade with final exhibition featuring an “Ultimate TimeLine”

May 3, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee Fortress reintroduces renovated landmark to downtown residents during grand opening

May 2, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
County seeks proposals for developing last block of land in Park East Corridor

May 2, 2019 | Articles |
Historic Oriental Theatre begins next phase of restoration before 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

May 2, 2019 | Articles |
Governor Tony Evers brings proclamation of love and support to Sikh Americans in Oak Creek

May 1, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Sikh Awareness Month across Wisconsin aims to be catalyst for healing and education

May 1, 2019 | Articles |
Lake Express Ferry collects hundreds of bicycles for children in annual Earth Week Bike Drive

May 1, 2019 | Photos |

April

Milwaukee to celebrate Latino heritage as host of LULAC National Convention on 90th anniversary

April 30, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee County kicks off annual legislative advocacy program for senior residents

April 30, 2019 | Contributory |
Policymakers rethinking ways to serve city’s aging population with alternatives to senior centers

April 30, 2019 | Syndicated |
Cory Booker discusses our “humanity on the sidewalk” at Milwaukee roundtable on gun violence

April 29, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
No Worker Left Behind: Why the economy works better with opportunities for all citizens

April 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Decades of government-supported discrimination fuels case for African American reparations

April 29, 2019 | Syndicated |
Kickapoo Coffee founders plan name change after acknowledging unintended appropriation

April 28, 2019 | Articles |
Compliance checks find underage Milwaukee youth still have easy access to flavored tobacco

April 28, 2019 | Contributory |
U.S. Air Force’s premier jazz ensemble “Airmen of Note” to perform free Milwaukee concert

April 28, 2019 | Contributory |
Investments in Milwaukee neighborhoods paying off with increased property values across city

April 27, 2019 | Contributory |
Proposed Wisconsin budget aims at building a strong economy by contributing to what works

April 27, 2019 | Syndicated |
Foxconn tells Madison it wants to renegotiate its $4B factory deal despite prior assurances

April 27, 2019 | Contributory |
Rosy Petri: Sewing dignity as the new Pfister Artist-In-Residence

April 26, 2019 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Props and costumes from popular theater productions part of The Rep’s biennial storage sale

April 26, 2019 | Photos |
Wauwatosa seeking artists to install murals for new outdoor art corridor

April 26, 2019 | Articles |
City holds DNC 2020 brainstorming session to assist minority enterprises share in economic impact

April 25, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Communities of color prepare for business participation during Milwaukee’s national spotlight

April 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
DNC Chair Tom Perez returns for convention planning with hope to inspire Midwest and beyond

April 25, 2019 | Syndicated |
The Hidden Resilience of Survivors: Helping our children heal from abuse and indifference

April 24, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
Students still vulnerable on campus even during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 24, 2019 | Articles |
Remembering Joe Bartolotta: A beloved culinary icon and community philanthropist

April 24, 2019 | Articles |
Pulaski Park gets major environmental and recreation upgrades with Kinnickinnic River restoration

April 23, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Lindsay Heights residents who face employment barriers find rewarding profession in landscaping

April 23, 2019 | Syndicated |
Fiserv Forum awarded LEED Silver Certification on Earth Day

April 23, 2019 | Contributory |
Lindsay Heights honored as Milwaukee’s first “Eco-Neighborhood” tour designation

April 22, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Earth Day Challenge: Outpost Natural Foods pledges to purge petroleum-based plastic packaging by 2022

April 22, 2019 | Articles |
Environmental contamination pushes cities to cut plastic waste within a decade

April 22, 2019 | Syndicated |
Tibetan monks share culture in colored mandala painted with sand at Milwaukee City Hall

April 21, 2019 | Photos |
Art display of River Deities reflect immigrant cultures that settled along South Side waterways

April 21, 2019 | Photos |
MAGA Christians cast a terribly tiny God in their own image of hate

April 21, 2019 | Columns, John Pavlovitz |
Local refugee women crochet plastic bags into craft items and earn income while saving environment

April 20, 2019 | Articles |
Resettlement process in Wisconsin can limit educational dreams for refugees

April 20, 2019 | Syndicated |
With unrealistic goal of creating 13,000 jobs, Wisconsin seeks to renegotiate Foxconn contract

April 20, 2019 | Contributory |
Reggie Jackson: Remembering a time when 53206 was known as a loving community to grow up in

