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August

Why the Sikh Temple massacre remains an inconvenient example of Milwaukee’s caring and complicity

August 8, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
The enduring spirit of Chardi Kala: How Oak Creek’s Sikh community continues to share “eternal optimism”

August 8, 2022 | Photos |
A Warning Unheeded: Terror attacks on places of worship increasing in spite of painful lessons

August 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ride Against Hate: Sikh Motorcycle Club makes cross-country journey to Oak Creek for August 5 memorial

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Heal, Unite, Act: Pardeep Singh Kaleka on restoring hope 10 years after the Sikh Temple tragedy

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Amaris Kaur Kaleka: I hope there comes a day when my generation can shop, learn, and pray without dying

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Tarina Ahuja: Reflections of a twenty-year-old from ten years after the 2012 Sikh Temple mass shooting

August 8, 2022 | Articles |
Male Supremacy: What will men do when religious autocrats come for the women in their lives?

August 7, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Failed state referendum shows overwhelming public support for constitutional right to an abortion

August 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
Period Poverty: How the shortage of tampons is exacerbating the plight of low-income women

August 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
RNC 2024: Republican Party officially selects Milwaukee as host city for its National Convention

August 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Markets work, governments don’t: Why neoliberalism is a deeply flawed and contradictory ideology

August 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Poisonous Opinions: The lasting social influence of political crowdfunding campaigns

August 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The Myth of America as a land of Representative Democracy

August 5, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Racist Backlash: Why the election of a Black president was a threat to 200 years of legal White Nationalism

August 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
George Wallace in Wisconsin: Book explores how the Badger State helped elevate a staunch segregationist

August 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Guns as a symbol of Whiteness: How GOP ads use militant identity politics to promote culture wars

August 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
2nd Amendment Scam: America is under armed assault by people claiming power from the Constitution

August 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Congressional committee report accuses Gun Industry of “profiting off the blood of innocent Americans”

August 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
At the mercy of China: How corporate profiteers that sent manufacturing jobs overseas put America at risk

August 3, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Uyghur Genocide: China faces Human Rights investigations over forced organ harvesting

August 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Threats from Beijing: Why Nancy Pelosi’s congressional visit to Taiwan provoked such diplomatic anger

August 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Security for our Sister City: Milwaukee approves the donation of protective police gear to Irpin in Ukraine

August 2, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Escaping the war: How Ukrainian families in Wisconsin find help from the Resettlement Assistance Program

August 2, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Cultural Symbolism: Why heritage sites in Ukraine like Saint Sophia Cathedral remain a threat to Russia

August 2, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
See Me Because: Transit art campaign about why young voices matter installed along The Hop Streetcar route

August 1, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Exhibition of works by Ashcan School and The Eight explores the beginnings of Modern Art in America

August 1, 2022 | Curated |
A language for all: Esperanto was created in 1887 for international communication with a promise of peace

August 1, 2022 | Syndicated |

July

Schlaraffia Milwaukia: Calling all German-speaking men who appreciate art, humor, and friendship

July 31, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Nearly half of $32.4M of WHEDA grant for affordable multifamily housing projects to invest in Milwaukee

July 31, 2022 | Curated |
Market Uncertainty: Economists outline what to watch for as America drifts into next housing crisis

July 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Reproductive Rallying Cry: How the radical Anti-Vaccination Movement co-opted “My Body, My Choice”

July 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Self-Managed Abortions: Drugs to end unintended pregnancies gains attention but brings legal risks

July 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Paralyzed by Hate: How a Title IX investigation of sexual harassment paralyzed a Wisconsin town

July 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: No guarantee of freedom when courts and lawmakers fail to protect our rights

July 29, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A world without rights: Wisconsin abortion programs navigate how to provide care where still legal

July 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Witnesses testify to Congress that Pregnant patients without abortion access face a “death sentence”

July 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
An invitation to care: New exhibit at Charles Allis Art Museum explores the “Ghosts of Segregation”

July 28, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Fred Gray: Landmark-setting Civil Rights lawyer awarded Medal of Freedom for lifetime of work

July 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
With Alex Lasry out of senate race, Mandela Barnes emerges as top Democrat to take on Ron Johnson

July 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Sparked by hot political issues: How American youth could potentially swing elections in key states

July 27, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Milwaukee County plans voter education program after State Supreme Court prohibits ballot boxes

July 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Punishing Democracy: How the GOP was able to enact dozens of state laws since 2020 to criminalize voters

July 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
It doth prosper: Of all his failed businesses treason seems to be Trump’s most profitable business ever

July 26, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Supporting Trump’s treachery continues even with detailed accounts of his seditious pursuit of power

July 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
January 6 hearings: The truth may not be enough to prove democracy is still a viable form of government

July 26, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Cavalier Johnson reflects on the challenges and successes of his first 100 days as Mayor of Milwaukee

July 25, 2022 | Audio, Featured |
Solutions to hunger: As pandemic support fades Wisconsinites seek options to alleviate food insecure

July 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
COVID-19 on the rise: Wisconsin again recommends that the public masks up indoors for health safety

July 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
A war on food in Ukraine: World Central Kitchen’s relief effort has served 100 Million meals in 5 months

July 24, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Illusion of Greatness: Russia’s war continues to be propelled by propaganda and historic parallelism

July 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
False claims of Nazism: Putin is already floating justification for an invasion of Poland

July 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
A terror playbook: Almost two million Ukrainians have been victims of Russia’s mass kidnappings

July 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
War-shattered infrastructure: North Korean labor to rebuild occupied Donbas region destroyed by Russia

July 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Morally Exhausted: Why Russian soldiers are refusing to fight in the unprovoked war on Ukraine

July 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Reggie Jackson: Jayland Walker vs. the Highland Park Mass Shooter offers a lesson in contrasts

July 22, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A catalyst for fear: How to help children cope with the violence they are bombarded with in the news

July 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Superintendent of Public Instruction says restricting access to guns is key to school safety in Wisconsin

July 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
An apology to Millennials for failing to stop the Reagan Revolution that ruined America’s middle-class

July 21, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Divided by purity politics: Why squabbling among progressives is pushing democracy into the Abyss

July 21, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Symptoms of a rigged system: Why Democrats cannot defeat Trumpism without an agenda of radical reform

July 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
The secret assault on our rights: How Conservatives used Wisconsin as a laboratory for autocracy

July 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
The original Cancel Culture: How Republicans have been hard at work nullifying America for decades

July 20, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Handcuffs on Democracy: When a court sworn to uphold the law becomes a threat to the rule of law

July 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
Design for new Milwaukee Public Museum shows influence from the ecological history of Wisconsin

July 19, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
Free 988 Crisis Lifeline offers Wisconsin residents 24/7 confidential behavioral healthcare and support

July 19, 2022 | Curated |
Milwaukee students use summer program to imagine successful futures by exploring career opportunities

July 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Twenty years of dirty tricks: How Florida in 2000 became Roger Stone’s version 1.0 of “Stop the Steal”

July 18, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A Civil War in the making: The payoff for 50 years of attacks by rightwing interests on democracy

July 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Political Convention: Republican Party now likely to name their 2024 presidential candidate in Milwaukee

July 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Maks Levin: Report finds that celebrated Ukrainian photojournalist was executed by Russian troops

July 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Shared European security: Why it is not wise to be alone in a region with an authoritarian neighbor

July 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukraine’s Foreign Legion: Russia further ignores international law by denying prisoner-of-war status

July 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
A takeover in small steps: Supreme Court already altering laws to pre-rig 2024 presidential election

July 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Once Upon a Time in Washington DC: When Republicans were on the side of freedom and human dignity

July 16, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
A rebuke to EPA: Decision by SCOTUS to limit regulatory oversight puts other enforcement agencies on notice

July 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The lasting damage of America’s current Culture Wars

July 15, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
How the “Rights of States” claim has historically been used to oppress Americans and deny their rights

July 15, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Untethered from reality: Why the Big Lie has now become a central tenet of Republican dogma

July 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Armed Revolution: Congressional testimony highlights Trump’s effort to spark a Civil War

July 14, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Degradation of Democracy: New analysis details how the Supreme Court’s record has hit rock bottom

