A clear and present danger: How Elon Musk masterminded a coup to seize the U.S. government
Elon Musk is rapidly and illegally consolidating personal control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump’s blessing, sidelining career officials, gaining access to sensitive databases, and dismantling a leading source of...
Beyond the Border: How enforcement powers inside a 100-mile zone affect Milwaukee’s immigrant families
Under a federal regulation enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, authorities claim an extended reach of 100 miles into the interior from any land or maritime U.S. boundary. The result is that more than...
Fabricated border emergency comes after President Biden spent years calming the turmoil Trump caused
Long stretches of silence on a Border Patrol scanner are punctuated with updates on tracking a single migrant for hours. The radio traffic sounds like a throwback to earlier times, before the United States became the largest destination for asylum-seekers in 2017....
Recipe for Disaster: The threat of Avian Flu unfolds under the mismanagement of failed leadership
The prospect of a new pandemic is looming on the horizon as avian influenza continues to impact America’s food supply and wildlife populations. Scientists have warned for years of the risks posed by highly pathogenic viruses like H5N1 spilling over into humans. The...
An evolving threat: Scientists are still searching for answers about COVID-19 after five years
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ did not have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off a pandemic that exposed deep inequities in the global health system...
Year of the Snake: How Chinese Zodiac lore reflects America’s political chaos and Biblical warnings
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the Year of the Snake which begins on January 29. The animal is a symbol that has long been linked to cunning and treachery. Just days before, on January 20, a majority of Americans re-installed Donald Trump to the White House,...
Microsoft’s purchase of 240 acres in Kenosha is expected to launch a new era of tech-driven growth
The state of Wisconsin and city of Kenosha announced on January 27 that Microsoft had purchased approximately 240 acres of land northwest of Interstate 94 and Highway 142. The site enhances the region’s capacity to support innovation and growth in the digital economy,...
Naftali Furst: Auschwitz survivor tells stories from 80 years ago as witnesses to the Holocaust dwindle
Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on November 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SS soldiers threw open the doors of the cattle car, where he was crammed in with his mother, father, brother, and more than 80...
Road of Life: Romanivsky Bridge Memorial earns global acclaim for Irpin’s journey since wartime devastation
A somber reminder of the early days of the brutal Russian invasion now stands as a beacon of unity and rebirth in Milwaukee’s sister city of Irpin, located on the outskirts of Kyiv. The memorial installation was unveiled last August on the site of the destroyed...
Milwaukee leaders urge immigrant communities to “Know Your Rights” after executive orders stir fear
Local leaders and advocates gathered at City Hall on January 22 to address what they described as growing anxiety among Milwaukee’s Hispanic and immigrant communities, following a series of newly signed executive orders by President Donald Trump. The orders, including...
A Parasocial Effect: Reckoning with the toxic identity politics of a nation that embraces hate
The 2024 presidential election has left the political world reeling, not because it was shocking, but because its result seemed inevitable. Vice President Kamala Harris, despite being one of the most qualified candidates to ever run for the office of U.S. President,...
Visual Divisions: News coverage of 2025 inauguration shows conflicting narratives pulling America apart
A presidential inauguration is traditionally a symbol of the traditions that bind Americans together. Mainstream media coverage of the event on January 20 provided many reminders of what keeps people apart. On the Martin Luther King Day holiday, news organizations...
