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December

Third White House bid will not shield Trump as Justice Department’s criminal investigations proceed

December 6, 2022 | Featured, Newswire |
Trump 2024 rivals court his donors as GOP frets about its future under ex-president’s leadership

December 6, 2022 | Newswire |
Our authoritarian society: When an American political party needs an armed paramilitary wing to rule

December 6, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Surge of anti-Jewish vitriol from celebrities is fueling fears about normalizing hate speech

December 5, 2022 | Newswire |
When Republicans politely deny antisemitism in public while fueling their base who actively embrace it

December 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A process not an event: Genocide still persists decades after the Holocaust

December 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The ugly path from hateful speech to America’s style of pervasive violence

December 5, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Old tropes never die: How White Nationalists use conspiracy theories to promote anti-Jewish racism

December 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
A sacred symbol of peace: Asian faiths try to reclaim their ancient equilateral cross corrupted by Hitler

December 5, 2022 | Newswire |
A haunting precedent: The punishment of abolitionist John Brown in 1859 still reverberates today

December 4, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
GOP silent as Trump grabs headlines by advocating his dictatorship with overthrow of Constitution

December 4, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
How rightwing Christians forced the judiciary to impose a regressive religious vision across America

December 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ukraine is Here: Immersive virtual platform allows anyone to experience Ukraine’s culture from anywhere

December 3, 2022 | Articles |
In The Eye Of The Hurricane: Spanish museum succeeds with secret operation to exhibit Ukrainian artworks

December 3, 2022 | Newswire |
Resourcefulness to watch World Cup is yet another victory over Russia’s cruelty for soccer fans in Irpin

December 3, 2022 | Newswire |
Digital Privacy: Federal bill aims to give users control over what personal data companies can collect

December 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Bad Browsers: How cookie notifications are used online to create friction and influence user behavior

December 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Twitter rolls back enforcement of COVID policy meant to combat misinformation about vaccine safety

December 2, 2022 | Newswire |
Cinema as a surrogate parent: Outgrowing the shared experience for entertainment in a fragmented culture

December 2, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
Emotional Intelligence: To cry while watching a movie shows empathy and is the exact opposite of weakness

December 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Mamie Till-Mobley’s quest to educate America about her son Emmett’s lynching continues in new film

December 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Seventh annual Rosa Parks Day tribute honors Civil Rights leader with an open seat on every MCTS bus

December 1, 2022 | Articles |
WisDOT recommends environmentally disruptive expansion of Milwaukee’s I-94 instead of plan to fix

December 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
The bill is coming due: Holding hope for the day when the Fossil Fuel Industry must face its victims in court

December 1, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
How private organizations are filling gaps in Federal programs to help Dreamers fulfill their dreams

December 1, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Escaping a war zone: Why asylum seekers from Mexico are setting their sights as far north as Canada

December 1, 2022 | Newswire |
Conservative-leaning states make last-ditch effort to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

December 1, 2022 | Newswire |

November

MCTS trims some transit service due to remote work schedules and Milwaukee County’s 2023 budget gap

November 30, 2022 | Articles |
Phantom traffic jams: Cars equipped with AI could help local drivers ease rush hour congestion

November 30, 2022 | Newswire |
Oil price cap: The struggle to limit Russia’s profit while its crude flows to the global economy

November 30, 2022 | Newswire |
Enshrined in federal law: Landmark same-sex marriage legislation wins bipartisan passage in U.S. Senate

November 30, 2022 | Featured, Newswire |
Looming rail strike would have vast impact on economy if freight trains grind to a halt

November 30, 2022 | Newswire |
Railroad unions seek fair benefits for workers as labor laws remains tilted against them

November 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
A prison cell as the Oval Office? What laws says about a candidate under indictment running for president

November 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
A political sea change: Gen Z comes of age with voting power as record number of women elected to office

November 29, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
How the Boomer generation let political fat-cats rob Millennials and Zoomers of their future wealth

November 29, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Governor Tony Evers projects Wisconsin’s state budget surplus could reach $6.6 billion