July 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
The profit of Citizens United: How a perverted decision by the Supreme Court legalized political bribery

July 14, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Crime and Republicans: Trump’s sedition is fulfillment of what George Washington warned about in 1796

July 13, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Bombshell Revelations: Testimony details how Trump White House planned attack on the Capitol

July 13, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Richard Nixon’s Heir: Trump was also intent on using presidential powers to subvert the Constitution

July 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
An American Delusion: When wishing upon a star finds the reality of dreams limited by race and gender

July 12, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Audit finds Black applicants to be half as likely to receive Federal pandemic aid in Wisconsin as Whites

July 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
A COVID-19 Stalemate: As federal cash for vaccines dries up each state will need to fund its own pandemic care

July 12, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Supreme Coup: High Court’s moral perversion continues to pave way for Trump’s fascist ideology

July 11, 2022 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Of coups and cover-ups: Public petition amplifies calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to be impeached

July 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Cherry-picking history: When the foundering fathers supported women’s autonomy over abortion decisions

July 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Everything at stake after Roe: Why Republicans will not stop until all Constitutional rights are revoked

July 10, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
President Joe Biden signs executive order safeguarding access to abortion for women restricted by state bans

July 10, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Post-Roe inequities: Access to reproductive health care has always been harder for women of color

July 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Remembering Abe: Once in Yamaguchi when I awkwardly shook hands with Japan’s future Prime Minister

July 9, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
Political Violence: Assassination of Japan’s Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo shocks the world

July 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Expanding News Deserts: Despite efforts to halt trend local newspapers are still closing at alarming rate

July 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Trumpism without Trump: Why modern Conservative ideology continues to reflect the Confederacy

July 8, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
How shadow Think Tanks are used as sock puppets by Hate Groups to legitimize their poisonous doctrine

July 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Republican Hatefest: Not all local business owners support the RNC coming to Milwaukee

July 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Guns have Won: We should end public gatherings since the Second Amendment supersedes all other rights

July 7, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Children will only be safe from guns when we change from a culture of violence to a culture of peace

July 7, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Roots of a crisis: Wisconsin’s baby formula shortage triggered by federally incentivized consolidations

July 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
Gun Worship: SCOTUS confirms the pro-life myth by rewarding arms industry just after Uvalde massacre

July 6, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
A collapse of Civil Society: How the NRA sacrificed America’s children on the alter of profit

July 6, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Criminalized miscarriages: Legal experts say stillbirths in Wisconsin will result in police investigations

July 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Blood Sport: How the Second Amendment fueled the gun lobby’s fetish for death and carnage

July 5, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Latest ruling by Supreme Court elevates gun ownership to a fundamental Constitutional right

July 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Another horrifying day in America: Mass shooting in Chicago suburb leaves 6 dead at July 4th Parade

July 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Time to end the dysfunctional Electoral College that allowed Ron Johnson to nearly get away with treason

July 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Wisconsin leaders demand Ron Johnson resign over his attempt to use fake electors to overturn 2020 election

July 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Representative Ocasio-Cortez calls for impeachment of rightwing Justices who lied under oath to Congress

July 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Federal gun safety legislation offers historic first step to address America’s pandemic of gun violence

July 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Aftermath of mass shootings: The long pattern in American politics from outrage to indifference

July 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Elusive dream of gun control: America should prepare for another decade of slaughtered schoolchildren

July 3, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Exaggerated Impact: Why the topic of immigration is distorted globally to gain political advantages

July 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Detained in the cold: Overcrowded cells built for adults at border facilities is no place for children

July 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Dead migrants found in abandoned trailer truck shows desperation caused by Trump’s Title 42 policy

July 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Sister Norma Pimentel: An impromptu chat with the “Pope’s favorite nun” during a drive to the border

July 1, 2022 | Featured, Profiles |
Mission to the Border: Latino advocacy group leaves politics behind for immigration fact-finding tour

July 1, 2022 | Articles |
Mission to the Border: Milwaukee delegation gets first-hand reports from refugee shelters in Mexico

July 1, 2022 | Photos |

June

How the Supreme Court continues dismantling democracy where Trump’s January 6 attack failed

June 30, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Roe is on the ballot: Why the final word on protecting abortion rights is now in the hands of voters

June 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
One step closer to slavery: Without bodily autonomy Americans have now become state regulated livestock

June 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
After inaction by legislature Attorney General Kaul files lawsuit to block Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law

June 29, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
With ruling against abortion rights the U.S. Supreme Court lost its last shred of Constitutional legitimacy

June 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Radical Ruling: The impact of Dobbs goes beyond the issue of abortion and the decision to overturn Roe

June 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The racial imbalance of Milwaukee’s 2022 Residential Property Assessments

June 28, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin school district accused of “false balance” over rejection of book on Japanese internment

June 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rhetoric that robs society: Why it would cost the Federal government nothing to cancel student debt

June 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
All doctors prosecuted for performing abortions in Wisconsin will be offered clemency by Governor Evers

June 27, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Trump-appointed Supreme Court majority overturns Constitutional right of women to have an abortion

June 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
A post-Roe future: How Wisconsin will navigate a tangled chain of abortion laws dating back to 1849

June 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why a perfect storm of financial hardship is the Republican legacy of Reagan’s deregulated economy

June 26, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Freshwater Quality: Lots of unfinished work after 50 years of effort to restore the Great Lakes

June 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee to join cities nationwide in measuring the “urban heat island” effect from climate change

June 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Global Burning: How the fossil fuel industry earns revenue from authoritarianism and climate change

June 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Transit budget difficulties: Milwaukee County further streamlines bus routes from COVID impact on ridership

June 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin explores investing millions in federal funds to expand infrastructure for electric vehicles

June 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee County War Memorial Center nears funding goal to install new “Gallery of Honor” exhibit

June 24, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Remnant of the Lost Cause ideology: U.S. Army moves to rename bases that honor Confederate generals

June 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
As Russia stumbles: How the unprovoked war in Ukraine is upending the global arms industry

June 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
Battle against censorship: Fire-Proof edition of “Handmaid’s Tale” released to fight GOP book-banning

June 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
Embracing the Dark Side: How Republicans are learning at the feet of the master to promote Authoritarianism

June 23, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Why it is finally time to talk about what a fascist government in control of America would look like

June 23, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Poorer and less secure: Putin’s bloody assault of Ukraine is badly dividing other post-Soviet countries

June 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Prelude to Annexation: Russian policy seeks to further weaponize citizenship in occupied Ukrainian territories

June 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Hybrid Warfare: How Ukraine is winning the hearts and minds of Americans to offset Russia’s propaganda

June 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Milwaukee’s interfaith community installs new multi-language monument as a proclamation for peace

June 21, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Artworks showroom to open at Dubbel Dutch Hotel with focus on local architecture for Gallery Night

June 21, 2022 | Curated |
Can’t handle the truth: Why people prefer ghosting when they lack ability to have honest conversations

June 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Juneteenth 2022: Milwaukee commemorates Federal holiday for Emancipation with 51st annual parade

June 20, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Reggie Jackson: Reflecting one year later on the significance of Juneteenth becoming a Federal holiday

June 20, 2022 | Columns, Reggie Jackson |
General Order Number 3: How the news of freedom became a rallying point for enslaved Black Americans

June 20, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Fulfilling Juneteenth: Why many Black Americans are still awaiting Emancipation after 157 years

June 20, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Slavery by another name: When Juneteenth celebrated resilience amid the failure of full Emancipation

June 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ukraine Fatigue: How the international community’s selfish distractions could hand Putin a victory

June 19, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
An inhuman scheme: When Russia’s goal for war is to depopulate Ukraine and render it uninhabitable

June 19, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why Putin’s genocide in Ukraine is rooted in a long tradition of dehumanizing former Soviet cultures

June 19, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Volunteers in Kyiv endure burdens of exhuming bodies to help investigate war crimes by Russian troops

June 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Army of Thieves: Putin’s military weakness follows a long history of corrupt Russian regimes

June 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The sum of Putin’s fears: Why Ukrainian national identity drifted West even in Russian-friendly regions

