Category: Editorial
How the corporate myth of exporting democracy to China fueled the decline of American manufacturing
Corporate greed and Republican policy orchestrated the greatest transfer of wealth in modern...
Read MoreThe Beijing Capitulation: How Trump’s transactional surrender handed global dominance to China
Donald Trump’s May 2026 summit in Beijing represents a watershed moment in the decline of American...
Read MoreThe Forever President: Escaping the toxic gravity of a country that lives at the whim of Trump
For almost three months this year, “Milwaukee Independent” photojournalist Lее Μаtz...
Read MoreBeing a global citizen in Milwaukee means navigating a local culture often disconnected from the world
On most days, my work has involved scanning headlines from war zones, refugee camps, and...
Read MoreA Confederate Disneyland: Why the culture war conditions are ripe for an “America First” theme park
by Mitchell A. Sobieski | Dec 2, 2025 | Editorial
In 1993, The Walt Disney Company announced a plan to build a new kind of theme park that wouldn’t...
Read MoreA camera with no film: I stayed to bear witness but now I ask whether anyone is still looking
For the first time in years, I’ve found myself absent from Milwaukee. Not just from public events...
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