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June

Bouncing Back: Wisconsin sees economic recovery from pandemic while lawmakers undermine progress

June 23, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Wisconsin’s labor market: The many problems with hiring people to fill jobs existed long before COVID-19

June 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Brain Drain: Task force recommends ways to help stop young professionals from leaving

June 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
The silence of White moderates: Bystanders must take a stand against racists if we want to end racism

June 22, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
From chattel slavery to Jim Crow: Juneteenth is now an unavoidable reminder that reparations are due

June 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
New study finds that racial bias makes White Americans more likely to support a war with China

June 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Juneteenth Independence Day: Milwaukee celebrates the end of slavery with 50th Annual Freedom Parade

June 21, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Clarene Mitchell: An entrepreneurial pilgrimage from Milwaukee’s Bronzeville to Tulsa’s Black Wall Street

June 21, 2021 | Articles |
Angela Lang: The bittersweetness of Juneteenth’s recognition as a Federal holiday

June 21, 2021 | Curated |
An Open Letter to U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany: How dare you claim Juneteenth fuels separatism

June 20, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The War on Critical Race Theory: How America profits by projecting racism into foreign policy

June 20, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
In Defense of White Culture: Why rightwing media poisons the truth to deceive the public

June 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Attacks on teaching Systemic Racism mirror the shrieking fear tactics used by Joe McCarthy

June 19, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Textbook White Fragility: Wisconsin legislators seek to prevent historical truths from being taught in school

June 19, 2021 | Curated |
Waukesha Republican seeks deployment of National Guard troops to occupy Milwaukee’s Black community

June 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Gateway to the future: Milwaukee celebrates its next transformation with groundbreaking of The Couture

June 18, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Over The Edge 2021: Taking a leap of faith to help the Milwaukee Rescue Mission fight local poverty

June 18, 2021 | Photos, Video |
Bus driver shortage causes MCTS to suspend special service routes to summer events in 2021

June 18, 2021 | Curated |
Local pioneers honored: Milwaukee prepares for Juneteenth with celebration of history and heritage

June 17, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
New Federal Holiday: Congress to formally recognize Juneteenth as the nation’s “second” Independence Day

June 17, 2021 | Curated |
Celebrating Freedom: Why Juneteenth Day commemorates the end of slavery in the United States

June 17, 2021 | Curated |
Megan O’Halloran: Wisconsin has a golden opportunity to meet the unprecedented needs of our students

June 16, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Equity Principles: Elmbrook School District’s plan to address inclusivity sparks backlash from parents

June 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Dual Pandemics: Milwaukee schools continue to fight the coronavirus and inequality

June 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
On speaking the truth: The Freedom Struggle will not be deterred by lies

June 15, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin’s response to the pandemic foreshadows the national battle against vaccine hesitancy

June 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A world of disinformation: How countries used COVID-19 as an excuse to crackdown on press freedom

June 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
MCTS East-West BRT: Construction begins on new rapid transit corridor to facilitate economic equity

June 14, 2021 | Audio, Featured |
ACLU accuses state lawmakers of discrimination after voting to slash Milwaukee’s public transit funding

June 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stimulus plan for pandemic-stricken mass transit would be a down payment on reviving American cities

June 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Jesus doesn’t love me, this I know for the MAGA Christians tells me so

June 13, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
A return of the Ku Klux Kaucus: At stake in American politics is the future of multiracial democracy

June 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Standing United: How Milwaukee’s March with Pride for #BlackLivesMatter changed the LGBTQ+ community

June 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Works of Tsukioka Kogyo and Toko Shinoda featured in new exhibit covering a century of Japanese art

June 12, 2021 | Articles |
Nisei Soldiers: Japanese Americans fought Axis forces overseas and racial prejudice at home

June 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Local anger over Tokyo Olympics reflects just how unpopular hosting the games has become

June 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Black Cowboys: Urban horseback riding club keeps equestrian traditions alive in the Brew City

June 11, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Where horses and riding are a way of life: Ron Tarver’s journey to document the Black cowboy experience

June 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Stories of the Black cowboys who found freedom on the high plains after the Civil War

June 11, 2021 | Podcasts |
A Fear of the Truth: The rationale behind laws to limit learning about Racism

June 10, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin Republicans draft bills to silence schools from teaching about the social impact of racism

June 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Cold Civil War: The division between a multiracial democracy and an anti-democratic minority

June 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
The fading promise of remote-work: Employees feel the sting of the bungled transitions back to the office

June 9, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
No returning to the old normal: A Post-Pandemic Milwaukee can choose a new path to a better future

June 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Republican Governors cut off jobless benefits early to starve people back to an unprepared workplace

June 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Why Evangelicals seek to reclaim political power in 2022 to render every election null and void

June 8, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
2022 Midterms: The January 6 attack was a warning that America’s future is at risk from Trumpublicans

June 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin 2022: Governor Tony Evers announces his intention to run for re-election

June 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Representative Gwen Moore joins clean energy advocates in urging support for infrastructure plan

June 7, 2021 | Audio, Featured |
Milwaukee dramatically increases the amount of curbside recycling collected under new program

June 7, 2021 | Curated |
Environmental Contamination: Wisconsin residents struggle with harmful impact of “forever chemicals”

June 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
James Meredith remains a symbol of how powerful movements can include those with different ideas

June 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ending the 1033 Program: How local communities can take military weaponry out of the hands of police

June 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Deadly Divide: How COVID impacted Americans depended on the partisan stance of their state

June 6, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wuhan lab-leak Speculation: China under scrutiny again as efforts seek to determine origin of COVID-19

June 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Heather Richardson |
Thirty-two years after Tіаnаnmеn Square: Activist left to mourn June 4 in secrecy amid crackdowns and COVID

June 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Visualizing the Underground Railroad: Barry Jenkins crafts a delicate dance between beauty and suffering

June 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
State of the City: Mayor Tom Barrett shares his reflections on a historic year in video address

June 4, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Stifling free speech: Blacks targeted with curfew tickets in wake of Wisconsin’s racial justice protests

June 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wausau’s refusal to deal with racism is just the latest example that hate does have a place in America

June 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Another manifestation of hate: Racists NBA fans and the fear of calling them out

June 3, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Today’s Americans are called to repay the sacrifices of fallen heroes by living up to the ideas of democracy

June 3, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Defined by its delusions: How the Republican Party became the greatest danger to American Democracy

June 3, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Milwaukee celebrates Pride Month with rainbow-themed transit vehicles and LGBTQ+ public art

June 2, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Pride flag raised at Wisconsin State Capitol for third year to recognize contributions by LGBTQ+ community

June 2, 2021 | Curated |
Transgender youth struggled for access to treatment decades before the political obstacles of today

June 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Jumpst(ART) Downtown: New community art campaign spreads positivity to reanimate public spaces

June 1, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee Film expands “Minority Health Film Festival” under the new name “Cultures & Communities Festival”

June 1, 2021 | Curated |
An Anti-Hate Anthem: The Linda Lindas go viral with their teen punk song “Racist, Sexist Boy”

June 1, 2021 | Syndicated |

May

John Afton: Descendants honor first veteran buried at Wood National Cemetery on 150th anniversary

May 31, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Restoration of a national treasure: Grand opening of Soldiers Home returns site to the service of veterans

May 31, 2021 | Photos |
A Field of Flags: Milwaukee’s War Memorial Center honors fallen soldiers with 7,056 flags

May 31, 2021 | Photos |
Scattering CJ: The loss of one begins the journey of many

May 31, 2021 | Articles |
Living military veterans continue to face deadly risks that have nothing to do with war

May 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Racial Tragedy in Philadelphia: Part 1 – The MOVE 9 Versus American Jurisprudence

May 30, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A Racial Tragedy in Philadelphia: Part 2 – When Police Dropped Bombs on an American City

May 30, 2021 | Columns, Reggie Jackson |
Lessons from my grandfather: How White jealousy of Black wealth triggered the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

May 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Angela Lang: One year after George Floyd’s death and little has changed in Wisconsin

May 30, 2021 | Curated |
A history of slave patrols: Why America needs a real conversation on the purpose and practice of policing

May 30, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Very fine people on both sides: The fallacy of forging political bipartisanship with White Supremacy

May 29, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
A Dystopian Democracy: Republicans are playing with a fire that could burn down our nation