June 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Anya Nakonechna shares why the Lviv Opera is a symbol of her nation’s culture

June 17, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: A folk village where visitors can experience the life of past generations

June 17, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Signs of renewal sprout from under Irpin’s rubble as city looks to the future

June 17, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: The experience of attending a military funeral in Kyiv while children died in Uvalde

June 16, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Stepping out of the fog of war to see the beauty of faith in ancient places of worship

June 16, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: The cities of Kyiv and Lviv were divided by history but remain united in identity

June 16, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
The Big Exodus: How creating Ukrainian refugees was part of Putin’s plan to destabilize Europe

June 15, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Attacks on hospitals and maternity wards continue to wreak havoc on Ukraine’s public health system

June 15, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Room to Live: Stories from resettled women and children in a new community of Ukrainian refugees

June 15, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Putin’s attack on Babyn Yar is a painful reminder of the broken vow of “Never Again”

June 14, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: An unexpected encounter with Jewish history and the bloody legacy of persecution

June 14, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Listening to timeless voices of ethnic heritage etched in stone at Lychakiv Cemetery

June 14, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: How Milwaukee helped a bakery feed hungry survivors in Bucha with fresh bread

June 13, 2022 | Featured, Ukraine, Video |
Stories from Ukraine: Bucha resident recalls how Russians turned neighborhood into a street of death

June 13, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: How a mass grave of executions overshadowed accountability from Bucha’s leadership

June 13, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Why Putin will fail: Former Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine shares views on Russia’s strategic situation

June 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
How Putin could win: Russia appears to be making progress with its goals for war despite setbacks

June 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
#ArmUkraineNow: A feminist’s reaction to the senseless anti-war message from feminists

June 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
What a negotiated peace means for Ukraine as the Russian invasion becomes a war of attrition

June 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Lessons from 1948: How the West should implement a Marshall Plan for Ukraine to aid its reconstruction

June 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why the supposedly superior Russian forces have been repeatedly matched by Ukraine’s undersized military

June 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Interview with Oleksandr Markushin: Mayor of Irpin and the hero of a Hero City

June 10, 2022 | Featured, Ukraine, Video |
A Meeting of Sister Cities: Former and current Mayors of Irpin ask Milwauke’s business community for help

June 10, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Having a shared purpose helped Irpin’s leaders protect the city and stop the invaders

June 10, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: How Irpin’s cemetery processed the staggering massacre of its local citizens

June 9, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Healing remains slow as Borodyanka residents recover from occupation

June 9, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: The deep scars of war remain visibly etched across the landscape of Borodyanka

June 9, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Graveyards of Russian war machines show the scale of Putin’s failure to seize Kyiv

June 8, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Following the invasion convoy’s 40-mile route and exploring an abandoned base

June 8, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Illegal weapons and proof of Russian War Crimes easily seen along streets of Irpin

June 8, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Wandering in the ruins of a shattered life after surviving Russia’s invasion

June 7, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Similar to the Alamo, martyred cities bought precious time to save a nation

June 7, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Stories from Ukraine: Tent camp offers shelter for displaced residents until Irpin can rebuild lost homes

June 7, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Reports from Ukraine: Traveling from Milwaukee to a country at war just to take a vacation from America

June 6, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Latino artist travels to Irpin to paint mural inspired by “Echoes of Guernica”

June 6, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
Images from Ukraine: Irpin residents welcome reissue of Russian Warship Stamp as latest sign of victory

June 6, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine |
A retreat on all fronts: How Putin’s ego instigated the exact outcomes his invasion attempted to prevent

June 5, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Crime of Aggression: How Putin could be charged by an international criminal tribunal for the Ukraine War

June 5, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Theological Propaganda: Why Orthodox Ukrainians are protesting churches with allegiance to Russia

June 5, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Destruction of Trust: The most important aspect of a democracy that enemies relentlessly target first

June 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Unlearning Racism: Experiencing racial discrimination is not actually doing anything to combat it

June 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Separate and Unequal: Despite decades of effort American schools remain far from racially integrated

June 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Moving the nation forward by investing in ordinary Americans was what created our strong economy

June 3, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
With COVID no longer a major concern Wisconsin manufacturers feel cautious optimism about future

June 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rewarding the Sedition Caucus: Why Big Oil is so happy to give GOP Insurrectionists campaign funding

June 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
The deep roots of America’s racial wealth divide and why it exists by historical design

June 2, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Fracturing and Fragmenting: The role of social cohesion in America and our cost of losing it

June 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Surveillance Capitalism: Lack of online data privacy could be used against women seeking abortions

June 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Weapons of Mass Hate: Why the poison that is racism has never improved America’s condition

June 1, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Persistent Poverty: Our child welfare system is falling short of meeting needs due to overwhelming demand

June 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
Impact of COVID isolation: Health professionals see growing mental health crisis with Wisconsin children

June 1, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |

May

There appears to be no threshold of violence to convince Republicans against accepting NRA cash

May 31, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Public accuses heavily armed Texas police of cowardice for doing nothing to stop Uvalde shootings

May 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Unless Wisconsin voters choose new legislators there is little hope of passing any gun safety measures

May 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
The constant trauma of mass shootings: When an unbroken chain of acceptable violence leaves us numb

May 30, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Why one massacre after another is a symptom of the takeover of our nation by a radical extremist minority

May 30, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
The War on Children: Maybe Republican politicians would passionately protect kids if they were guns

May 30, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Beyond Minority Rule: How the quest to obtain unchallenged power is killing America

May 29, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Maybe it is time to start doubting that the Democratic party can save America from rightwing machinations

May 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
America Fatigue Syndrome: Watching a black hole of madness devour a country addicted to madness

May 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Two versions of America: Efforts to reverse Roe v. Wade proves a second Civil War is already underway

May 28, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Left Behind: Why White Conservative Christians view the Democratic Party in terms of Apocalyptic Politics

May 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Unhealthy Relationships: How to love the people we no longer even like

May 27, 2022 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Lost to Hate: It is time to stop accommodating racist White fanatics stuck in a past that will not be revived

May 27, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Democracy under threat: When disasters bring instability and those ready to exploit the situation

May 26, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
The War on Women: Why Republicans will have blood on their hands when Roe v. Wade is overturned

May 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Educational mobile app with walking tours about Milwaukee’s LGBTQ history to debut at PrideFest

May 25, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
The War on LGBTQ: Republicans are already waging a profoundly disturbing assault to end Gay Rights

May 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
A pariah state: Approach to isolate and contain Russia follows strategy long used against Soviet Union

May 24, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Bogus Holy Wars: What a cathedral dedicated brutal authoritarianism symbolizes about Putin’s Russia

May 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
From oil embargoes to gas cutoffs: Why Putin’s weaponization of energy resources could backfire

May 23, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
The Great Resignation: Multinationals are leaving Russia faster than they did Apartheid-era South Africa

May 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Wisconsin National Guard members look toward their futures As COVID-related missions wind down

May 22, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Congressional effort seeks to expand federal benefits of firefighters for first time in two decades

May 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Life returns to Irpin: Repairing vital infrastructure has happened quickly but healing still a slow process

May 21, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Desperate Ukrainian families search for missing relatives among mass of unidentified bodies in Bucha

May 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Members of legendary band U2 perform solidarity concert in Kyiv metro before visiting Irpin and Bucha

May 20, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Ukrainian designer proposes refugee memorial at site of iconic Irpin bridge destroyed to stop Russian attack

May 20, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
A Long History: How Spanish speakers were part of Wisconsin’s economy since before its statehood

May 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
A struggle to be seen: Why Wisconsin’s Hmong American community continues to face discrimination

May 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Hapa Project looks past strict categories in the census to reveal Wisconsin’s racial complexity and diversity

May 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Buffalo shooter not a lone wolf: How mainstream racial discourse nurtures White domestic terrorists

May 18, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
When treason doth prosper: The daily efforts to transform America into a one-party state

May 18, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
A fascination with falsehoods: Republicans are 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats

May 18, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
The Sabotage of America: Putin would have invaded Ukraine sooner had Trump’s January 6 coup succeeded