November 29, 2022 | Featured, Newswire |
Combatting confusion: College students push to make voting access easier after facing midterm barriers

November 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Majority at stake: Why Wisconsin’s spring 2023 supreme court race will be an “electoral ground zero”

November 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin DNR Secretary Preston Cole retires after a 35-year career dedicated to public service

November 28, 2022 | Articles |
Carbon Budget: Why reducing deforestation is vital to protecting biodiversity and slowing climate change

November 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
How the government can encourage the public to use clean energy without subsidizing just richer people

November 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Angry crowds across China protest Xi Jinping’s “zero COVID” lockdown policy in unprecedented rebuke

November 28, 2022 | Featured, Newswire |
Lessons Unlearned: Schools were failing to adequately serve students of color even before COVID

November 28, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Zombie Virus: Scientists reanimate 50,000 year-old microbes released in thawing Siberian Permafrost

November 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Widespread abuses in Ukraine: Reports of Russian torture site in Kherson at police detention center

November 27, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Targeting civilian power supply earns Russia the “state sponsor of terror” title as winter’s chill begins to bite

November 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Putin’s Silence: Russian dictator leaves the bad news of humiliating withdrawals in Ukraine to other leaders

November 27, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
A powerful dynamic of war: Why Ukrainian liberation is an incentive for allies like the United States

November 27, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Ukraine focuses suspicions on Orthodox Christian clergymen seen as being loyal to Russia

November 27, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Unreachable by air: Ukraine keeps trains running under constant threat across vital rail network

November 27, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Volodymyr Karplyuk: Irpin needs to be heard as the city faces both problems and progress with recovery

November 26, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Millions have seen power restored since blackouts swept across war-battered Ukraine days earlier

November 26, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Experts from Ukraine join NATO probe of fatal missile strike that killed two in Poland

November 26, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Zdyrko Yaroslav: My journey across Ukraine to report on the war with a photojournalist from Milwaukee

November 26, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Holodomor Memorial Day: Honoring Ukrainian victims on 90th anniversary of Stalin’s genocide and famine

November 26, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Mariupol’s Holodomor Memorial destroyed by occupation troops to further erase Ukrainian history

November 26, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
World Health Organization warns that millions face a “life-threatening” winter in Ukraine

November 25, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Kherson returns to life as residents face reminders of the terrifying months spent under Russian occupation

November 25, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Moldova seeks aid to survive being hit hard by the collateral damage of war in next-door Ukraine

November 25, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Irpin officials say foreign philanthropic foundations have used the city’s suffering as a PR stunt

November 25, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Ukraine United: Following his failed military strategy Putin’s war of false narratives is also crumbling

November 25, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Online language tools: A personal journey to learn Ukrainian after Russia’s second invasion began

November 25, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Ukraine officials urge local residents from recently-liberated areas to relocate before upcoming winter

November 24, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
A barbed wire curtain: Russia’s war in Ukraine ushered in a new era of confrontation and the rise of barriers

November 24, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Environmental toll of war: The pollution caused by Russia’s invasion will take Ukraine years to clean up

November 24, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Diane Baima: Former Milwaukee teacher shares stories of life in rural Ukraine during 9 months of war

November 24, 2022 | Featured, Profiles, Ukraine |
Years of investigating Holocaust atrocities are helping unearth Russian war crimes in Ukraine

November 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Could Russia collapse? It may be unthinkable but nobody predicted the end of the USSR either

November 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Most Ukrainians left without power after latest wave of Russian brutality targets vital energy resources

November 23, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
The cold and dark of Kyiv: Russia uses air strikes on infrastructure to plunge Ukraine into the Stone Age

November 23, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Russian shells continue hitting near nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia as blackouts roll across Ukraine

November 23, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
A Polish legacy of faith: Historic St. Hyacinth Church recognized as a Milwaukee County landmark

November 23, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Revisiting Red Dawn: How war imitated art with the 1984 movie that inspired Ukrainian resistance

November 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Famed British artist Banksy seeds inspirational art amid Ukraine’s war ruins in Borodyanka