May 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Darryl Morin: The vote against investigating January 6 brings an end to patriotism and principle

May 29, 2021 | Articles |
Saaya Unveiled: Milwaukee author offers insight into the mental health issues of the South Asian diaspora

May 28, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
A National Threat: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declares racism a public health crisis

May 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Political backlash over critical race theory exposes a racist ideology that denies America’s racist history

May 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
The color of education: Black students in Wisconsin face uncertainty over how to pay for college

May 27, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
MATC ReStart scholarship program continues to help students with outstanding debt return to college

May 27, 2021 | Curated |
Students across Wisconsin want more mental health services to help them adjust after pandemic isolation

May 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee honors Black baseball payers from the Negro Leagues in educational initiative on The Hop

May 26, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Funding of memorial bench at Red Arrow Park for Dontre Hamilton gets Milwaukee County approval

May 26, 2021 | Articles |
Riverworks Financial Clinic expands its services to assist Milwaukee residents reach financial stability

May 26, 2021 | Curated |
Backlash from George Floyd Protests: Our Rights are being erased as punishment for exercising our Rights

May 25, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The fear of 1619: Why distorting historical truth is needed to support oppressive political agendas

May 25, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A return to racial order: How the GOP is ensuring the Next Racist Generation embraces their ideology

May 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
Kelsey Montague to bring acclaimed #WhatLiftsYou interactive street art to Downtown Milwaukee

May 24, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
New in-person exhibition coming to Milwaukee explores the Spanish influence on American artists

May 24, 2021 | Curated |
Tammy Belton-Davis receives inaugural Governor’s Tourism Award for leadership in diversity of the Arts

May 24, 2021 | Curated |
New report details how corporations inflated the pandemic pay of executives while workers suffered

May 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The restaurant industry faces a shortage of workers because of its failure to offer a livable wage

May 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Family farms face an harsh future as young farmers struggle with health insurance and child care

May 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers calls Special Session to expand BadgerCare and invest in State’s economic recovery

May 22, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
“Moving Milwaukee Forward” Health Order to expire on June 1 because COVID-19 vaccinations are working

May 22, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Vote by Wisconsin GOP shows their utter contempt for unemployed workers impacted by the pandemic

May 22, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
Another biblical irony: Evangelicals invented the “cancel culture” they claim to hate

May 21, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Pro-Cancel Culture: Right-wing ideology has always tried to ostracize people for the views it despises

May 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Backing the Big Lie: Republicans seek to airbrush the 1/6 Capitol attack from history to avoid an investigation

May 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Bublr Bikes gives the public a first look at new E-Bike program for the Greater Milwaukee area

May 20, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee expands travel options with dockless scooter program and extra Bublr Bike stations

May 20, 2021 | Articles |
Invisible Cyclists: Why people of color need to be part of post-pandemic transportation planning

May 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee Independent earns 40th Press Club award since 2016 with 10 honors for excellence in journalism

May 20, 2021 | Articles, Awards |
Burlington School District misses deadline to offer plan for solving its “Racially Hostile Environment”

May 19, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
What it means now that Milwaukee has banned police from using chokeholds without exception

May 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Bad Apples: How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing

May 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Second-Class Citizens: The Myth of Racial Integration in America

May 18, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Today’s Jim Crow America: When a political party abandons democracy to “save” the nation

May 18, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
From Redcoats to Redhats: Oligarchs prevail when the core function of a democratic republic is suppressed

May 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Digital wellness space launched to serve local LGBTQ+ community after a second year without PrideFest

May 17, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Disparities in access to hormone treatments is leaving transgender kids divided into two classes

May 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
A strategy of fear: Anti-transgender bills are latest effort to rally political support at expense of youths

May 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Chris Meza: Wisconsin National Guard officer builds partnerships in Papua New Guinea during pandemic

May 16, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Gaza tower that served as home to international media organizations was destroyed by Israeli air strike

May 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Israel has its own “Black Lives Matter” reckoning as Palestinian minority protests against Anti-Arab Racism

May 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
How We Bounce Back: Wisconsin will see real impact on real lives with Medicaid expansion

May 15, 2021 | Curated |
CDC announces that masks are no longer required indoors or outside for fully vaccinated people

May 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Revised COVID-19 health guidelines allows sports teams in Milwaukee to expand fan capacity up to 50%

May 15, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Royal Capital breaks ground on 53206 housing project to redevelop the former Phillis Wheatley School

May 14, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee awarded $20M from HUD grant to increase affordable housing and address homelessness

May 14, 2021 | Curated |
Creeping Militarisation: Why police policies are more about controlling the poor than fighting crime

May 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Rally in Milwaukee calls for an end to violence against Palestinians in Gaza as full-scale war looms

May 13, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee in May: Annual community march highlights immigrant rights and representation

May 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
State Interference: Mayor Tom Barrett blasts Senate Bill 117 as a “vicious attack on local government”

May 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee holds march in solidarity with activists in Colombia who are being massacred by police

May 12, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Leaving Afghanistan: How twenty years and $2 Trillion did not bring peace, democracy, or freedom

May 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Finding an end to the “never-ending war” and dismantling an empire of military infrastructure

May 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Immigration advocates travel from Milwaukee to DC to Madison demanding action on promised reforms

May 11, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
What Might Have Been: The inexplicable path that kept me from ending up as another angry White man

May 11, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
An obstruction of progress: The word “filibuster” was derived from the term for “pirate”

May 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: On being a proud Pioneer and following the spirit of leadership at Carroll University

May 10, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Carroll University develops new education program to address the pandemic-accelerated health care crisis

May 10, 2021 | Articles |
Milwaukee-area community organizations to receive part of $500,000 in emergency grants for racial equity

May 10, 2021 | Curated |
“No Menthol Sunday” campaign kicks off in Wisconsin as Federal government mulls action on tobacco

May 9, 2021 | Curated |
Big Tobacco: From racist roots to recent claims of allyship with the Black communities it has exploited

May 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
The state of air quality: Wisconsin has seen cleaner skies but smog is still a problem for some counties

May 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Sculpture Milwaukee invites the public to explore contemporary social issues through art in 2021 exhibit

May 8, 2021 | Curated |
MCC YouthBuild receives part of $11.1M grant from Bader Philanthropies to support community programs

May 8, 2021 | Curated |
Amtrak proposal revives Milwaukee-to-Madison route as part of Midwest rail corridor for passenger service

May 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: What the heartbreaking COVID-19 crisis in India can teach us all here in Milwaukee

May 7, 2021 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Political Tribalism: Why people who were willing to inject bleach are refusing the COVID-19 vaccination

May 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Veteran outreach program works to prevent suicides in Wisconsin communities with firearm safety initiative

May 7, 2021 | Curated |
Systemic Racism 401: The Myth of American Meritocracy

May 6, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Vice President Kamala Harris promotes $2T infrastructure plan during visit to Milwaukee

May 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Republicans blast the same “Woke Corporate America” that has provided them financing to stay in office

May 6, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
It is hard for people who do not suffer from mental illness to understand people who do

May 5, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Why the public rarely hears about suicide as the leading cause of death for young Asian Americans

May 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
An invisible community: When the struggles of Milwaukee’s Burmese Rohingya immigrants go unseen

May 5, 2021 | Curated |
Reparations 101: Repairing the damage from generations of concentrated disadvantage

May 4, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
$15 minimum wage increase would substantially lift economic hardships for 3 in 10 Wisconsin workers

May 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
A life entwined with slavery: Why Alexander Hamilton is being used to make the case for reparations

May 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Dontre Day 2021: Milwaukee honors the memory of Dontre Hamilton on seventh anniversary of his death

May 3, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Wisconsin will keep its Congressional seats after U.S. Census Bureau reports state population up 4%

May 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Population Realignment: Census results will impact upcoming elections with a shift of political power

May 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stop using White discomfort to silence the truth: An open letter to Brett Favre and Tommy Tubberville

May 2, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
True faith does not bully: An open letter to church leaders regarding LGBTQ Youth

May 2, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Gender Dysphoria: How social support and affirming medical care can improve lives of transgender youth

May 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
A May Day 2021 Message from Milwaukee: It is time for leaders to deliver on promised immigration reforms

