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Growth and wellness: County Executive Crowley delivers 2025 State of the County address
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley delivered his 2025 State of the County Address at the...
Aly Miller: Playfully navigating the relationship between place and identity with illustrative maps
In parallel with the uniqueness of an individual’s identity are the maps each of us formulates of...
Microsoft’s purchase of 240 acres in Kenosha is expected to launch a new era of tech-driven growth
The state of Wisconsin and city of Kenosha announced on January 27 that Microsoft had purchased...
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Why the unchecked power and tactics of ICE under Trump have earned comparisons to secret police
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not a secret police force, not yet. But recent...
Exploring when a political leader morally and legally qualifies to be called a domestic terrorist
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Loss of legitimacy: When a U.S. president nullifies the constitutional law that gives him presidential power
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How the right-wing’s political name game turned what a place is called into an ideological fight
By Seth T. Kannarr, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Tennessee; Derek H. Alderman,...
Lee’s surrender: Defeat without consequences allowed Confederate ideology to embed itself into U.S. law
On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General...
MAGA America: Resurrecting the Confederacy’s goals to enshrine White dominance and crush Democracy
Restoring power to the richest, Whitest men in the room. How long can democracy survive under...
The Pandemic We Wasted: How we could have transcended our self-erected barriers of politics
What do you remember about the first days of the pandemic? I remember going to three grocery...
Being heartbroken and scared: Why a determined but peaceful resistance to Trump must start now
I will not try to hide it. I am heartbroken. Heartbroken and scared, to tell you the truth. I am...
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Thousands rally in Milwaukee as part of nationwide “Hands Off!” demonstrations against Trump and Musk
Crowds of people angry about the way Donald Trump and South African oligarch Elon Musk are running the country rallied in Milwaukee and scores of American cities on April 5 in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying to regain its momentum after the shock of the Republican’s brutal first weeks in office.