May 17, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Fabricating the Big Lie: An inside look at how the stolen election myth was constructed by Trump

May 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Failed Experiment: Cashing in on the collapse of Neoliberalism and a race to embrace authoritarianism

May 17, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Lessons from the Downtown shootings: Residents of Milwaukee cannot hide from our responsibilities

May 16, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Replacement Theory: The violent fragility of White men who fear their power will be taken by people of color

May 16, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Mainstreaming White Nationalism: When a racial massacre is tied to hateful rhetoric from cable news

May 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Multiple shootings after Milwaukee Bucks playoff game forces city to issue downtown curfew for youth

May 15, 2022 | Featured |
Gigantic mural honoring Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo unveiled at community celebration

May 15, 2022 | Articles |
Mauricio Ramirez: Covering a downtown building with a photorealistic mural of Giannis Antetokounmpo

May 15, 2022 | Articles |
Cutthroat individualism, Andrew Carnegie, and lessons for the upcoming midterm elections

May 14, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Assault on voting rights: Midterms may mark the beginning of the end for our multiracial democracy

May 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why Democratic leadership is suffering from a serious deficiency of outrage against Trump’s corruption

May 14, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
When Authoritarianism is not enough: Why bullies claim to be the victims in defense of their brutality

May 13, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
White America’s misplaced anger: Why rural areas have deteriorated under a party that promotes racism

May 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
The luxury of opposition: Why Republicans beat a “culture war” drum instead of offering solutions

May 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Bizarre Silence: Why Republicans want to “save the children” until the issue of guns is mentioned

May 12, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Wisconsin activists mobilize against looser gun laws as Governor vetoes bills that threaten public safety

May 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
Punished by the System: Why Julie Valadez is determined to be an active mother to her children again

May 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
The fate of Roe v. Wade: Why a thirst for power is driving the Republican assault on abortion rights

May 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
The “Browning” of America: Anti-Abortion efforts are fundamentally about a shortage of White babies

May 11, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Suffering and Chaos: When attacks on Constitutional protections comes from a Right-Wing Supreme Court

May 11, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Decoding Trump’s brand of autocracy and a rightwing ideology that seeks to dismantle our rule of law

May 10, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Entrenched political lies: Why calls to end democracy with Martial Law are the ultimate “Big Government”

May 10, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Beyond 2020 Election: Why Wisconsin Republicans use false claims to continue their attack on democracy

May 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Day of Remembrance: The darkness of “Never Again” could not last a century before it repeated in Ukraine

May 9, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Trump’s Other Lie: Why Putin fell just one presidential election short of a complete success in Ukraine

May 9, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
How Afghan evacuees have enriched Wisconsin’s workforce despite barriers for immigrant labor

May 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Propaganda Coup: Sources report that Putin is expected to annex separatist proxy states in Ukraine

May 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Sociology of Evil: Why Ukraine’s new language of war uses Tolkien’s metaphor to express Russian brutality

May 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukraine’s fight for democracy gets needed support after Congress revives WWII-era lend-lease program

May 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Milwaukee Independent honored with 8 top awards from Milwaukee Press Club for 2021 journalism work

May 7, 2022 | Articles, Awards, Featured |
Kinship with community: Riverwest Food Pantry changes name to emphasize serving the “whole person”

May 7, 2022 | Curated |
Breadcrumbs from a breadbasket: How war in Ukraine created a perfect storm for global food scarcity

May 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
When secular laws that support human rights for all are unraveled by arbitrary religious beliefs of a few

May 6, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Leaked plan to overturn Roe v. Wade revives question of enforcing Wisconsin’s 173-year-old abortion ban

May 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why the economy and well-being of women will face irreparable harm when access to abortion is limited

May 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Port Milwaukee expects more than 10,000 cruise ship passengers to visit the city for 2022 summer season

May 5, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
Milwaukee earns environmental praise for initiative to eliminate combined sewer overflows by 2035

May 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Impact on well-being: How Wisconsin’s agricultural runoff became an overlooked threat to public health

May 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why hate is alive and well: Silence, suppression, and the Racial Reckoning in America that never was

May 4, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Packing the Court: Long-term legal strategy is fundamental to protecting the rights of women

May 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Why the potential of overturning Roe v. Wade follows Dred Scott decision to remove constitutional rights

May 4, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Lost Integrity: An inquiry into leak of draft abortion ruling will not restore Supreme Court’s credibility

May 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Era of Unrest: Risk of public violence over abortion is growing regardless of what Supreme Court decides

May 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Fugitive Woman Act: When women in Red States need shelter to escape draconian anti-abortion laws

May 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Milwaukee expands access to affordable housing on Near West Side with project-based vouchers

May 3, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
May Day 2022 March: Wisconsin activists continue fighting for overdue immigrant rights

May 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Standing Up: Fictional novel by Milwaukee activists explores the long struggle for workers’ rights

May 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Memorial bench unveiled at Red Arrow Park to honor Dontre Hamilton and support care for mental health

May 2, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Bublr continues expansion of electric assist bicycles in Milwaukee with plans to add almost 400 in 2022

May 2, 2022 | Curated |
Urban Agriculture: Venice R. Williams appointed as Interim Executive Director for Fondy Food Center

May 2, 2022 | Curated |
Seduction of Snake Oil: Foxconn’s tentative existence is far from its “Eighth Wonder of the World” sales pitch

May 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
New report reveals an alarming number of products at discount stores contain harmful chemicals

May 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
Allergic Reactions: Research finds that pollen season is expanding and intensifying with climate change

May 1, 2022 | Syndicated |

April

“Seeing the Universe in a Single Flower” at a Japanese Ikebana exhibit inspired by the Pabst Mansion

April 30, 2022 | Photos |
Dirt, sweat, and tranquility: How the pandemic’s gardening boom became a refuge for public health

April 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Arts and culture organizations in Wisconsin are showing signs of recovery after pandemic disruption

April 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Every day is a bonus: Local veterans take inspirational journey to DC on Honor Flight’s 61st mission

April 29, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Uplifting veterans of color: County Executive David Crowley volunteers as guardian for 61st Honor Flight

April 29, 2022 | Articles |
A more perfect peace: Lessons from William Tecumseh Sherman about the inherent cruelty of war

April 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Fears of an expanding conflict: Why the war in Ukraine could soon spread to Moldova and Transnistria

April 28, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
When brute power prevails: Peaceful disobedience only works against regimes with an ability to feel shame

April 28, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Putin’s imperialist aspirations: How Ukraine went from being ignored by America to a vital national interest

April 28, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why it is finally time to nationalize America’s fossil fuel industry to end our spiraling energy war

April 27, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
From electric vehicles to ride sharing: How global warming could slow from changes in transportation

April 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Other Drug Problem: How a trend of polypharmacy is affecting the health of Baby Boomers

April 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Inflection Point: Americans must at least be willing to reclaim our democracy from the rise of oligarchs

April 26, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The Attack on Disney: A case study for how fascism progresses toward tyranny in America

April 26, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Milwaukee scholars urge Congress to remedy wealth gap from decades of housing discrimination

April 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
When book bans become personal: A list of the twenty-two books I own that have been politically prohibited

April 25, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Loss of Agency: America’s soul struggles to find restoration against demagoguery and racism

April 25, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Confusing the concept of democracy with a distorted ideology of unrestricted freedom for individuals

April 25, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
How Milwaukee’s Sister City was liberated: A chronicle of the heroic counterattack in Irpin that saved Kyiv

April 24, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Drone images from Irpin show devastating scope of war crimes by Russian forces targeting civilian homes

April 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ambassador Tom Barrett thinks Wisconsin’s economy should be prepared for impact from Russian sanctions

April 24, 2022 | Syndicated |
Uniting for Ukraine: Federal program aims to resettle refugees in order to discourage entry from Mexico

April 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The next Ukraine: Why Putin’s lust for conquest looms over the fragile stability of Bosnia-Herzegovina

April 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A hallmark of fascism: Why Congress must act to break America’s cycle of political violence

April 23, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Alderman José G. Pérez unanimously chosen as Milwaukee’s first Hispanic Common Council President