May 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Multigenerational homes in Wisconsin face a higher risk of infection and death from COVID-19

May 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Investing in Families: Why America has lacked a paid maternity leave that benefits workers and employers

May 1, 2021 | Syndicated |

April

A message to White men who fear talking about race and racism

April 30, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A reckoning with hate: How White silence continues to enable America’s racism

April 30, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The Power of Maps: How Black cartographers helped visualize geographic strongholds of racism in America

April 30, 2021 | Syndicated |
Game On, Milwaukee: Genshin Impact is the immersive Anime adventure I dreamed of in my childhood

April 29, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Nō Studios opens rooftop bar and lounge with views of Milwaukee and collection of curated Japanese sake

April 29, 2021 | Articles |
Going out into the world: Anxiety over a post-pandemic life will reflect our individual experiences

April 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Arguments over the 1619 Project show an institutional denial about the lived experiences of Black people

April 28, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Systemic Equality: ACLU outlines wide-ranging agenda to achieve racial justice

April 28, 2021 | Articles |
Former Bucks Player Sterling Brown agrees to $750K settlement over 2018 tasing by Milwaukee Police

April 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Governor Evers plans $420M in small business recovery grants after vetoing effort to siphon ARPA funds

April 27, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin taxpayers saved $2.77B in renegotiated contract after Foxconn mostly abandoned its plans

April 27, 2021 | Curated |
Milwaukee Preservation Alliance celebrates Soldiers Home restoration with plans to save more buildings

April 27, 2021 | Articles |
Revitalizing Main Streets: Governor Tony Evers plans $100M investment in equitable recovery program

April 26, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
New advertising campaign positions Milwaukee as top destination to safely host meetings and events

April 26, 2021 | Curated |
Sized to ship: How the standardization of cargo containers launched a global trade revolution

April 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
John McGivern gives Milwaukee a much needed laugh with his socially distanced show at the Pabst theater

April 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
Alverno to bestowed Billye Aaron with honorary Doctorate Degree during college commencement

April 25, 2021 | Curated |
How we see the world: Netflix’s library of foreign content imports global cultures to a home audience

April 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stalag Milwaukee: German World War II prisoners left their confinement at Camp Billy Mitchell 75 years ago

April 24, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee grants $100,000 of funding to community groups in effort to help curb reckless driving

April 24, 2021 | Curated |
Hit-and-Runs: New study reveals why most fatal e-Scooter crashes involve car collisions

April 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
80% Coalition renews call for legislation to prevent gun violence in wake of Kenosha mass shooting

April 23, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Our acceptance of gun violence: Americans used to own firearm without engaging in daily massacres

April 23, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Let It All Fly Away: Baby Mont’s new song explores traumatic experiences from gun violence in Milwaukee

April 23, 2021 | Articles |
Local philanthropists of color invest $2M to improve the longterm health of Milwaukee’s Black Community

April 22, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Investment initiative aims to prioritizing the voices of people who live and work in Harambee Neighborhood

April 22, 2021 | Articles |
The White Reality: Being tired of talking about privilege is a good indicator of being afflicted with it

April 22, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The significance of the Derek Chauvin verdict: I am not celebrating this as a sign of police reform

April 21, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Guilty on all charges: Jury convicts former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd

April 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Leaders across Wisconsin react to Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict with a mix of jubilation and caution

April 21, 2021 | Articles |
A small measure of Justice: The Derek Chauvin verdict brings a moment of relief to people of color

April 21, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
When the “thin blue line” kills: Scholars analyze why Derek Chauvin’s trial was different

April 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Action Follows Faith: What Christians should do when their Church remains silent about Racism

April 20, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Another form of criminality: Armed authoritarianism with deeply racist roots keeps no one safe

April 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reaching herd immunity against COVID-19 by mass vaccination faces the barrier of Christian nationalism

April 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: The need to build a systematic strategy that prevents mass shootings

April 19, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
From Oak Creak to Indianapolis: Sikh communities struggle to heal after latest mass shooting

April 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Firearm Fatalities: Understanding the endemic nature of gun violence in American culture

April 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Cruelty Sickness: Our shared fatigue after four ferocious years of the ongoing Culture War

April 18, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Elite Rule: The idea of allowing only “better” people to vote was first proposed by wealthy slaveholders

April 18, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A Confidence Gap: Study finds that Black students have far less trust in their colleges than peers

April 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
A “White America” First Caucus: When the party of Abraham Lincoln becomes the party of Jefferson Davis

April 17, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Investigation finds Trump officials gave millions in COVID-19 response contracts to unproven companies

April 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Hmong organizations help remove language obstacles and assist community access to COVID-19 vaccinations

April 17, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Cavalier Johnson: A Day in Photos during the Pandemic with the Common Council President

April 16, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos, Profiles |
The Father of South Africa: Immersive exhibit about the life of Nelson Mandela to make U.S. debut in Milwaukee

April 16, 2021 | Articles |
Images of Mars: Milwaukee native Darian Dixon helps NASA’s Perseverance Rover send photos back to Earth

April 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee small businesses eligible for more state grants as “We’re All In” program gets $46M infusion

April 15, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Wisconsin gets Federal aid to repair deteriorating roads but still lacks long-term funding solution

April 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Concern grows that proposed changes to Wisconsin’s election laws will damage public confidence

April 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
And another one gone: What Daunte Wright’s shooting teaches us about reform efforts

April 14, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Seeking racial justice in court: On trial is also our fundamental principle of equality before the law

April 14, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Derek Chauvin’s trial stirs questions about the legal, moral, and political legitimacy of any verdict

April 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
414 (New) Day 2021: Original poem by Dasha Kelly Hamilton invites Milwaukee to move 414WARD

April 14, 2021 | Articles |
Under the Dome: Why a coalition of obstructionists fuel a Culture War to feed their agenda

April 13, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
The 1848 Capital Riots: An unsuccessful mass escape by enslaved Blacks that entangled a nation

April 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
None Dare Call It Treason: Why there has been so little public discussion on the events of January 6

April 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Healthy MKE: Grassroots multimedia campaign aims to build local confidence in COVID-19 vaccination process

April 12, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Bus capacity limit for MCTS riders increases from 15 to 20 as more Milwaukee residents get vaccinated

April 12, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds halt of election suppression effort to purge state voter rolls

April 12, 2021 | Articles |
When lawmakers fall weirdly out of step with their party’s history and the will of the country

April 11, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Biting the hand that feeds: Republicans declare war on corporations that mildly defend voting rights

April 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
A fog over future elections: How the Big Lie of “Stop the Steal” is being used to obstruct voting

April 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Nobody is safe until everyone is safe: World leaders propose global treaty for pandemic cooperation

April 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A tragic cost of failure: Proof that the federal government has a role in combatting the pandemic

April 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Recycled rhetoric from smallpox epidemics: Anti-vaccination fear campaigns are nothing new

April 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Injustice in Health: Mistrust comes from untrustworthy behavior

April 9, 2021 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Local advocates work to narrow racial disparities for those not given the option to get vaccinated

April 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Paying a Price: People also gave up on pandemic safety measures a century ago when they got tired of them

April 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Home is Hope: Milwaukee Habitat begins Harambee project to build affordable housing for more families

April 8, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Wisconsin sends mixed messages to undocumented immigrants who qualify for rent relief

April 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Data shows that Asian Americans were the top target of coronavirus-related discriminatory behavior

April 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
The politics of bigotry: Why Republicans still fabricate conflicts without proof in order to stoke fear

April 7, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Wisconsin NAACP condemns Senator Ron Johnson for behavior that disqualifies him to hold a public office

April 7, 2021 | Curated |
Splinter Groups: America’s far-right factions have gotten more extreme after the Capitol insurrection

April 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
The crushing emotional strain of seeing images and videos of Anti-Black Violence

April 6, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Moral Universe: Evaluating progress across the arc of MLK’s Dream to America’s reality today

April 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Collecting Black Bodies: How academic curiosity left universities with the remains of enslaved people

April 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
From stolen votes to stolen bases: Why our political system does not reflect the will of the majority

April 5, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Decision by MLB to relocate the All-Star Game over Georgia’s Jim Crow-style voting law comes at a cost

April 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
How many fans are too many during a pandemic: What baseball can learn from the NFL’s 2020 COVID-19 season

