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Battleship Island: How tourism propelled Gunkanjima’s ghostly ruins and stirred memories of its dark past

Battleship Island: How tourism propelled Gunkanjima’s ghostly ruins and stirred memories of its dark past

Posted by | Mar 9, 2025

Off the coast of Nagasaki, the second city to be devastated by an atomic bomb in World War II, lies a tiny island located along the southwestern island of Kyushu in Japan. From a distance, it appears to resemble the formidable silhouette of a naval warship cutting through the waves. It is a place where crumbling cement apartment blocks stare out at the horizon, where silent corridors and dusty staircases trace the outlines of vanished lives. Officially known as Hashima Island, it is more commonly called Gunkanjima, which translates to “Battleship Island.” In many ways, it is not just...

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Xenophobia and misinformation: Why Japan’s 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake led to a Korean massacre

Xenophobia and misinformation: Why Japan’s 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake led to a Korean massacre

Posted by | Mar 9, 2025

The year 1923 stands out as a turbulent moment in modern Japanese history because of the catastrophic Great Kanto Earthquake that brought Tokyo and surrounding regions to their knees. Yet even as tens of thousands perished under collapsed buildings or in raging infernos, a more insidious tragedy unfolded with the systematic targeting and murder of Koreans who lived in the region. The attacks were brutal and widespread, and exposed deep prejudices that had long simmered beneath Japan’s veneer of progress at that time. Even today, more than one hundred years later, the fate of Koreans caught in that deadly...

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A Russian asset: Trump’s policy behavior confirms evidence he was groomed by the Kremlin since the 1980s

A Russian asset: Trump’s policy behavior confirms evidence he was groomed by the Kremlin since the 1980s

Posted by | Mar 8, 2025

The “Kyiv Independent” published an explosive interview on February 26 that torched any lingering doubt about President Donald Trump’s deep ties to Russian intelligence. Veteran journalist Craig Unger has tracked Trump’s relationships with Moscow for years He laid out evidence that Trump was carefully groomed as a Russian asset beginning in the 1980s. Less than a week after the bombshell report, Trump used his platform at the United Nations to dismiss Ukraine’s pleas and embrace Vladimir Putin’s narrative on Eastern Europe. His statements cemented the idea that a decades-long foreign plot had successfully infiltrated the Oval Office, transforming the...

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The State of Milwaukee: How public spaces are adapting to harsh climate changes

The State of Milwaukee: How public spaces are adapting to harsh climate changes

Posted by | Mar 7, 2025

THE STATE OF MILWAUKEE: As a city, Milwaukee stands at the crossroads, where shifting policies, economic pressures, and community efforts are shaping the future of the city’s neighborhoods, businesses, and public services. This feature reviews one of those interconnected and evolving challenges affecting local residents today. Following Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s State of the City 2025 Address on March 3, this article is part of a series that explores everything from policing and public safety to healthcare, education, housing, business, infrastructure, and environmental changes. It also highlights the tension between progress and persistent disparities, focusing on policy decisions, economic realities,...

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The State of Milwaukee: When political perceptions clash with the reality of crime statistics

The State of Milwaukee: When political perceptions clash with the reality of crime statistics

Posted by | Mar 7, 2025

THE STATE OF MILWAUKEE: As a city, Milwaukee stands at the crossroads, where shifting policies, economic pressures, and community efforts are shaping the future of the city’s neighborhoods, businesses, and public services. This feature reviews one of those interconnected and evolving challenges affecting local residents today. Following Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s State of the City 2025 Address on March 3, this article is part of a series that explores everything from policing and public safety to healthcare, education, housing, business, infrastructure, and environmental changes. It also highlights the tension between progress and persistent disparities, focusing on policy decisions, economic realities,...

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The State of Milwaukee: Weighing the success of local police reforms and lack thereof

The State of Milwaukee: Weighing the success of local police reforms and lack thereof

Posted by | Mar 7, 2025

THE STATE OF MILWAUKEE: As a city, Milwaukee stands at the crossroads, where shifting policies, economic pressures, and community efforts are shaping the future of the city’s neighborhoods, businesses, and public services. This feature reviews one of those interconnected and evolving challenges affecting local residents today. Following Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s State of the City 2025 Address on March 3, this article is part of a series that explores everything from policing and public safety to healthcare, education, housing, business, infrastructure, and environmental changes. It also highlights the tension between progress and persistent disparities, focusing on policy decisions, economic realities,...

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