Trump commemorative passport design for America’s 250th birthday deepens fears of cult-like nationalism
The State Department is preparing a limited release of commemorative U.S. passports celebrating America’s 250th birthday that feature a picture of Donald Trump, who would be the first living president to be featured in the travel document. The concept for the...
American consumers struggle from Trump’s tariff tax while corporations stand first in line for refunds
For years, tariff policy was sold politically as a penalty aimed at foreign competitors, particularly China, with repeated claims that overseas governments or manufacturers would absorb the economic pain. Donald Trump justified the tariffs as a way to protect American...
Russia’s brutal invasion pulls Ukraine closer to Nordic allies as Europe’s security map shifts
Sweden’s decision to send 16 Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine is more than another weapons transfer. It is the latest sign of a deeper shift that has emerged during Russia’s full-scale invasion: Ukraine’s growing alignment with the Nordic countries....
The profitability of poverty: How right-wing ideology created the business of keeping people broke
In America, poverty is not an accident. It is a business model. Every missed payment, every overdraft, every desperate swipe of a credit card fuels an industry that depends on keeping people just above despair, but never free of it. The architecture of economic...
Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into Milwaukee’s Bus Rapid Transit promise and its stalled expansion
The Deep Dive podcast by Milwaukee Independent takes a closer look at the stories that matter most, uncovering the layers of complexity behind today’s pressing issues. From groundbreaking research to critical social movements and the intersection of local and global...
Why Milwaukee’s Black middle class needs structural wealth not White guilt to overcome segregation
The demographic evolution of Milwaukee diverges sharply from other northern industrial centers, establishing a permanent economic disadvantage for its Black population. While cities like Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia experienced the Great Migration during the...
Tulsa Race Massacre advocate says America cannot heal without reparations or confronting racism
It wasn’t until his junior year of college that civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about a devastating massacre that took place in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His African American studies professor lectured about what is known today as...
Federal judge sets Salah Sarsour free after finding ICE targeted him for support of Palestinian rights
A federal judge ordered immigration officials to release the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque from detention on June 18, finding that Salah Sarsour has raised a “substantial” claim that he was being targeted for speaking out in favor of...
How fears over the British threat to southern slavery drove White slaveholding elites to seek independence
Historical scholarship is reshaping long-held assumptions about the American Revolution by examining how slavery influenced political decisions in the colonies, particularly in the South, during the years leading up to the break with Great Britain. While the uprising...
Archdiocese of Milwaukee holds public moral witness at Cathedral Square Park for migrants and refugees
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee held a special public moral witness for migrants and refugees in Cathedral Square Park on June 15, calling Catholics and the wider community to see immigration through the Church’s teaching on human dignity, family unity, mercy, and...
Supporters rally outside Indiana detention center as Milwaukee’s Salah Sarsour remains held by ICE
Over 150 people gathered outside of Clay County Jail for an interfaith vigil demanding freedom for Salah Sarsour on June 14. Sarsour, a revered Palestinian community leader and permanent legal resident, has been held there since March 30, when twelve ICE vehicles...
Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into Milwaukee’s bid to build an esports economy
The Deep Dive podcast by Milwaukee Independent takes a closer look at the stories that matter most, uncovering the layers of complexity behind today’s pressing issues. From groundbreaking research to critical social movements and the intersection of local and global...