April 5, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
You are not alone: An Open Letter to Transgender youth

April 4, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The full scope of MLK’s dream took on the issues of poverty and war along with systemic racism

April 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Rite of Spring: Easter bunnies, colored eggs, and other little-known facts about the Christian holiday

April 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Medical collaboration launches Pediatric Leukemia Bank as resource to help treat Milwaukee children

April 3, 2021 | Curated |
Study finds troubling economic implications from the warming of Lake Michigan’s deep waters

April 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Measuring Equity with Urban Forests: How planting trees helps build prosperous and healthy communities

April 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Sherrill Knezel: Graphic recordings of Milwaukee’s Blueprint for Peace Bootcamp

April 2, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin GOP proposes law to penalizes cities that “Defund” Police Departments by cutting state funding

April 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s public health plan now depends on individuals to voluntarily wear masks to stay safe

April 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Slave-built infrastructure continues to generate massive wealth for state economies

April 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Godzilla in Milwaukee: Remembering an ill-fated 1956 movie production that tried to film on Lake Michigan

April 1, 2021 | Articles, Featured |

March

Keeping Blacks from the polls: How Republicans adopted the playbook former Confederates used to halt Reconstruction

March 31, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Legislated Barriers: Wisconsin lawmakers craft package of bills designed to limit voter participation

March 31, 2021 | Articles |
The fight over polling policy: Making it easier to vote does not threaten election integrity

March 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
COVID-19 vaccination clinics established in Amani and Metcalfe Park to address distribution disparities

March 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated, Featured |
Milwaukee heroes honored on National Vietnam War Veterans Day for their service and sacrifices

March 30, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Erik Peterson: Former 115th Fighter Wing commander reflects on a career that has come full circle

March 30, 2021 | Curated |
Milwaukee Art Museum brings a variety of in-person exhibits and virtual art experiences for Spring

March 30, 2021 | Curated |
Emil Kapaun’s spiritual heroism: Vatican advances Korean War chaplain closer to Sainthood

March 29, 2021 | Syndicated |
Field operations by Chaplains of the Wisconsin National Guard brings relief to COVID response troops

March 29, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
First Veteran residents move into Old Main as the Soldiers Home Campus leases half of its housing space

March 29, 2021 | Articles |
Jim Crow is alive and well: Calculated attacks on Voting Rights seek to resurrect the Bad Old Days

March 28, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Galápagos Syndrome: America evolved from its Slavery Era with ancestral racism remaining firmly rooted

March 28, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Jacob Blake files federal civil lawsuit against the Kenosha police officer who shot him in the back

March 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
Deutsche in Milwaukee: New book explores the city’s old German neighborhoods with personal stories

March 27, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Investigation finds retailers distributing COVID-19 vaccinations added requirements violating CDC policy

March 27, 2021 | Curated |
Proposed overhaul of immigration laws would finally reunite families divided by deportation

March 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Categorizing Identity: The intersection of Race and Education in America

March 26, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Expansion of facial surveillance at airports seen as a growing threat to civil liberties

March 26, 2021 | Curated |
A tool for social change: How photography demonstrated the dignity of the Black experience

March 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
New documents reveal meatpacking industry fought against implementing minimal COVID-19 safeguards

March 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
The Broken American Dream: Less upward mobility and a ladder of opportunity that is much harder to climb

March 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
“Going to Hell” for more than 200 years: Every generation has been pessimistic about America’s future

March 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
A political effort to honor racists provides confirmation that Wisconsin really is Wississippi

March 24, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Treasuring guns over people: Only a global pandemic could briefly pause America’s gun epidemic

March 24, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
For the love of the gun: An irrational American ideology that sees White men as cowboys

March 24, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Seeking Justice: History shows that civility is an ineffective tool to end racism

March 23, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Awareness campaign highlights domestic violence programs designed to help vulnerable communities

March 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Leaving despair behind: Why holding on to hope is hard even with the end of the pandemic in sight

March 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Lady Justice: Fifty years of women in the Milwaukee Judiciary and the impact of their inclusion

March 22, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Food Apartheid: How urban planning helped create institutionalized food insecurity for people of color

March 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Abuse of Power: Why corporate domination of the U.S. food system is creating widespread hunger

March 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
Who God should love: Why churches discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community in the name of religion

March 21, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Review of Trump-era coronavirus guidance confirms extensive political manipulation of pandemic response

March 21, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Capitol Coup: Fact checking Senator Ron Johnson’s effort to divert blame from White Supremacists

March 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stop Making Excuses for Racists: What the news coverage of the spa killings in Atlanta can teach us

March 20, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A Privilege of Silence: White men have not done enough to call out the toxic perpetrators who are White men

March 20, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Racism is still the cause of anti-Asian American violence even when not legally defined as hate crimes

March 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee residents hold vigil by City Hall to demand an end of the violence targeting Asian Americans

March 19, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Hate crimes against Asian Americans began to rise as Trump politicized the pandemic and attacked China

March 19, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
White people need not be White Supremacists to benefit from how racism still shapes American society

March 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
Gun Show Loophole: County officials oppose proposal that puts Milwaukee County in the firearms business

March 19, 2021 | Articles |
Atlanta spa shootings by White gunman appears to intersect gender-based violence, misogyny, and xenophobia

March 18, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
State and local leaders in Wisconsin condemn targeted attack on women of Asian descent in Georgia

March 18, 2021 | Articles |
Community advocates in Milwaukee join with statewide coalition to denounce violence against AAPI women

March 18, 2021 | Articles |
Stop AAPI Hate: Report documents surge of racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans

March 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
What’s past is prologue: When the rhetoric of hate lives on in the monsters MAGA culture makes

March 18, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The “Melting Pot” Narrative: Why America’s history of migration coexisted with xenophobia

March 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Art build in Milwaukee creates banners for nationwide “torch relay” march in support of immigrant rights

March 17, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Political Misdirection: Why Republican pundits blame Biden for the broken immigration system he inherited

March 17, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Biden ends Trump-era policy punishing asylum-seekers but the trauma for countless migrants remains

March 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Operations at Milwaukee’s COVID-19 mass vaccination site transitions to Federal supervision by FEMA

March 16, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated, Featured |
Governor Tony Evers announces two phase plan to help Wisconsin families access child care services

March 16, 2021 | Articles |
A Spat with the Cat: Correcting racism in children’s books is not an effort to cancel Dr. Seuss

March 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Falling short on police reform: The George Floyd Act would not have saved George Floyd’s life

March 15, 2021 | BLM MKE, Featured, Syndicated |
Unforeseen Consequences: 1965 crackdown on the KKK offers lesson to dismantle White Supremacists today

March 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wave of voter suppression laws reveal the deep roots of Jim Crow ideology in the GOP’s drive to autocracy

March 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ignoring neighbors in need: When Bible believers claim Christian values but lack any capacity for love

March 14, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The Un-United Methodist schism: Conservative faction details its plans for breakaway denomination

March 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Springing Forward: How Daylight Saving Time can impact people suffering from COVID-19 sleep loss

March 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Independent recognized for excellence in visual journalism as finalist for 10 Press Club awards

March 13, 2021 | Articles, Awards |
MCTS to acquire Milwaukee County’s first battery-electric buses for new Rapid Transit line in 2022

March 13, 2021 | Articles |
Federal mask mandates put public transit drivers in difficult position of enforcing health safety orders

March 13, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Opposition to I-94 expansion continues as coalition urges support for transit and infrastructure

March 13, 2021 | Curated |
A Pandemic Year: Looking back to when Wisconsin declared a COVID-19 crisis and the road still ahead

March 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Trumpedemic: America’s death toll and economic loss is a direct result of the sabotaged COVID-19 response

March 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Lower Income, Less Capital: Why the pandemic recession has hit Minority-owned small-business owners so hard

March 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
In step with Rambalac: How I walked 1,000 miles across Japan during a pandemic without leaving Milwaukee

March 11, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured, Video |
3.11 Ten Years On: Collection of programs commemorate anniversary of Tohoku earthquake

March 11, 2021 | Curated |
Photographing Fukushima: Toru Anzai’s images document life at ground zero for future generations

March 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Social aftershocks of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are still being felt after a decade

March 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Five Wisconsin cities face demotion from Metropolitan status under new Federal proposal

