Holocaust survivors still seek atonement from railway companies for their role in Nazi deportations
By Sarah Federman, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, Kroc School of Peace Studies, University of San Diego The Holocaust could not have happened without the railways. Preeminent Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg underscored that almost everyone murdered at a...
Online backlash to editorial “Accountability for Chaos” finds empathy exhausted over MAGA’s regret
In the days following the publication of an editorial titled “Accountability for Chaos: A movement built on cruelty faces a reckoning as regret finds no sympathy,” a Reddit thread in the political commentary forum was flooded with hundreds of user reactions. Nearly...
Redistribution of credit: When systemic manipulation rewrites who is thanked for doing the real work
They are not the ones on stage. They are not the faces attached to awards, nor the voices quoted in press releases. And yet, they are everywhere, in every movement, campaign, or civic improvement that appeared to happen smoothly from the outside. Their fingerprints...
Why the softer power of today’s autocrats uses media and law as tools of political manipulation
By Daniel Treisman, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles Donald Trump’s critics often accuse him of harboring authoritarian ambitions. Journalists and scholars have drawn parallels between his leadership style and that of strongmen...
How “KPop Demon Hunters” became a surprise global hit with Korean music, mythology, and authenticity
In the colorful, animated, musical world of “KPop Demon Hunters,” everyone is a fan. The general public rocks T-shirts supporting their favorite idols. They hold light sticks and stare starry-eyed at stadium stages; they scream, they cry, they cheer, they...
Americans may no longer rely on global dominance of English as U.S. influence collapses under Trump
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...
Most Americans are staying put despite assurances they would move overseas after the election
By Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Honorary Reader in Migration and Politics, University of Kent Based on pronouncements in 2024, you might think now is the time to see U.S. citizens streaming out of the country. Months before the 2024 presidential election,...
From Milwaukee to Oshkosh: How EAA’s blueprints of innovation shaped the homebuilt aviation movement
Before Oshkosh became synonymous with the world’s largest aviation gathering, it was the suburbs of Milwaukee that quietly seeded the grassroots revolution of experimental flight. In 1953, Paul Poberezny, a World War II pilot and aircraft mechanic, founded what...
Thousands attending EAA AirVenture 2025 welcome Vietnam veterans on the Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight
As part of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh’s annual tribute to U.S. military members, 100 Vietnam War veterans were honored with a Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight to Washington DC on July 25. The mission, now in its 11th year at the aviation convention, provided a no-cost visit to national memorials and a public welcome home decades after their service.
A pause without peace: How the Korean War armistice silenced the guns in 1953 but not the conflict
In a modest building at Panmunjom, representatives of the United Nations Command, North Korea, and China signed the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953. It brought a halt to three years of brutal fighting on the Korean Peninsula. The agreement, the result of...
“Exploring Korea” series honored for chronicling 72 Milwaukee-connected stories across generations
The Milwaukee Press Club awarded “Milwaukee Independent” top honors for excellence in Wisconsin journalism for its flagship 2024 editorial project, recognizing the 72-part series “Exploring Korea: Stories from Milwaukee to the DMZ and across a...
Found in a box: Medals, photos, and an unknown Milwaukee soldier’s lost story from the Korean War
Last year, Milwaukee Independent was in production on what would become the award-winning news series Milwaukee Voices. Korean Experiences. Even though 72 features were published, with more than 20 interviews, several ideas were cut or went undeveloped due to...
