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Roman Kashpur: Ukrainian war hero conquers Tokyo Marathon 2024 with prosthetic leg
by Staff Nippon | Apr 18, 2024
3.11 EXPLORING FUKUSHIMA: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial...
Aly Miller: Playfully navigating the relationship between place and identity with illustrative maps
by Jocelyn Slocum | Mar 3, 2023
In parallel with the uniqueness of an individual’s identity are the maps each of us formulates of...
Wisconsin faith leaders say genuine dialogue is needed on Israel and Gaza for a ceasefire and end to violence
by Correspondent | Jan 22, 2024
Interfaith leaders in Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Council of Rabbis each released statements about...
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Luke Waldo: A Journey through India and its lessons of social connectedness for Milwaukee
by Luke Waldo | Apr 5, 2024
“Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social...
Reggie Jackson: My childhood miseducation and the institutional control of Negro thinking
by Reggie Jackson | Dec 1, 2023
“The thought of the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters...
Pardeep Kaleka: The “might makes right” mindset is acculturated into the racial hurt we consume
by Pardeep Kaleka | Feb 1, 2023
Sometimes it feels like the hate that we give back to ourselves cuts the deepest. This American...
One life saved: Why speaking openly about suicide prevention is vital for growing community support
by Kenneth Cole | Sep 27, 2023
As suicide prevention month draws to a close, we must remember that the door is always open for...
We Need Imagination: A glance at my 2020 bookshelf
by Dominic Inouye | Dec 26, 2020
In the early days of the stay-at-home orders, I woke up and immediately – as if guided by...
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The Milwaukee Flyers: Up in the air but still soaring
by Dominic Inouye | Oct 27, 2020
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Journey to Japan: A photojournalist’s diary from the ruins of Tōhoku 13 years later
by Lee Matz | Apr 11, 2024
3.11 EXPLORING FUKUSHIMA: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial...
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So Long Ukraine, and Thanks for All the Hotdogs*
by Lee Matz | Aug 23, 2023
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Blue Eye Samurai: What the Netflix anime series gets right and wrong about Japan’s Edo-period
by TheConversation | Apr 10, 2024
By Ruth Starr, Lecturer in History of Japanese art and architecture, Trinity College Dublin...
A Bible Salesman: Trump is not the first political con man to compare himself to Jesus Christ
by Heather Cox Richardson | Apr 7, 2024
On his social media outlet, former president Trump encouraged his supporters to buy a “God Bless...
Crocodile Tears: How the corrupt “Grand Old Party” laid the Foundation for today’s MAGA Movement
by Thom Hartmann | Apr 7, 2024
With nepo-daughter-in-law Lara Trump taking over the GOP, Donald Trump has essentially declared...
The Pandemic We Wasted: How we could have transcended our self-erected barriers of politics
by John Pavlovitz | Dec 17, 2023
What do you remember about the first days of the pandemic? I remember going to three grocery...
The disturbing truth behind why America’s wealthy are so eager to fund Trump’s anti-democratic agenda
by Robert Reich | Jan 5, 2024
As an ever-greater portion of the nation’s total wealth goes to the top, it is hardly surprising...
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In the shadow of silence: Exploring Fukushima’s abandoned lands that remain frozen in time
by Lee Matz
In the heart of Fukushima Prefecture remains silent and haunting reminders of a tragedy that reverberated around the world more than a decade ago. The catastrophic events following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, led to the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.