March 10, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
A lack of reliability: Foxconn adds yet another ridiculous proposal to a list of broken promises

March 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
State senator proposes law mandating Wisconsin sporting events play National Anthem

March 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Kimberly Montgomery: An unimaginable list of family and friends lost due to COVID-19

March 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Adria Zuccaro: Commander of 128th Air Refueling Wing reflects on her service during Women’s History Month

March 9, 2021 | Articles |
Security for the New Frontier: Understanding the role of America’s Space Force beyond science fiction jokes

March 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
John McGivern returns to TV with program exploring Main Streets from all over the Upper Midwest

March 8, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Cauldrons of Booze: Women once dominated the beer industry until claims of witchcraft expelled them

March 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
New report shows Wisconsin residents flocked to state parks seeking a sanctuary from the Pandemic

March 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin National Guard reflects on a historic year of deployment and public service on its 184th birthday

March 7, 2021 | Curated |
Why the National Guard remains deployed to protect the Capitol from domestic extremists

March 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Current laws prevent domestic terrorists from being designated and prosecuted like foreign extremists

March 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Yolanda Medina: The vital role of Latinx women in the United States military

March 6, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Senator Tammy Baldwin introduces bipartisan legislation for Veterans exposed to toxic military base

March 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Stranded far from home: Deported U.S. Veterans urge the Biden administration to repatriate them

March 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Blueprint for Peace: Putting Milwaukee’s record year for homicides in perspective

March 5, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Senator Ron Johnson forces reading of the 628-page coronavirus relief bill in cynical stunt to delay vote

March 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Security experts warn that chronic domestic terror problems continue to simmer

March 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
No political policy but revenge: How the Big Lie and its acolytes threaten the survival of our democracy

March 4, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
From GOP to POT: The Party of Trump officially supplanted Republicans to become a political cult

March 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
The American Empire: Destabilizing countries and wrecking their economies under the guise of liberty

March 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
MKE It Back: More than 70 small business owners to get financial assistance with grant from Downtown BID

March 3, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Partisan paralysis has torn Wisconsin’s safety net and left the jobless struggling to survive the pandemic

March 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
FDR’s principal intention for a “living wage” was to protect workers from abuse by employers

March 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Tiffany Krihwan: Longtime S/V Denis Sullivan captain departs Milwaukee to command 127-year-old Schooner

March 2, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Is the pandemic here to stay? How viral mutations are pushing SARS-CoV-2 into becoming endemic

March 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Americans continue to face serious hardships even after the trillions already spent on coronavirus aid

March 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Unifying against racism: “Freedom Together” advocates demand Congress take action on Immigrant Rights

March 1, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Conspiracies and Extremism: How the Wisconsin GOP lost its credibility over the turmoil of 2020

March 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Documenting Hate: A look back at 2017 when the Proud Boys established their first Wisconsin Chapter

March 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 022721

March 1, 2021 | Podcasts, Sound |

February

Out of the Ashes of Trump: President Biden sets course to finally heal the economic poison of Reaganism

February 28, 2021 | Syndicated |
County Executive David Crowley outlines measures to heal racial injustices in his State of the County speech

February 28, 2021 | Curated |
Milwaukee Repertory Theater to reopen after a year with first in-person performance in April

February 28, 2021 | Curated |
Acute food shortages are disproportionately pushing more Black and Latinx families to brink of starvation

February 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
A failed health policy: How a wealthy nation can go from an obesity epidemic to tragic food insecurity

February 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Hunger Relief: How food banks help families who are struggling under the pandemic get enough to eat

February 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
How not to be an ally: A list of rules for Anti-Racist advocacy

February 26, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Good Lord Bird: Re-examining abolitionist John Brown’s moral crusade to end slavery

February 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Big Lie: Wisconsin Republicans use Trump’s propaganda to extend voter suppression across state

February 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
Calls grows for investigation into Electoral College imposters who tried to usurp Wisconsin’s certification

February 25, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
The Texas Freeze: How the rich use an ideology of Wild West individualism to exploit the working class

February 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
Why journalism continues to struggle against the disproportionate influence of social media companies

February 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
John Ridley launches Nō Studios Artist Grant Program to help Wisconsin’s creatives during the pandemic

February 24, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
On Healing America: Using our anger to build bridges instead of burning them

February 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
A lifelong family bond: How Black Sororities have led Black achievements for more than a century

February 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
To grieve the enormity of a half million lost American lives includes being better neighbors to the living

February 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Health commission finds 40% of COVID-19 deaths could be attributed to Trump’s failed pandemic policy

February 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Vaccine Availability: How internet access can determine the health of minorities

February 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Poverty of Color: Debunking the myth about disparities being more related to “Class” than “Race”

February 22, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Musician Sam Belton opens his highly anticipated Sam’s Place Jazz Cafe at historic Harambee location

February 22, 2021 | Photos |
An overdue apology: Why slave-trading nations like America are morally bound to offer reparations

February 22, 2021 | Syndicated |
WisDOT podcast features pandemic-specific safety tips for highway travel across Midwest states

February 21, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Report finds that 430K Wisconsin residents lack high-speed internet access in rural areas

February 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
An alternative to road salt: Scientists explore nontoxic de-icing options extracted from aquatic life

February 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
How Republican rhetoric has fed the deep roots of right-wing terrorism in America

February 20, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
New TV ad campaign urges Senator Ron Johnson to stop blocking relief checks for Wisconsin families

February 20, 2021 | Curated |
NAACP uses Reconstruction Era Anti-KKK Law in lawsuit against conspirators of Capitol attack

February 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Healing a racial division: Mayor Tom Barrett signs ordnance extending MLK Drive into downtown

February 19, 2021 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry announces campaign to run for Ron Johnson’s Senate seat

February 19, 2021 | Curated |
To Paint is to Live: Jewish Museum reopens with exhibit of artwork recovered from Theresienstadt Ghetto

February 19, 2021 | Curated |
Regional development plan outlines transformation of 30th Street Corridor into Shared-Use Trail

February 18, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Closing of South Side fire station has escalated the workload of Milwaukee’s first responders

February 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Undoing the Spoils System: The need to return civil service to a merit-based structure for the public good

February 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: Letting go of a familiar friend by giving up our Fear for Lent

February 17, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
A Digital Lent: Moderating how we use technology to assist with our expressions of devotion

February 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Policy Talk: Joe Biden makes first official trip as President to Milwaukee for CNN town hall

February 17, 2021 | Curated |
State lawmakers continue to gaslight the Wisconsin public about Foxconn’s failed development

February 16, 2021 | Curated, Featured |
Wisconsin proposes legalization of recreational marijuana to provide more tax revenue and create jobs

February 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
From Republican’t to Republikkkan: Patriot Party of Wisconsin created over split by Trump voters

February 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
The untold privilege of White Women: Unmasking a secret army of Karens in American history

February 15, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Blackistory: Milwaukee-based family business launches educational Black History App for mobile devices

February 15, 2021 | Articles |
State budget proposal seeks to invest millions to help Wisconsin’s children, families, and caregivers

February 15, 2021 | Curated |
A world remade by Grief: How WandaVision explores the reality of ordinary people living with loss

February 14, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Cowards, conspirators, and more lies: Where a fragile democracy goes after the impeachment acquittal

February 14, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Legislative effort seeks to end no-knock search warrants in Wisconsin after almost a quarter century

February 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Jury Nullification: More violent insurrections are expected if Trump is acquitted for his acts of sedition

February 13, 2021 | Columns, Reggie Jackson |
The depth of inhumanity: When no line is too far to cross for political gain

February 13, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Defending the horrific: How some can cheer for an angry man who falsely shouts “fire” in a crowded theater

February 13, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A party of lawlessness and disorder: How Republicans became co-conspirators in the abolition of democracy

February 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Video playlist of virtual walks across Japan offers a way to step out of the isolated madness of COVID-19

February 12, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured, Video |
The story of Yasuke: An enduring history of the first African Samurai in feudal Japan

February 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Fad Diets: A chronicle of the strange American obsession with gimmick weight loss plans

February 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: My fading love affair with the National Football League

February 11, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A Political Game: The danger of voters acting like hard-core sports fans

February 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
New lawsuit seeks to stop part of Waukesha’s $286M plan to drain drinking water from Lake Michigan