April 22, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
New initiative by Wisconsin Republicans aims to build inroads with State’s growing Hispanic population

April 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
A War on Black Voters: Report details coordinated right-wing efforts to dismantle democracy

April 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Enemy at the Door: Irpin couple hides for days from Russian armored column just outside their apartment

April 21, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Abandoning Democracy: When a One-Party government commits war crimes then claims to be a force for good

April 21, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
The “Fortress Russia” Myth: Why a once self-proclaimed island of Christianity sees itself as a constant victim

April 21, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Five days of violence: Local Irpin reporter details Russia’s devastating attack on Milwaukee’s sister city

April 20, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Zoreslav Zamoisky: Body of Ukrainian journalist from Irpin identified at Russian massacre site in Bucha

April 20, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urges world leaders to prepare for Putin using nuclear weapons in Ukraine

April 20, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Marcelia Nicholson unanimously re-elected as Chairwoman of Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

April 19, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
County Supervisor Peter Burgelis introduces resolution supporting the people of Ukraine

April 19, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Wisconsin Army Guard unit returns from Eastern Europe after invasion of Ukraine extended deployment

April 19, 2022 | Curated, Ukraine |
Ukrainian Pysanky: Milwaukee residents craft Easter folk art and raise money for war-torn Ukraine

April 18, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Saving lives in Irpin: Three volunteers share their stories of rescuing people and pets while under attack

April 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Negotiating an End to War: Understanding why a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could remain elusive

April 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Pardeep Kaleka: The connections of our Sacred Faiths are calling us to embrace mutuality

April 17, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Festival of Baisakhi: Understanding the spiritual significance behind the widely celebrated Sikh holiday

April 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Roots of the Easter Bunny: How a mythical figure with Pagan origins became a religious symbol in America

April 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Opportunity and Apprehension: Mixed feelings in Milwaukee about potential for city to host 2024 RNC

April 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Propaganda Mill: Allegations surface about Facebook using GOP firm for dirty tricks campaign

April 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Segregationists and the filibuster: Why it is past the time to rename the Russell Senate Office Building

April 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Shielding a culture of racism: Why Anti-CRT legislation should really be called “White Comfort Bills” instead

April 15, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Leaning into the Culture War: Why it remains so politically profitable to hate on racial minorities

April 15, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Perpetuating Disparities: When public policy groups ask for input from communities then refuse to listen

April 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Inauguration of Cavalier Johnson as city’s 45th Mayor opens a new chapter for the future of Milwaukee

April 14, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Oil over Electric: Understanding who profits from the bizarre political efforts to cripple the U.S. Post Office

April 14, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Wisconsin postal workers hope new Federal law will prevent further cuts to USPS services across state

April 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Why the Emmett Till Antilynching Act is mostly just another empty gesture

April 13, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Countdown to Chaos: Understanding the active movement within America trying to start a Civil War

April 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
The Red Ball Express: Lessons on logistics from a forgotten story of Black soldiers in World War II

April 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Housing First: Milwaukee County recognized with lowest unsheltered homeless population in America

April 12, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Kids will be who they see: What Cavalier Johnson as a Black Mayor means to the Black youth of Milwaukee

April 12, 2022 | Articles |
First Black female Justice: Ketanji Brown Jackson makes history after Senate confirmation to Supreme Court

April 12, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Milwaukee stands in solidarity at candlelight vigil to honor children killed in Ukraine by Russian invasion

April 11, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
Klondike: Award-winning motion picture from Ukraine to show at 2022 Milwaukee Film Festival

April 11, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Photos from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk gathers haunting visual evidence in aftermath of occupation

April 11, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Early days of war in Irpin: A look back at when families fled the Kyiv area ahead of the Russian invasion

April 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Pushing Putin’s Lies: Why Russia deploys misdirection as more horrific evidence of its massacres are uncovered

April 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Officials warn that Putin may use support for Ukraine as pretext to further interfere in American politics

April 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Party built on Fascism: When 63 Republicans take Putin’s side of the war and vote against NATO

April 10, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Bringing Jesus to the Communist world: Why American Evangelicals cannot fully abandon their Kremlin ally

April 10, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Building blocks for war: How Putin used 14 years of lies and disinformation to justify a Ukraine invasion

April 10, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Lessons from FDR: It turns out that authoritarian governments depend on the economies of democracies

April 9, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Oligarchic economics joined with racist nationalism marks the ultimate failure of progressive politics

April 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
When the core beliefs of the “Culture Wars” produce more suffering for people living in Red States

April 9, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
An advocate for Irpin: How Boris Nayflish searched for his Ukrainian roots and found a Sister City

April 8, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Profiles |
Milwaukee’s Jewish community offers vital aid for Ukrainian refugees in response to humanitarian crisis

April 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Russia’s human shield narrative: The lies Putin invokes to justify the slaying of innocent civilians

April 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Why journalists were targeted by Russian forces to conceal crimes of genocide against Ukrainian people

April 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The thinnest of silver linings: How Putin became responsible for beginning a new era in Washington

April 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Patriotic Propaganda: Staying silent as a choice when what is seen does not match with what is believed

April 7, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Cavalier Johnson: A photographic retrospective from before becoming Milwaukee’s first elected Black Mayor

April 6, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Profiles |
A Landslide Victory: Cavalier Johnson becomes Mayor of Milwaukee after historic election

April 6, 2022 | Audio, Photos |
When something feels right: The science behind the authenticity of discovering your true self

April 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
When Wisconsin parents yell fire after ensuring their unsupervised children have matches and gasoline

April 5, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
The media has a duty to report that a political party openly endorses using violence to overturn elections

April 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
A doom loop for democracy: When the United States gets taken down by the greed of our own oligarchs

April 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Most Black Americans remain left behind by economic progress 54 years after Dr. King’s assassination

April 4, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
A Domestic Threat: The FBI ignored White Nationalists while spying continuously on Muslim Americans

April 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Hate Speech: New study finds that propaganda for White Supremacy hit historically high levels in 2021

April 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Maks Levin: Missing Ukrainian photojournalist known for documenting Russian war crimes found dead

April 3, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Republican Role Model: Why Trump followers are inspired to emulate Putin’s brutal ideology in America

April 3, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Kremlin Coup: What fantasies about replacing Putin forget is another madman always waits in reserve

April 3, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Battleground State: How Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race could shape the future of American democracy

April 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
A false political unity: Why the mythical vision of bipartisanship is an actual threat to progress

April 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Beyond an ethics scandal: Why Justice Thomas should resign and his wife be prosecuted over January 6 role

April 2, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Racists in mirror are closer than they appear: The false premise only some people can be true Americans

April 1, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Cultural geographers see plantation museums as resource to confront America’s slave-owning past

April 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
From Tulsa Massacre to Ukraine Invasion: Why erasing history books does not stop the timeless acts of hate

April 1, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |

March

Scenes from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk details the wreckage of Irpin in the wake of its liberation

March 31, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Zelenskyy’s Proposal: Ignoring the idea of protecting democracies is a disservice to the cause of peace

March 31, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
The New Truman Doctrine: How President Biden inspires support for Ukraine without sparking a wider war

March 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: My problem with how the American public reacted to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock

March 30, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
State provides $8M grant to help Wisconsin residents access legal services needed for pandemic recovery

March 30, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Wisconsin child care providers struggle in COVID’s aftermath even as families move on from pandemic

March 30, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Irpin Liberated: Ukrainian forces drive Russians out of Milwaukee’s besieged Sister City and retake control

March 29, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Last Days in Irpin: Vulnerable residents given help to reach safety after a month of misery

March 29, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Invalid Opinions: Rejection of aid to Ukraine shows there are not two legitimate sides in every situation

March 29, 2022 | John Pavlovitz, Ukraine |
Former City-owned property to be renovated by HomeWorks: Bronzeville as housing and creative space

March 28, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Owning bits of the Metaverse: Why riding a blockchain between virtual worlds will require a crypto wallet

March 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Falling short of its mission: How NPR can better support its local affiliates against commercial radio

March 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Rape of Irpin: Survivors of the Russian siege share disturbing accounts of escaping the inhuman cruelty

