U.S. citizenship for Native Americans has still not delivered equal access to the ballot after 100 years
Voter participation advocate Theresa Pasqual traverses the tribal community of Acoma Pueblo with a stack of sample ballots in her car and applications for absentee ballots, handing them out at every opportunity ahead of New Mexico’s June 4 primary. Residents of...
From COVID to College: Class of 2024 graduates Hmong American Peace Academy on school’s 20th Anniversary
The Milwaukee-based Hmong American Peace Academy (HAPA) celebrated a significant milestone on June 7 with the graduation of its class of 2024 on the school’s 20th anniversary. Founded by Chris Her-Xiong in 2004 as Wisconsin’s first Hmong charter school, HAPA...
Remembering Michael R. Lovell: Marquette University’s President passes away after a long battle with cancer
Marquette University shared the devastating news on June 9 that President Michael R. Lovell passed away at the age of 57 following a three-year battle with sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer. The loss deeply affected communities around Marquette University...
Vietnam 2024: RNC confuses Milwaukee with Ho Chi Minh City as Governor Evers declares State of Emergency
In anticipation of the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee, Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency. Announced on May 29 ahead of the Republican’s four-day political circus from July 15 to 18, the measure was part of the extensive...
Luke Waldo: Why reimagining the workforce across Wisconsin will better support overloaded families
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong...
What was lost in anger: Alderman Scott Spiker shared an overview of the troubled MPS situation
Dr. Keith Posley, an honorable man who served the district he loved as best as he knew how, resigned [on June 4] during a closed session of the Milwaukee School Board. This was after a raucous and lengthy meeting, which I attended, in which understandable frustration...
Charles Shay: The 19-year-old Army medic was one of a generation ready to give their lives on D-Day
On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic who was ready to give his life and save as many as he could. Now 99, he is spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he takes part in the 80th-anniversary commemorations of the landings in...
Grief tourism: The growing popularity of visiting Normandy beaches and spending holidays in hell
By Liz Sharples, Senior Teaching Fellow (Tourism), University of Portsmouth As Europe commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, visitors have traveled in large numbers to pay their respects at the Normandy beach landing sites. The event in 2024 takes place...
Relics from the battlefield of Omaha Beach are still telling the story of D-Day 80 years later
By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Curator of Military History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Between the villages of Vierville-sur-Mer and Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes in Normandy, France, is a 5-mile stretch of beach that was once called Côte...
Why the history of U.S. militarism motivated so many young Asian Americans to align with Palestine
During Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in May, students across the country shut down college campuses and spurred mass movement for a free Palestine. Younger generations are significantly more pro-Palestine than their elders, and according to a...
Barred from combat: The women codebreakers and cartographers who helped D-Day succeed
What did you do in the war, Granny? For British women who came of age during World War II, the answer to that question is often: quite a lot. The history of D-Day is often told through the stories of the men who fought and died when the Allies stormed the beaches of...
June 4 anniversary: Why private hackers are an essential tool for China to suppress online activists
By Christopher K. Tong, Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Every year ahead of the June 4 commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese government tightens online censorship to suppress domestic discussion of...