February 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 020921

February 11, 2021 | Podcasts, Sound |
A message to America: Black people are not broken and we don’t need fixing, you do

February 10, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Character of Faith: People will never find peace when their God is a Gun

February 10, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Law enforcement continues to criminalize Black activists while accommodating White reactionaries

February 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Monstrous Truth: Even after the departure of a madman the political madness remains

February 9, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Trump clings to the “Big Lie” as impeachment trial begins over his attempt to overthrow our government

February 9, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Another crisis of unity: Old divisions resurface to show historic fragility of American democracy

February 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Weaponizing Unity: Decent Americans don’t need to unify with domestic terrorists to heal the nation

February 8, 2021 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Political Calculations: Trump’s impeachment trail looms as a fight for control of the Republican Party

February 8, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Congress could use a Reconstruction-era Amendment to hold Trump accountable for Capitol attack

February 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reopening Schools in Wisconsin: The dilemma of returning to normal during abnormal times

February 7, 2021 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
The Stories that matter: How the COVID generation will look back at their memories of 2020

February 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Lessons from Chinese social media for countering America’s COVID-19 infodemic of conspiracy theories

February 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
No Secret Police Force: New law requires Federal Agents to be clearly identified during a protest

February 6, 2021 | Curated |
An autocratic legacy: How the radicalization of the right gave rise to death threats of public officials

February 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
The tech crack down has pushed extremist groups off social media platforms and onto messaging apps

February 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Michael Snowden: Storytellers have a responsibility to facilitate spaces for sharing the authentic truth

February 5, 2021 | Featured, Profiles |
A Black Woman of Faith: Federal plan revived to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

February 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers issues new mask mandate following GOP repeal of previous health safety order

February 5, 2021 | Curated |
Guardians of the Greed: Wall Street’s newfound concern about democracy is only motivated by profits

February 4, 2021 | Featured, Syndicated |
Kenosha prosecutors seek arrest of Kyle Rittenhouse after he disappeared from last known address

February 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
A symbol of White insurrection: The Confederate battle flag never reached the Capitol until 2021

February 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
MCTS NEXT: Milwaukee County Transit System rolls out campaign to inform riders about bus route upgrades

February 3, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee Repertory Theater reworks 2021 season due to pandemic and cancels performances through April

February 3, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Impact of COVID-19 on Milwaukee inadvertently creates “Autumnfest” as Summerfest 2021 moves to September

February 3, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
Reggie Jackson: My reflections on Black History Month celebrations

February 2, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Dasha Kelly Hamilton becomes Wisconsin’s first female poet laureate of color

February 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Assault on the nation’s Capitol raises concern over scope of White Supremacist infiltration of police

February 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: A Letter to My Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather

February 1, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee Film will focus on Black voices and experiences for its February programming

February 1, 2021 | Articles |
America’s first vampire was Black: How a gothic story from the 1800s advocated for emancipation of slaves

February 1, 2021 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 013021

February 1, 2021 | Podcasts, Sound |

January

Barriers and Disillusionment: Obstacles still prevent Wisconsin’s nonvoters from attaining political clout

January 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Cowboy Mythology: Twenty years since the Reagan Revolution and the rise of Movement Conservatives

January 31, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Which false God will American Evangelicals worship now that Trump has become a fallen deity?

January 31, 2021 | Syndicated |
Reading during the pandemic: Helium continues to expand access to library books across Milwaukee

January 30, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Search completed for teams that will design and build future home of the Milwaukee Public Museum

January 30, 2021 | Curated |
54th Shamrock Club of Wisconsin St. Patrick’s Day Parade postponed until September 2021 due to COVID-19

January 30, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19 |
A tedious familiarity: Why even the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine has been a hot mess

January 29, 2021 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Research finds that People of Color are subject to the most punitive enforcement of public health orders

January 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The B117 Strain: A New Year brings a new coronavirus mutation and questions of vaccine effectiveness

January 29, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Coming Storm: My greatest fears about the future of Black Milwaukee

January 28, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee Health Department converts space at the Wisconsin Center into site for COVID-19 vaccinations

January 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
An inability to control the pandemic: 70% of the population needs to be vaccinated to stop COVID-19

January 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Tired of Waiting: The frustration of fighting Systemic Racism for generations

January 27, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
PrideFest 2021: Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ celebration cancelled for second year due to COVID-19 pandemic

January 27, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
COVID-19 changed how the world commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2021

January 27, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
The need to protect history: Even with overwhelming proof social media promotes Holocaust denial

January 27, 2021 | Syndicated |
Trump’s MAGA influence on police threatens multiracial democracy in Southeastern Wisconsin

January 26, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
From ideology to democracy: Lessons from Germany for America to heal after the Trump era

January 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
Data shows that police are three times more likely to use force against peaceful leftwing protesters

January 26, 2021 | Syndicated |
Defunding Brutality: Little progress was made in 2020 with Milwaukee Police reform

January 25, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
MCTS Bus Shelters get design makeover to celebrate Historic Highway 41 route

January 25, 2021 | Curated |
Tracking the Insurrectionists: How technology is being used to identify and locate domestic terrorists

January 25, 2021 | Syndicated |
A fortified prison of false faith: How White domestic terrorism was born in the Church

January 24, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Ten things that average citizens can do to stand against the anti-democracy movement in America

January 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Trump’s insurrection follows a long history of Christian nationalist violence

January 24, 2021 | Syndicated |
Longtime home run leader and former Milwaukee baseball player “Hammerin” Hank Aaron dies at 86

January 23, 2021 | Curated |
Multiple projects with a total output of 2.2 Gigawatts are speeding Wisconsin’s transition to solar energy

January 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin developer creates mobile app that teaches people how to recycle and track their composting

January 23, 2021 | Syndicated |
Rise and Thrive: Five Lessons of Storytelling and Resilience in Milwaukee

January 22, 2021 | Articles, Featured |
Anti-Displacement Funds program offers Milwaukee neighborhoods a lifeline against rising assessments

January 22, 2021 | Curated |
New alumni-funded scholarship links Cristo Rey Jesuit High School graduates with Ripon College

January 22, 2021 | Curated |
The problem with Americans: Too many have surrendered the ability think for themselves

January 21, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin National Guard troops helped ensure safety in Washington DC during presidential inauguration

January 21, 2021 | Articles |
Inaugural Address: President Joe Biden gives hope to millions of Americans who stutter

January 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Hill We Climb: Amanda Gorman delivers inspirational inaugural poem

January 21, 2021 | Curated |
Writing an American story of hope: Our politicians often failed us but the American people did not

January 21, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Ending this Uncivil War: Unity is impossible without accountability

January 21, 2021 | Syndicated |
Democracy is not a spectator sport: Americans have finally woken up but still have a lot of work to do

January 20, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Leaving office in Disgrace: Farwell to a delusional president and his toxic brand of patriotism

January 20, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Life in Hell: A look back at the gift of moral damnation that Trump gave our imperfect nation

January 20, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Why we cannot enjoy nice things: A resentful political party that poisoned a peaceful transition of power

January 20, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
The election makes the president: Ritual efficacy and the public pageantry wrapped in inaugurations

January 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
Andrea Palm to join Biden Administration: Wisconsin’s top DHS official nominated as deputy secretary of HHS

January 20, 2021 | Syndicated |
President-Elect Joe Biden outlines a new vision for America that reaches back to an older time

January 19, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Broken Windows: The willingness of our society to look the other way invites more stones to be thrown

January 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
National memorial service planned for victims of the COVID-19 pandemic on eve of inauguration

January 19, 2021 | Syndicated |
The hypocrisy of Bill Belichick turning down the presidential Medal of Freedom

January 18, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
MCTS bus shelters feature murals by student winners from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. art contest

January 18, 2021 | Articles |
New film details the terrible injustices faced by Martin Luther King Jr. in his fight with the FBI

January 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
Unequal Justice: Standing Rock activists react to passive response by police during Capitol Insurrection

January 18, 2021 | Syndicated |
The Shame of the Trump Pardons: Exposing Systemic Racism in Criminal “Justice”

January 17, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The sad irony of “Trump patriots” using “Back the Blue” flags to beat police during a criminal act of sedition

January 17, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
North Carolina in 1898: Lying politicians, racist newspapers, and a successful White Supremacist coup

January 17, 2021 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin National Guard mobilizing troops to support security at Presidential inauguration

January 16, 2021 | Articles |
Foreshadowing the upheaval to come: America has officially entered its version of the Weimar Era

January 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
Mike Pence and Evangelicals: How a sycophantic loyalty tarnished faith in Christianity

January 16, 2021 | Syndicated |
America only cares about its Democracy: A few stories of other democracies overthrown by the United States

January 15, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Criminal Sedition at the Capitol: How news sources frame unrest in realtime and influence public opinion

January 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
A second-rate insurrection: Insiders who colluded to overthrow our Democracy have blood on their hands

January 15, 2021 | Syndicated |
Confederate Ideology: Why Wisconsin Republicans are following Trump’s contempt for the rule of law

January 14, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A clear and present danger: Would-be dictator impeached just days after Inciting Insurrection

January 14, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
How Wisconsin’s elected representatives explained their votes in the Second Impeachment of Trump

January 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
White Victimhood: What weeds will continue to grow from the ground Trump fertilized?