April 19, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Chinese owners of former Northridge Mall get served with demolition order by city

April 19, 2019 | Photos |
Empty Foxconn buildings across Wisconsin seen as 2020 election strategy in US-China trade war

April 19, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The growth of mass incarceration in Milwaukee

April 18, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
ACLU’s “Smart Justice” proposal outlines cost benefits for cutting Wisconsin’s prison population

April 18, 2019 | Contributory |
Medical Redlining: North side coalition renews call for health equity at St. Joseph Hospital

April 18, 2019 | Articles |
Reggie Jackson: When the jobs went away crime followed

April 17, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Architectural Snapshot: A look at the ongoing rise an fall of Milwaukee’s cityscape

April 17, 2019 | Photos |
Dan Kaufman’s book remains a source of unheeded lessons on Wisconsin’s political upheaval

April 17, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The impact of deindustrialization on Milwaukee’s Inner City

April 16, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Stealth Depression: A lack of mobility compounds economic disadvantage for 53206 residents

April 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
Raising the overtime threshold would improve quality of life for Wisconsin workers

April 16, 2019 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: My Journey from Integrated Schools in Mississippi to Segregated Schools in Milwaukee

April 15, 2019 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Shorewood School District investigating teacher who forced black students to reenact slavery games

April 15, 2019 | Articles |
Congresswoman Gwen Moore: On unwrapping Trump’s tax gift to the wealthy

April 15, 2019 | Articles |
Fear the Deer: Milwaukee paints the town green to celebrate Bucks NBA playoffs

April 14, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee Day: 414 flag unfurled at City Hall as salute to the municipality for April 14th

April 14, 2019 | Photos |
Business coalition forms to ensure Milwaukee’s July 3 lakefront fireworks show will continue

April 14, 2019 | Contributory |
Urban Anthropology celebrates a 20-year road trip and local heroes found along the way

April 13, 2019 | Articles |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A legacy of faith and political action

April 13, 2019 | Columns, Editorial |
Day Reporting Center re-opens inside St. Anthony’s Place as alternative to incarceration

April 13, 2019 | Articles |
Jonah Larson: Young fiber artist unites communities with hope and healing in accidental hobby

April 12, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Crochet Away: 360° video shows “Jonah’s Hands” interlocking loops of fiber

April 12, 2019 | Video |
Yarn Junkie: Women of color crochet the nurturing bonds of love and identity

April 12, 2019 | Articles |
MKE Influencers exhibit celebrates diverse group of local artists and their community contributions

April 11, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Downtown to host third summer season of street art exhibits from Sculpture Milwaukee

April 11, 2019 | Articles |
Cedarburg furniture maker Charles Radtke highlights new “Season of Process” exhibits

April 11, 2019 | Contributory |
Revival of Milwaukee Marathon succeeds in filling city streets with thousands of runners

April 10, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
Governor Tony Evers unveils $10M in Housing Tax Credits for Milwaukee-area projects from WHEDA

April 10, 2019 | Contributory |
The Milwaukee Bank Riot: A day of chaos in 1861 when local money became worthless

April 10, 2019 | Syndicated |
Kyle Hill: YouTube star uses pop culture and Marvel superheroes to teach kids science

April 9, 2019 | Articles, Featured |
Flavors of diversity underscore Milwaukee’s culinary depth at 4th annual Black Restaurant Week

April 9, 2019 | Articles |
Milwaukee Film to host fifth Muslim Film Festival at historic Oriental Theatre

April 9, 2019 | Articles |
88Nine Radio helps 10 Milwaukee bands produce Tiny Desk videos for NPR music contest

April 8, 2019 | Featured, Photos |
The “Brilliance” of Creativity: Young artist with autism designs new 88Nine t-shirt

April 8, 2019 | Articles |
Latest task force meeting leaves fate uncertain for future of Mitchell Park Domes

April 8, 2019 | Syndicated |
Mitchell Airport to get Milwaukee-flavored refresh of food and shops in time for 2020 DNC

April 7, 2019 | Articles |
The Cannabis Question: Marijuana advocates in Wisconsin face legalization hurdles

April 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Suburban malls flounder from online shift while city shopping locations see surge in redevelopment

April 7, 2019 | Syndicated |
Racism proclaimed a public health crisis by Milwaukee County leaders

April 6, 2019 | Contributory |