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Milwaukee advocates join peaceful nationwide protests against Trump’s mass detentions by ICE in L.A.

Donald Trump made no secret of his willingness to use maximalist tactics to enforce his biased interpretation of immigration laws as he campaigned in the 2024 election to stay out of jail. The...

Milwaukee Independent emerges as a Wisconsin leader for reporting on artificial intelligence

As artificial intelligence reshapes global industries, raises ethical alarms, and floods the internet with generated content, few Wisconsin newsrooms have approached the subject with the consistency...

May 25, 2020: Remembering when George Floyd’s murder ignited Milwaukee and the nation five years ago

The cellphone footage from Minneapolis, showing a police officer’s knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, circulated within hours. By the evening of May 25, 2020, the...

Blaming the victim: How Trump’s war on justice in 2020 radicalized the response to Black Lives Matter

When George Floyd was murdered beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, the nation erupted in a wave of protests not seen in a generation. What could have been a reckoning,...

From MLK to MAGA: White grievance continues to roll back civil rights five years after George Floyd

Five years after the killing of George Floyd ignited a nationwide reckoning on race, the civil rights landscape in America has shifted not toward justice, but toward retraction. What began in 2020...

Milwaukee Independent reflects on third anniversary of its first assignment to cover the war in Ukraine

Three years ago, almost to the day on May 20, a team of journalists from Wisconsin crossed into Ukraine during the early phase of Russia’s full-scale invasion. It was the first time any news outlet...

A review of public spaces outside Judge Dugan’s court shows factual contradictions in FBI’s affidavit

Questions are mounting over the criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested April 25, 2025, at the...

From Abuja to Irpin: Milwaukee’s Sister Cities Day celebrates international ties built through people

City Hall came alive with music, dance, and heartfelt stories on May 16, as Milwaukee marked its 2025 Sister Cities Meet and Greet Day, honoring the relationships that continue to grow between...

Judge Hannah Dugan maintains her innocence in plea to a Federal magistrate over ICE’s obstruction claim

Judge Hannah Dugan, a respected Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, is at the center of a federal prosecution that legal experts and civil rights advocates are calling an alarming escalation in...

Milwaukee Independent reaches 80 Gridiron Awards after earning 9 more with 2 for Korean diaspora series

The Milwaukee Press Club, the oldest active press club in America and known for honoring excellence in the field of journalism, announced the winners of the 95th Annual Gridiron Awards on May 9....

Beloved Japanese retail chain Daiso expected to open its first Wisconsin ¥100-style store in Kenosha

Daiso, a popular Japanese discount retailer, is preparing to open its first Wisconsin location at Southport Plaza in Kenosha, offering local residents and visitors a wide range of low-cost household...

Not Afraid: Governor Evers denounces threat of arrest as Trump allies escalate political retaliation

In an extraordinary address to Wisconsin residents on May 2, Governor Tony Evers condemned the escalating threats from the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers after a top immigration...