January 14, 2021 | Syndicated |
Years of ignoring the growing danger of rightwing radicals has finally caught up with America

January 13, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Governor Tony Evers delivers a virtual 2021 State of the State Address due to ongoing pandemic

January 13, 2021 | Curated |
Trump’s Internet is celebrating: This is what White Supremacy looks like

January 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
Extreme Anti-Semitism: The shocking symbols that Trump’s disciples used to celebrate their hate

January 13, 2021 | Syndicated |
My Hope for America in 2021: Moving beyond Equality and Equity to Justice

January 12, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin National Guard sent to support Capitol police against planned insurrection in Madison

January 12, 2021 | Curated |
A long road to normal: Governor Tony Evers reflects on the turbulent past year and what 2021 could bring

January 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Re-enactment of a Lost Cause: Why Confederate mythology lives on in hearts of White supremacists

January 12, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: Engaging in “Artistic Absence” means that simply cutting off toxic people is not enough

January 11, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
Privileged Behavior: Mental illness is not why Trump became emotionally untethered from humanity

January 11, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Accountability for an Attempted Coup: The culpability of Trump and his GOP allies is beyond dispute

January 11, 2021 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 010921

January 11, 2021 | Podcasts, Sound |
White-on-White Crime: When White people attack their own government

January 10, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Tragically Predictable: The coup by Trump’s Cult was not unexpected

January 10, 2021 | John Pavlovitz |
Wisconsin civil rights organizations jointly condemn Trump’s act of domestic terrorism at the U.S. Capitol

January 10, 2021 | Curated |
Why police brutalized peaceful George Floyd activists and accommodated violent White Supremacists

January 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Ku Klux Coup: America’s culture of White mob violence

January 10, 2021 | Syndicated |
Who Counts and When: On Women’s Suffrage, Census, and incremental steps towards citizenship and Civil Rights

January 9, 2021 | Articles |
Complicit or Incompetent: Capitol Police face fierce criticism over security breach by MAGA insurgents

January 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Murder the Media: Journalists targeted again as “the enemy of the people” by Pro-Trump Insurrectionists

January 9, 2021 | Syndicated |
Details emerge how Trump incited mob to lynch Vice President Mike Pence for not overturning election

January 9, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
A risk of inciting violence: Twitter silences Trump with a permanent suspension

January 9, 2021 | Curated |
Julia Papillon: On following an immigrant bloodline of role models in the pursuit of happiness

January 8, 2021 | Featured, Profiles |
Books of Color: Identifying entrenched racial stereotypes in children’s books

January 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
A history of medical experimentation has conditioned Blacks to distrust the COVID-19 vaccine

January 8, 2021 | Syndicated |
A Day of Infamy: How Trumpublicans baked a cake of lies that fed the armed assault on Congress

January 7, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Act of insurrection: Nation’s capital desecrated by criminals fighting for Trump to overturn rule of law

January 7, 2021 | Heather Richardson |
Democracy Prevails: Congress certifies President-elect Joe Biden’s decisive 306-232 Electoral College win

January 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
President-elect Joe Biden denounces mob of MAGA fanatics for seditious attack on “citadel of liberty”

January 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Elected officials from Madison to Milwaukee react to failed rebellion by Republican extremists

January 7, 2021 | Curated |
U.S. Capitol police were caught off-guard even though domestic terrorists had made violent intentions clear

January 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Demands for accountability: Condemnation of Trump grows after inciting a coup to overthrow democracy

January 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
9/11 and now 01/06: National soul is shaken by new act of terror on American soil by White Supremacists

January 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Out of Office: A historical lesson for why Trump should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law

January 7, 2021 | Syndicated |
Breaking News: Domestic terrorists violently storm nation’s capitol in Trump-influenced coup attempt

January 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
A broken record of injustice: Why no charges in Jacob Blake case just emboldens a police culture of abuse

January 6, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Kenosha District Attorney refuses to file criminal charges against police officer who shot Jacob Blake

January 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Trump v. Pence: How the law actually prevents rogue Senators from overturning Electoral College results

January 6, 2021 | Syndicated |
Recording of another “perfect” phone call details presidential effort to overthrow democracy

January 5, 2021 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The Secession Caucus: Trump loyalists have abandoned the Party of Lincoln to form a new Confederacy

January 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
The 51st State: Puerto Rico’s statehood depends on which political party will control the U.S. Senate

January 5, 2021 | Syndicated |
Systemic Racism 301: Denying that Systematic Racism is real does not change the truth of its existence

January 4, 2021 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A Gospel of Slavery: Christian Nationalism seeks to punish the poor by legislating White Supremacy

January 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Black Love Matters: The reality gap for Black men between family life and the image shown on TV

January 4, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pharmacist with Aurora Health in Grafton arrested for deliberately destroying coronavirus vaccines

January 3, 2021 | COVID-19, Curated |
Tweeting by the rules: Twitter will stop giving Trump preferential treatment after he leaves office

January 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Pure hate finds a home: How Parler became the social media platform for millions of Trump supporters

January 3, 2021 | Syndicated |
Year In Preview 2021: Bring it on New Year, you can’t suck more than 2020 did!

January 2, 2021 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
A Pandemic Plunge for 2021: Looking back at past Polar Bear dips into a freezing Lake Michigan

January 2, 2021 | Articles |
The other viral infection: How to avoid catching a cold when its cold

January 2, 2021 | Syndicated |
Year In Review 2020: Having the courage to say “yes” in a year of “no”

January 1, 2021 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: Understanding the history behind today’s politics

January 1, 2021 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: On faith, politics, and stuff that needs to be said

January 1, 2021 | Articles, Year In Review |

December

Year In Review 2020: Finding hope while others fall off a cliff

December 31, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: Jacob Blake and tragedy of Kenosha

December 31, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: Wauwatosa police and their brutalization of civilians

December 31, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: A deadly COVID-19 crisis and the country that ignored it

December 30, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: Stories from a witness on the frontline of tragedies

December 30, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: Some regular things that almost made life feel normal

December 30, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: On being Black in a world of White Supremacy

December 29, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: Peaceful protests for racial justice and equality

December 29, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: How Milwaukee reacted to the death of George Floyd

December 29, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: A pandemic that plagued a presidential election

December 28, 2020 | Articles, Featured, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: The Democratic National Convention sort of came to Milwaukee

December 28, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Year In Review 2020: A lack of effort by self-serving Republicans to govern Wisconsin

December 28, 2020 | Articles, Year In Review |
Reggie Jackson: The major lesson I learned from 2020 is that racism continues to kill

December 27, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Domestic violence survivors say police have allowed brutality and racism to flourish

December 27, 2020 | Syndicated |
Mask mandates and mutual responsibility: What it means to exercise individual rights in the public arena

December 27, 2020 | Syndicated |
We Need Imagination: A glance at my 2020 bookshelf

December 26, 2020 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Milwaukee County awarded $40.9M Federal grant to move forward with East-West Bus Rapid Transit Project

December 26, 2020 | Articles |
Milwaukee to receive portion of $1M in WHEDA Foundation grants for low-income housing

December 26, 2020 | Articles |
Images of Christmas Past: Remembering Milwaukee’s holiday season before the nightmare present of COVID

December 25, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
The positive power of ritual: Why a Christmas celebration is good for mental health

