Category: Explainers
Taiwan’s “silicon shield” may depend on destroying its own semiconductor industry if China invades
For decades, Taiwan’s semiconductor industry has been treated as a form of strategic insurance...
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Faith in the margins: The false moral scaffolding Republicans built to undermine civic duty in Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s moral infrastructure is held together not by the systems of government designed to...
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MCHS exhibit explores immigration, identity, and shared stories that continue to shape Milwaukee
“We the People: Milwaukee Stories of Immigration, Citizenship, and Community” is a new...
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The forgotten middle: How America abandoned cities like Milwaukee that built the working middle class
America’s story has always been told from its extremes. On one end, the glittering skylines of the...
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Milwaukee in the Civil War: The forging of an industrial and political stronghold in the North
The 1854 rescue of Joshua Glover from a Milwaukee jail ignited the city’s direct...
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Port Milwaukee enters record cruise era as Great Lakes travel revives a 19th-century tradition
Sixty-four ship calls and 20,000 passengers are projected for 2026, returning lake-borne tourism...
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