March 27, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Breaking Point: Ukraine reaches critical crossroads against Kremlin’s strategy of assault at any price

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
From Soviet chaos to Russian ruin: Local industries transformed Ukraine into a vital global economy

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Mercenaries and Massacres: Post-Soviet wars demonstrate Russia’s brutality in Ukraine invasion

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Truth as collateral damage: Why Republicans ignore lies at home while denouncing Putin’s war on facts

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
If Americans are unwilling to abandon Trump then we should not expect the Russians to give up on Putin

March 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A month of war: Russia’s stalled invasion of Ukraine has left death, destruction, and no clear endgame

March 26, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
An Age of Impunity: How Putin’s crimes against humanity puts international justice on trial

March 26, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Putin’s Other War: When historical revisionism is used like a weapon for domestic repression

March 26, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
From Litigation to COVID-19 Mitigation: Milwaukee County Courts after two years of the pandemic

March 25, 2022 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Cornerstone Speech: Why the Confederate ideology of Alexander Stephens remains with us today

March 25, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
More than $86M in funding awarded to support diversity of small business development in Wisconsin

March 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Irpin Billboard: Ukrainian Creatives use Milwaukee advertising space to inspire global info campaign

March 24, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Irpin Diary: Personal stories of war from the volunteers saving lives in Milwaukee’s sister city

March 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Images from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk photographs the people of Kyiv living daily with war

March 24, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
A Matter of Conscience: Acclaimed combat photojournalist Maks Levin reported missing near Kyiv

March 23, 2022 | Curated, Featured, Ukraine |
A War on Journalism: When reporters in Mariupol were hunted for covering the truth about Russian cruelty

March 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Kherson Diary: A first-hand account documenting three weeks of life in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city

March 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Irpin under siege: Alderman Rainey asks public to help Milwaukee’s sister city as it faces humanitarian crisis

March 22, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Suffering for art: What Mikhail Baryshnikov gets wrong about being punished for a nation’s sins

March 22, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Fear and Retribution: Why the Russian diaspora shows little support for Moscow’s massacres in Ukraine

March 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Community Solidarity: Faith leaders come together in support of the people of Ukraine at Milwaukee rally

March 21, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
A short history of nationalism: Why Russia’s attack on Ukraine is literally a war against Ukrainian statehood

March 21, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Self-Inflicted Wounds: The damage we allow at home by applauding Tucker Carlson’s glorification of Putin

March 21, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Governor Evers blasts Congressional leaders over proposed $225M cut of state’s COVID recovery funds

March 20, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Our Dystopian Normal: Why American narcissism over COVID is still needlessly killing people

March 20, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Psychological Storm: How the rush to “normalcy” has robbed us the time to grieve COVID losses

March 20, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Do our voices matter? Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s interview with President Joe Biden

March 19, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Why a standardized national elections system must be created to protect America’s democracy

March 19, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Conservative Discontent: How White fears led to philanthropy that discouraged discussions of race

March 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
The guilt of safety: Ukrainian woman finds temporary peace away from war with her Milwaukee family

March 18, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
President of Ukraine invokes memory of 9/11 terror attacks in appeal for help from U.S. Congress

March 18, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
A freefall into poverty: UN report estimates that war has destroyed $100B worth of Ukraine’s infrastructure

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukrainian identity has only grown stronger in the century since young men gathered to defend Kyiv

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Moscow’s Miscalculations: How a little tyrant botched the attempt to subjugate a fearless nation

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Is Vladimir Putin a War Criminal? Understanding the legal implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

March 18, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Building Dreams: Local leaders join with Habitat for Humanity to begin construction of homes in Harambee

March 17, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Governor Tony Evers kicks off statewide tour to honor Health Care Heroes for work during pandemic

March 17, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
COVID-19 in decline: Two years of the pandemic and for some the future will still include wearing masks

March 17, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Photos from the frontlines: Sergi Mykhalchuk documents images of war as civilians evacuate Irpin

March 16, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Evacuees fleeing to Kyiv share dire stories about escaping Russia’s terror campaign on small towns

March 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Humanitarian Corridors: Russia has a long history of targeting vulnerable civilians in pathways to safety

March 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Pandemic in a time of war: The dilemma of seeking shelter from bombs while COVID-19 infections continue

March 16, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Wrong about the future: How unsetting events at home and abroad have upended hope for tomorrow

March 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Beyond Censorship: How China amplifies propaganda for Russia’s distorted version of the war in Ukraine

March 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Public schools hope to resolve Milwaukee’s reckless motorist crisis with driver education programs

March 15, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Freeway Congestion: Billions went into expanding highway capacities only to increase traffic delays

March 15, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Part of $1B infrastructure plan to restore polluted sites on Great Lakes includes Milwaukee River Estuary

March 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Happy Days: Milwaukee’s RiverWalk welcomes the return of a newly refreshed Bronze Fonz

March 14, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee hosts inaugural Wisconsin E-Sports Summit as video game industry drives interest in pro gaming

March 14, 2022 | Articles |
The indentured servants of pro sports: MLB’s labor deal fails to address grievances of player and fans

March 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Failure of Budapest Memorandum could push South Korea and Taiwan to seek their own nuclear deterrent

March 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
After using disinformation against the West for years the Kremlin finds itself under attack on social media

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
For China’s own sake President Xi Jinping should pressure Putin to end his war against Ukraine

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
World War Z: Why Russian propaganda is using the last letter of the Latin alphabet like the swastika

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Unearned Suffering: Critics contend that Big Pharma is supporting Putin’s regime by staying in Russia

March 13, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Price of gas: How Trump’s manipulation of oil policies reaped profits for Putin and fossil-fuel benefactors

March 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Psychological Wounds: Ukrainians face an unknown future with lasting PTSD from Putin’s invasion

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Nearly two million people have fled Kyiv as Russian military forces commit war crimes against civilians

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Response to refugee crisis aims to sustain displaced Ukrainians in host communities for next few years

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Fears of global food crisis: Putin’s assault on Ukraine has disrupted the output of a major “breadbasket”

March 12, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
I Testify: An open letter to the global media by Olena Zelenska condemning the mass murder of civilians

March 12, 2022 | Curated, Ukraine |
Wisconsin’s congressional leaders vote for Ukraine aid and propose investigation of Putin as war criminal

March 12, 2022 | Curated, Ukraine |
Dear America: We have heard your whitewashed version of history. It is time you hear the truth.

March 11, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
From Selma to Ukraine: Ordinary people continue fighting to protect their freedom and democracy

March 11, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Congress passes bill after almost a century of effort that finally makes lynching a federal hate crime

March 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Sevgil Musaieva: The challenges of reporting from the frontlines of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

March 10, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Where families once lived: War through the eyes of Ukrainians in the wasteland of Kharkiv

March 10, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Grief and Solidarity: Kyiv’s suburbs transformed from thriving community to ghost town in two weeks

March 10, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism: Milwaukee Independent recognized as Finalist for 8 MPC awards

March 9, 2022 | Articles, Awards, Featured |
St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to Milwaukee in 2022 after two-year hiatus due to pandemic

March 9, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Milwaukee Night Market kicks off a full season of downtown festivities in 2022 beginning in June

March 9, 2022 | Curated |
Wisconsin warns public about charity scams claiming to help those affected by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

March 8, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Siege of Irpin: Images show conditions in Milwaukee’s sister city as civilians flee Russian bombardment

March 8, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Ukraine is the first military engagement of America’s Proxy Wars where a country wants to fight for itself

March 8, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Why the Republican Party faces a crisis over Ukraine and the global support for its defense of democracy

March 8, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
A sympathy for Putin: When the rightwing’s “Culture War” spills into an actual “War” war

March 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A TikTok War: How selfie videos inside Ukraine are winning the global PR battle against Putin

March 8, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson speaks with Mayor of Irpin as Milwaukee’s sister city faces brutal attack

March 7, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
What makes the new Cold War more dangerous is that Putin’s authoritarian has rooted itself in America

March 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Trump-Putin Network: It is time to confront the stunning number of Republicans with deep Kremlin ties

March 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
What is the point of saying “never again” if the world stays silent when bombs drop on the site of Babyn Yar?