December 25, 2020 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin Health Department warns about illness risk from eating traditional raw meat holiday treat

December 25, 2020 | Syndicated |
Dear Mr. President-Elect: A wishlist for Joe Biden from Milwaukee’s Black community

December 24, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
GOP lawmakers seek authoritarian power grab under disguise of COVID-19 aid while pandemic ravages state

December 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Coming Economic Crash: Trumpublicans seek to replace democracy with fascism to stay in power

December 24, 2020 | Syndicated |
Contributions to the 13th Annual Holiday Drive are helping Milwaukee families at local homeless shelters

December 23, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Blue Ribbon Commission issues recommendations to ensure prosperity for Wisconsin’s rural communities

December 23, 2020 | Curated |
An aversion to Christmas chaos: Why the first American settlers forbid Yuletide festivities

December 23, 2020 | Syndicated |
A brutal concentration of wealth: How nonprofits perpetuate the dysfunctions of Capitalism

December 22, 2020 | Featured, Syndicated |
Free Markets and Liberty: Many terms used to describe Capitalism as an economic system are incorrect

December 22, 2020 | Syndicated |
An opposition to violent supremacy: The varied and decentralized nature of a collective self-defense

December 22, 2020 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 121920

December 22, 2020 | Podcasts, Sound |
Shirley Abrahamson: First female Chief Justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court dies of pancreatic cancer

December 21, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Press freedoms in peril: Report details unprecedented attacks in 2020 on journalists in America

December 21, 2020 | Syndicated |
Before the penny papers: How Substack offers an alternative to advertising subsidized journalism

December 21, 2020 | Syndicated |
Local News Deserts: How COVID-19 has ravaged American journalism

December 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Common Council rejects COPS grant: Not just about 30 police officers but long-term commitments to change

December 20, 2020 | Articles |
The Madison Method: Former police chief suggests alternative to military tactics and escalation

December 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Police training guide that condemns BLM movement while promoting White Supremacy stirs outrage

December 20, 2020 | Curated |
U.S. Marshals provided covert help to Wauwatosa’s secretive police unit during controversial curfew

December 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Claire Woodall-Vogg: On protecting the 2020 election from a pandemic and efforts to suppress Black votes

December 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
How Freedom defeated America: We lost an entire year from COVID due to phony patriotism and cheap liberty

December 19, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
Federal court dismisses Trump Campaign’s SLAPP lawsuit against Wisconsin TV station

December 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
A different kind of political comeback: Dream of a Trump 2024 looms as a national nightmare

December 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Limp Penis: Men may take the pandemic seriously now that COVID-19 has been linked to erectile dysfunction

December 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated, Featured |
A system broken by design: How to close the racial health gap for communities affected by COVID-19

December 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Stress Pandemic: Research done over a quarter century finds racial discrimination ages Blacks faster

December 18, 2020 | Syndicated |
300,000 Dead: Loss of American lives reaches staggering record as coronavirus vaccine begins distribution

December 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Cream City Hostel plans transformation into first cooperative housing for Milwaukee residents

December 17, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Why a return to “normal” would be disastrous for America, normal gave us Trump

December 17, 2020 | Syndicated |
Biden’s Olive Branch: Building a post-White America or placating White supremacists

December 17, 2020 | Syndicated |
Redrawing the boundaries: Results of the 2020 Census will bring new electoral district maps

December 17, 2020 | Syndicated |
A White Utopia: How a segregated Milwaukee created the arrogance of suburbia

December 16, 2020 | Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Voodoo Economics: From offering sweeping tax breaks for the rich to drastic cuts in public spending

December 16, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
A feudal financial state: How the economy was engineered to crush everyone while enriching a few

December 16, 2020 | Syndicated |
Khary Penebaker: On casting Wisconsin’s Electoral College votes for the first Black female Vice President

December 16, 2020 | Syndicated |
John Ridley’s new DC comic book superhero will feature Tim Fox character as first Black Batman

December 15, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin joins Electoral College in casting votes for Joe Biden to finalize his win as next president

December 15, 2020 | Syndicated |
200th Day of Protests: County Supervisor Ryan Clancy applauds efforts by activists for social justice

December 15, 2020 | Curated |
Political polarization stirs fear in cities like Kenosha as Wisconsin’s majority population becomes less White

December 15, 2020 | Syndicated |
The shame of the GOP: A blind loyalty to Tyranny

December 14, 2020 | Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Victimization of the vulnerable: An American love of patriarchal violence at every level of society

December 14, 2020 | Syndicated |
Lame Duck President: The clock is ticking on how much damage Trump can still do before leaving office

December 14, 2020 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 121120

December 14, 2020 | Podcasts, Sound |
An Attack on Black voters: Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge says Trump’s election lawsuit “smacks of Racism”

December 13, 2020 | Syndicated |
The Foxconn factory that fizzled: Officials waged a dirty war to demolish the homes of their constituents

December 13, 2020 | Syndicated |
Audit finds Foxconn could get tax credits for work done outside Wisconsin while in breach of contract

December 13, 2020 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing identifies pilot who died in Michigan F-16 crash

December 12, 2020 | Articles |
GOP lawmakers hold sham hearings to invalidate Wisconsin votes but do nothing to ease pandemic pain

December 12, 2020 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin GOP official faces backlash after telling his party to stop trafficking in election conspiracies

December 12, 2020 | Syndicated |
The election is over: Supreme Court unanimously rejects Trumpublican attack on Joe Biden’s victory

December 12, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of the Affordable Care Act for millions of Wisconsinites

December 11, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Wisconsin to offer more financial assistance for local restaurants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic

December 11, 2020 | Articles |
Port Milwaukee to solidify its status as a hub for Great Lakes Cruising with new lease agreement

December 11, 2020 | Articles |
Republican act of Sedition: 17 states join Texas lawsuit to overturn Wisconsin’s legally certified election

December 11, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Trump-nominated judge considers unprecedented Wisconsin lawsuit to invalidate state’s votes

December 11, 2020 | Syndicated |
Newly-approved Enterprise Zone allows Molson Coors to proceed with major expansion plans in Milwaukee

December 10, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Search for Wisconsin Air National Guard’s F-16 pilot continues after crash in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

December 10, 2020 | Articles |
Milwaukee celebrates a Human Rights Campaign Equality Index Score of 100% for third year in a row

December 10, 2020 | Articles |
Coronavirus skeptics and their denial of any danger has helped kill a thousand Wisconsinites in 21 days

December 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Wisconsin Legislators continue to ignore requests by municipal clerks for how to process absentee ballots

December 9, 2020 | Syndicated |
State of Texas sues Wisconsin as publicity stunt to aid Trump’s attempted coup to remain in power

December 9, 2020 | Syndicated |
At the movies: Milwaukee Film Festival shifts its 2021 all-virtual celebration of cinema to May

December 8, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Financial relief now available to Milwaukee County artists and cultural organizations impacted by COVID

December 8, 2020 | Articles |
Life in The Matrix: How social media’s promise to connect people instead left us isolated and tribal

December 8, 2020 | Syndicated |
The challenge of healing a nation that insists on remaining wounded

December 7, 2020 | Featured, Syndicated |
Shining a light on an unseen AAPI Heritage: How Asian Americans use civic participation to increase visibility

December 7, 2020 | Syndicated |
Outside in the Cold: Milwaukee’s homeless shelters expect a harsher winter due to pandemic and evictions

December 7, 2020 | Syndicated |
Keeping Vets Safe: Wisconsin Veterans Homes face renewed health threat from the coronavirus

December 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Always Money for War: Congress at odds over COVID relief but approves Pentagon’s staggering budget

December 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Trump’s Failed Coup: American democracy survived a tyrant but may not be so lucky next time

December 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Modern Great Depression: We are in one of the most profound crises of American history

December 5, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
A More Perfect Union: How “We the People” can take back our country

December 5, 2020 | Syndicated |
Judge orders Trump Administration to restore DACA as it existed under Obama and reopen Dreamers program

December 5, 2020 | Syndicated |
At the End of the World, Turn Left: A coming of age novel about immigrants searching for their identity in Riverwest

December 4, 2020 | Columns, Editorial, Featured |
Between the Pages: Influencing the perception of Milwaukee through works of fiction

December 4, 2020 | Articles |