Author: Noria Doyle

China’s manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong has been battling a surge of chikungunya virus cases, and while the disease does not spread between humans, the outbreak is sending ripples far beyond Asia. For Milwaukee and Wisconsin, where public health systems are strained by measles cases, low immunization rates, and ongoing supply chain shocks, this mosquito-borne virus is a reminder of how quickly a foreign outbreak can test local readiness. Chinese authorities have reported more than 7,000 chikungunya cases, concentrated around Foshan near Hong Kong, with workers in hazmat gear spraying disinfectant on streets, construction sites, and residential areas. The government...

There is an old joke that goes: if you speak two languages, you are bilingual. But if you only speak one language, you are an American. The idea that “everyone speaks English” has long been a point of national pride in the United States. It is a reflection of the country’s unrivaled postwar dominance in economics, culture, and diplomacy. But as Donald Trump and his autocratic regime accelerates a retreat from traditional global leadership roles, some experts now warn that the linguistic privilege Americans take for granted may face a reckoning. For generations, English has served as the world’s...

When the motion picture “The Outlaw Josey Wales” premiered in theaters across America in 1976, it was quickly embraced as a bold, revisionist Western that rejected the romantic simplicity of old Hollywood. With Clint Eastwood directing and starring, the film delivered a gritty anti-hero narrative at a time when American audiences, still reeling from Vietnam and Watergate, were ready to question power and authority. But beneath the dust and gunpowder, Josey Wales carried something else. It was a subtle but persistent narrative that aligned with the Lost Cause mythology of the American South. The film follows a Missouri farmer-turned-bushwhacker...

On July 7, 1898, President William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, formally annexing the Hawaiian Islands into the United States. Widely criticized by Native Hawaiians and later condemned by the U.S. government itself in a 1993 congressional apology, the decision marked the end of an independent kingdom and the start of America’s imperial footprint in the Pacific. While often remembered as a clash between Pacific powers and Washington’s ambition, the road to annexation was not paved by East Coast statesmen alone. A midwestern state thousands of miles from the Pacific played a surprisingly formative role. Wisconsin exerted its influence...