March 7, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Support for Ukraine: A growing number of Milwaukee companies have halted their business in Russia

March 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Echoes of the Soviet collapse: Why Russia may find itself in an economic catastrophe similar to 1991

March 7, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A disruption of systems: Critical infrastructures are vulnerable to cyberattacks that put our safety at risk

March 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Russian assault of Zaporizhzhia Power Plant intensifies global fears of radioactive disaster

March 6, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Bot Holiday: Russia pivots from COVID to Ukraine with its onslaught of disinformation across social media

March 6, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Veteran Anna Mae Robertson honored on her 98th birthday for distinguished service in Six Triple Eight

March 5, 2022 | Articles |
Wisconsin National Guard turns 185: From territorial militia to a combat reserve with an international role

March 5, 2022 | Articles |
A betrayal of Ukraine: Republican Senators obstruct vital humanitarian aid while seeking profits for Big Oil

March 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Joe F. Campbell: Remembering how the Big Boy burger gave him hope in Vietnam as Veterans mourn his loss

March 4, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
COVID is Over: The pandemic is no longer a concern for those who have died and those who deny it still exists

March 4, 2022 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
A life of Self-Determination: Ways to take back some control after feeling powerless from the pandemic

March 4, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s pandemic-related violence prevention programs get much needed funding from Governor

March 4, 2022 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Business and education leaders call on state officials to invest in Wisconsin’s children and schools

March 3, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee fires assistant city attorney after saying Putin was justified to invade Ukraine on Russian TV

March 3, 2022 | Articles |
President Joe Biden visits Wisconsin after State of the Union address to promote infrastructure plans

March 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
A chaotic resettlement: Afghan family sent to live in separate states after months together at Fort McCoy

March 2, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Wisconsin National Guard troops remain on standby in Poland with no orders about Ukraine mobilization

March 2, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
President Joe Biden highlights unity and diplomatic triumphs against Putin in State of the Union address

March 2, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Putin’s biggest fan: Why Trump would happily oblige his Russian benefactor in a second presidency

March 2, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
What we are taught to be ashamed of: A tale of two grandmothers and our ethnic identity in America

March 1, 2022 | Articles, Editorial, Featured, Ukraine |
We are all Ukrainians now: Milwaukee residents condemn Putin at peace rally against war in Ukraine

March 1, 2022 | Photos, Ukraine, Video |
Solomiya Kavyuk: I am an American. I am Ukrainian. If you love democracy, you can be “pro-Ukraine” too.

March 1, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Krystia Nora: Painting a picture of family, war, and the hope for a free Ukraine with poetry

March 1, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Zakhida Adylova: A mother’s diary from Kyiv shares an eyewitness account of life as Putin’s invasion unfolds

March 1, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A fight for democracy: Fierce resistance by the people of Ukraine exposes Putin’s enablers in America

March 1, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |

February

A historic reemergence: America’s Black Holocaust Museum welcomes visitors for first time since 2008

February 28, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Thirty Years a Slave: Remembering Milwaukee’s first published Black author Louis Hughes

February 28, 2022 | Articles |
Restoration of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville to its former glory gains momentum after decade-long effort

February 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Beyond the “Magical Negro” trope and the rise of powerful roles for Black women in science fiction

February 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
A non-White fantasy world: Why Tolkien’s “The Rings of Power” is no less authentic with a cast of Black actors

February 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
American Feudalism: How our nation went from “we the people” to “my feelings trump your rights”

February 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Hoan Bridge joins landmarks around the world using lights to show solidarity with Ukraine

February 26, 2022 | Featured, Photos, Ukraine |
National Guard deploying to protect nation’s capital as rightwing truck convoy prepares to encircle DC

February 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
State of the County 2022: Racism in Milwaukee and the pandemic continue to devastate community health

February 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ukraine under siege: Why a war against one is a war against all

February 25, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
Blitzkrieg of Ukraine has emboldened Republicans to use global crisis to undermine an American President

February 25, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Cost of defending freedom: How Americans will feel the economic impact from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

February 25, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Jennifer Vosters: A visit to Kyiv that offered insight, awareness, and an inspiration for solidarity

February 24, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Politics stop at the water’s edge: It matters when a democracy like Ukraine is taken down by an autocracy

February 24, 2022 | Thom Hartmann, Ukraine |
How a generation of Americans went from fighting Reagan’s “Evil Empire” to praising Trump’s “Sugar Daddy”

February 24, 2022 | John Pavlovitz, Ukraine |
Got War? Why America continues to champion what MLK called the “madness of militarism”

February 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
Building student confidence requires making space in the classroom to learn about Black History

February 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
Violent Education: Why it is time to rewrite history books that stop glorifying White Nationalism

February 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
Do Black Lives Matter? Part 4: The devaluation of Black people in science and medicine

February 22, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
City leaders highlight efforts by Milwaukee Rental Housing Resource Center to prevent evictions

February 22, 2022 | Photos |
Happy Twosday: Why the numerology of 2/22/22 inspires meaningful connections between unrelated things

February 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: Understanding our moral obligation for delivering humanitarian relief to Afghanistan

February 21, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
A Sikh Voice from Oak Creek: Testimony urges Congress to protect minorities as GOP distorts the narrative

February 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Prosperity of Losing Wars: How 60 years of funding the military industrial complex could end our democracy

February 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Walking Wounded: When each day feels like a funeral for the living with memorials to all that has been lost

February 20, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Trauma Rehearsal: How zombie movies prepared us for a post-apocalyptic scenario under Trump

February 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
If the Internet is any example, the Metaverse will a virtual hot mess

February 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Big Grift: Why Americans are becoming increasingly exhausted and sickened by a political Death Cult

February 19, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Convoy of Crackpots: Far-right conspiracy groups set sights on Canada-inspired blockade of U.S. Capitol

February 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Wall Street putsch: When powerful Bankers sought to overthrow FDR with a fascist dictator

February 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Then They Came for Me: Milwaukee exhibit explores the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II

February 18, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Darryl Morin: Where family and freedom converged at the crossroads of a trip to Crystal City

February 18, 2022 | Articles |
Born Free and Equal: A look at the historical photos by Ansel Adams from the Manzanar Relocation Center

February 18, 2022 | Articles |
A Dream Deferred: Toshio Mori survived internment camps to become the first Japanese American novelist

February 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Spiritual but not religious: Why Japan’s Shintoism is attracting American followers and growing online

February 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
MCTS adopts modernized fare collection system to help connect riders with regional transit services

February 17, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
Plan to expand charging stations in Wisconsin for electric vehicles turns sour in fight over profits

February 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
State of the State 2022: Governor Tony Evers proposes legislative action on budget surplus to help residents

February 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Next Mayor: Voters pick Cavalier Johnson and Bob Donovan for general election in April

February 16, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Treatment and Reuse: First company in The Water Council’s BREW program prepares to go public

February 16, 2022 | Curated |
An Insect Evolution: Scientists discover how enzymes from plastic-eating bugs can boost recycling

February 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee seeks state financial help to address public safety issues with funds from budget surplus

February 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
How a “violent insurrection” has been part of the GOP playbook for “legitimate political discourse”

February 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why the next Republican president can become a dictator if Trump is not prosecuted for his crimes

February 15, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Do Black Lives Matter? Part 3: The devaluation of Black people in the criminal justice system

February 14, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Political Bibliophobia: Why a fabricated “moral panic” over CRT transformed into a book-banning hysteria

February 14, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Robin D. G. Kelley: How scholars are countering well-funded attacks on Critical Race Theory

February 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
A denial of freedom: Why cries of “1776” by January 6 insurrectionists are more like “1860” by Confederates

February 13, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
A War on Reality: The shocking things Trumpublicans believe

February 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Black players, White head coaches: Why the NFL’s effort to diversify team leadership shows no progress

February 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Panic of 1893: How Republicans have hurt the economy and perpetuated a myth to blame Democrats

February 12, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Corporate Sedition: Why business donations continue to fund lawmakers bent on eliminating democracy

February 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Rich Man’s War: How the Koch network of wealthy White men has taken over the Confederate ideology

