Stonewall Inn: Long-vacant storefront space reclaims its place as a landmark in LGBTQ+ history
It was half of the Stonewall Inn, the gay dive bar where a 1969 police raid became a landmark moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Yet for much of the 55 years since, there has been little outward indication that 51 Christopher Street was part of that history. It...
Gershkovich and Whelan among 24 freed in biggest U.S. prisoner swap with Russia in post-Soviet history
The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on August 1, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that...
Power grab: Wisconsin Republicans ask voters to remove governor’s authority to spend federal funds
Wisconsin Republicans are asking voters to strip away the governor’s power to unilaterally spend federal money, a reaction to the billions of dollars in Federal aid that flowed into the state to help the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Democratic Governor...
Darryl Morin: Watching Americans come together as Kamala Harris began her Presidential campaign
I stood in the rain waiting for my turn to go through the security check outside of West Allis Central High School on July 23. I was there to see Vice President Kamala Harris at her first campaign event since announcing her candidacy for President of the United...
The strange “insanity trial” of presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt’s would-be assassin in Milwaukee
“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose. But fortunately I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech,...
Paralyzed Tech: Global IT outage highlights major vulnerabilities in the digital ecosystem
By Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even the...
Silent City Honey: The sweet story of utilizing Forest Home Cemetery’s Arboretum as an apiary
Among its many historical distinctions, Forest Home Cemetery has one of the oldest preserved forests within a metropolitan area that exists in Wisconsin. An unexpected byproduct of the silent city’s lush biodiversity is its ability to produce premium honey, with a little help from Chad Nelson and Barbie Brennan Nelson.
Urban beekeeping: How essential pollinators sustain agriculture and ecosystems in Milwaukee
Honeybees were introduced to America by European settlers in the 16th century and became indispensable to modern agriculture. In Milwaukee, that relationship has been exemplified by the apiary at Forest Home Cemetery, a unique urban sanctuary for essential...
From detective to apiculturist: Why Sherlock Holmes found solace in nature when he retired
Few fictional characters have captured and endured for so long in the public’s imagination as Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant English detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Presumed to have died in the 1893 story “The Final Problem,” Holmes would live on and...
A fight for survival: It is no longer just a personal battle for Ukraine’s athletes at the Paris Olympics
For Ukrainian hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, each stride on the Paris Olympic track will have meaning far beyond the time she clocks. Her competitions are no longer strictly an individual battle, but war on a different front. Her goal is not just gold, but also to rivet...
Harris tells cheering Milwaukee crowd that November election is “a choice between freedom and chaos”
A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris on July 23 as she opened her public case against Republican former President Donald Trump by declaring November’s election will be “a choice between freedom and chaos.”...
Reordering 2024 race: Kamala Harris vows to “earn and win” Democratic nomination for president
Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House, after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their own party that he would be unable to defeat convicted felon Donald Trump....