February 12, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Tom Barrett officially becomes a U.S. Ambassador after presenting credentials to Grand Duke Of Luxembourg

February 11, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
Mayoral candidates debate range of issues before city’s first election without an incumbent since 2004

February 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
The intent of discrimination: How Republicans are redefining racism in order to exclude Black voters

February 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Gilligan’s Island: The disturbing themes I noticed while binge watching the classic sitcom during the pandemic

February 10, 2022 | COVID-19, Editorial, Featured |
The Secret Garden: New floral exhibit brings magical expressions of spring to Milwaukee’s dull COVID winter

February 10, 2022 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Our parks are for us: Community support needed to preserve public greenspaces across Milwaukee County

February 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Stakeholders tour revitalized Soldiers Home to review affordable housing initiatives for Milwaukee Veterans

February 9, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
The Great Upgrade: Workers are seeking better jobs while their strong bargaining position lasts

February 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Maybe Not So Great: Analysis of historical data offers a better context to understand the Great Resignation

February 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
State of the City 2022: Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson delivers video address for his vision of Milwaukee

February 8, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
State plan to use surplus revenue funds would invest in childcare and employment for Wisconsin residents

February 8, 2022 | Curated |
Why companies must change how they view workers as they compete for finding and keeping talent

February 8, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Do Black Lives Matter? Part 2: The devaluation of Black people in politics and law

February 7, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
An Incredible Heroine: Mattel adds tribute doll of Ida B. Wells to Barbie’s Inspiring Women series

February 7, 2022 | Curated |
World-class cultural center featuring African American art proposed for Bronzeville neighborhood

February 7, 2022 | Curated |
The combat ship USS Milwaukee seizes cargo of suspected cocaine with estimated value of $22M

February 6, 2022 | Articles |
How Oshkosh Defense cheats Wisconsin workers with decision to produce $6B USPS contract out-of-state

February 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Last branch of U.S. military initiates involuntary discharge of solders who refuse COVID-19 vaccination

February 6, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Trump’s public confession stirs calls for his criminal indictment and abolition of the Electoral College

February 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Congress considers how to modify the Electoral Count Act of 1887 after voting rights stalled

February 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Absentee Ballots: Wisconsin Supreme Court rules drop boxes are permitted at least for February 15 primary

February 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Always Facing Left: What collecting Mao pins in China taught me about art and ideology

February 4, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
Sports Diplomacy: There are better ways to pressure China than boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

February 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Economic Shock: China gained so much so fast through trade policies that still impact America

February 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Great Reset: Why Canada became the new home of the “American Dream” for immigrants

February 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Of Mice and Men: How Joe Tsien became a celebrated scientist without a country

February 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Over 27 and Unmarried: How China’s “Leftover Women” are fighting back against the stigma of being single

February 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Dangerous Books: Perhaps Bible-believing Conservative Christians should consider banning the Bible

February 3, 2022 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
No Maus: Latest book-banning tirade by GOP targets pulitzer-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust

February 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Libraries in Wisconsin are keeping an eye on the unprecedented efforts nationwide to ban books

February 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
GOP’s sinking ship: Why White Supremacists freak-out over idea of a Black woman as Supreme Court Justice

February 2, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Wisconsin Republican’s latest legislative attack on education aims to dismantle Milwaukee Public Schools

February 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reaching toward Light: The vision of love as a moral imperative remains relevant to America’s future

February 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Do Black Lives Matter? Part 1: An introduction to the historical devaluation of Black people

February 1, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Dr. Lester Carter: Pharmacist and pioneer of herbal remedies for Milwaukee’s Black community dies at 90

February 1, 2022 | Articles |
America’s modern-day slavery: A fatal flaw in the 13th Amendment created our forced labor prison system

February 1, 2022 | Syndicated |

January

How watching Korean food videos can be a soothing vacation as the pandemic drags on in Milwaukee

January 31, 2022 | Articles, COVID-19, Editorial, Featured |
Asian study boom: Popularity of Anime and Hallyu has diminished student interest in European languages

January 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Cup Noodles: How the instant food became a success story in America by hiding its Japanese roots

January 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why American policies must change for an End-of-War Declaration with North Korea to succeed

January 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Like father, like grandfather: How Kim Jong Un’s grip has extended brutal repression to a new generational

January 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Beyond Spycraft: Lessons from South Korea on how the business of disinformation fueled a dirty industry

January 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Protecting the rule of law: President Joe Biden may be unable to stop the Republican drive to end democracy

January 30, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Intimidate and Conquer: GOP’s new “election police” proves voter fraud is not real but election fraud is

January 30, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Advocating for Voter Suppression: When politicians don’t care if their constituents want fair elections

January 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
A War on Babies: Why Senator Ron Johnson’s “you’re on your own” message for families betrays our children

January 29, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
False Certificates: Congressional committee subpoenas two Wisconsin Republicans over fake Trump electors

January 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why a lack of census classification leaves Milwaukee’s MENA ethnic groups without elected representation

January 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Criminal-in-Chief: No surprise why crime is rising after 4 years of a president who disregarded the rule of law

January 28, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Jimmy Carter 2.0: Why the anti-democratic mob is determined to make Joe Biden into a bogeyman

January 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
What Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement from the Supreme Court means for American democracy

January 28, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Keeping families healthy: Wisconsin distributes 5.4M of personal protective equipment so far in 2022

January 27, 2022 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Fear, change, and 2022: Why COVID-19 variants renew our anxiety of the pandemic and an unknown future

January 27, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A vaccine built for the world: How the patent-free CORBEVAX could help end the global pandemic

January 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Flashbacks of the USSR: Understanding the crisis behind Russia’s high-stakes gamble to invade Ukraine

January 26, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Yizker bikher: How “Memorial Books” commemorate Holocaust deaths while also celebrating Jewish lives

January 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Indefinitely Confined: Critics call out Kleefisch’s hypocrisy on voting method in 2020 election

January 26, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Milwaukee County Historical Society’s feature exhibit for 2022 explores “Where the Waters Meet”

January 25, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Freshwater Pollution: Each year Lake Michigan gets filled with more than 1M tons of winter salt

January 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Don’t Look Up: Why the Netflix film is a perfect metaphor for American denialism of climate change

January 25, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
PixelSmiths: New podcast series features stories about the creative minds behind indie video games

January 24, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
John Suess: Collection of paintings by retired Milwaukee librarian on display at public library

January 24, 2022 | Curated |
Exhibit of J.R.R. Tolkien’s manuscripts for “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” coming to Milwaukee

January 24, 2022 | Curated |
Why the Supreme Court’s right-wing political ruling against vaccinations further weaponizes COVID-19

January 23, 2022 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Hypocrisy and Health: Workplace safety at risk after SCOTUS blocks vaccine mandate for large businesses

January 23, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Pandemic Payday: Oxfam’s report shows Ultrawealthy earned $1.2B a day while inequality killed millions

January 23, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Thich Nhat Hanh: Remembering the influential Buddhist monk who taught me to be a better Christian

January 22, 2022 | Articles, Editorial |
FlexRide Milwaukee: MCTS begins on-demand transit service to connect workers with distant jobs

January 22, 2022 | Articles |
Nigeria completes purchase of Talgo trains intended for unbuilt Milwaukee-Madison high-speed rail line

January 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
When society is itself the tyrant: Understanding why America has never been a Democracy of the people

January 21, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
An Immortal Dream: Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson reflects on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 21, 2022 | Articles |
Becoming Unraveled: How a nation that was a beacon of freedom disintegrated from its own brutality

January 21, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Defending Democracy: Senator Tammy Baldwin details attacks on Wisconsin voting rights in Senate speech

January 20, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
One-Party Rule: Why Republicans oppose the foundation of democracy and the freedom to vote

January 20, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Forcing voters from the polls: Senate filibuster blocks urgently needed Federal legislation

January 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
A workforce dilemma: How Wisconsin’s labor shortage has transformed the jobs market for years to come

January 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Economists unsurprised that Black Americans still experience higher jobless rate despite market recovery

January 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Tyranny of Generosity: When philanthropists think making sandwiches is enough to end hunger

January 19, 2022 | Syndicated |