November 23, 2022 | Newswire, Ukraine |
Milwaukee-based education program works with men and boys to take a stand against human trafficking

November 22, 2022 | Articles |
The predictable tragedy of Club Q: When intolerant Conservatives lament the hate crimes they help create

November 22, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
LGBTQ club mass shooting: How Red flag laws failed to prevent a gunman from acquiring AR-15-style weapons

November 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Justin Aprahamian: Sanford’s James Beard Award-winning chef offsets inflation with culinary passion

November 22, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Why higher labor and food costs are taking a bite out of Thanksgiving dinner this year

November 22, 2022 | Newswire |
Waste not, want not: Lessons from the Japanese philosophy of not throwing everything away

November 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Demise of Twitter? The world would lose valuable eyewitness accounts but also a habitat for trolls

November 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Twitter in chaos: How users can protect their accounts as the platform’s future remains uncertain

November 21, 2022 | Newswire |
Twitter CEO restores Trump’s banned account after posting online poll riddled with bots

November 21, 2022 | Newswire |
A Dazzling Downtown: Milwaukee celebrates 109th Christmas Tree with fireworks and festival of lights

November 21, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee Grannies will dance again as part of healing process after Waukesha parade tragedy

November 21, 2022 | Newswire |
Milwaukee reacts to anti-LGBTQ violence after mass shooting at gay nightclub in Colorado Springs

November 21, 2022 | Newswire |
Pelosi steps down from House leadership as GOP plans congressional investigations to smear Democrats

November 20, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
No evidence of widespread fraud: Despite restrictive voting laws Election Day saw few major problems

November 20, 2022 | Newswire |
Trump vs. DeSantis: The simmering rivalry between two formidable foes has finally burst into public view

November 20, 2022 | Newswire |
What the midterms taught us: While the “Red Wave” was thwarted our fragile Democracy remains at risk

November 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
Vote at your own risk: 21st-century voter intimidation follows long history of illegal bullying by racists

November 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
Election Subversion: Why a batch of fateful trends are hitting Democracy like a political tornado

November 20, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Milwaukee County approves Wisconsin’s first historic LGBTQ landmark for site of the Black Nite Uprising

November 19, 2022 | Articles |
Gender-affirming care: Visibility of trans people is not the same as justice for their health rights

November 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Federal legislation to protect same-sex marriages clears key Senate hurdle with bipartisan support

November 19, 2022 | Newswire |
Ewaso Village: Author Chip Duncan explores the Maasai people of East Africa in book of intimate stories

November 18, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Wakanda Forever: Why the “Black Panther” sequel celebrates lost cultures like the kingdom of Talokan

November 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Oegugin Influencers: Why foreign enthusiasts of Korean culture miss the dark side of “pop nationalism”

November 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Jonathan Brostoff and Mark Chambers sworn in as newest members of the Milwaukee Common Council

November 17, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Marcus Performing Arts Center unveils renovated grounds during rededication of its War Memorial

November 17, 2022 | Articles |
MCTS CONNECT: Milwaukee County Transit System celebrates arrival of first battery electric bus

November 17, 2022 | Articles |
The real American carnage: How the ousted autocrat who led an insurrection can run again for president

November 16, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Ratings Worship: Can news outlets avoid another media circus with Trump’s third bid for White House?

November 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
The “Fake News” Crisis: Surviving America’s daily servings of spin, misdirection, and outright lies

November 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
People are tired of chaos: Autocrats like Putin lost the midterm elections along with the Republican Party

November 15, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Age of the Zoomers: How a new generation can end 80-year cycle of relearning forgotten political lessons

November 15, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Twitter Bots: Research shows content rules help protect free speech from political manipulation

November 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Pabst Around Milwaukee: Illustrated map details vast reach of Captain Frederick Pabst beyond his brewery

November 14, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
From “near beer” to cheese: What Milwaukee breweries produced to stay in business during Prohibition

November 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
A generational opportunity: Design plans unveiled for extension of Milwaukee’s Harbor District Riverwalk

November 14, 2022 | Articles |
The Bad News: The American Church is dying. The Good News: The American Church is dying

November 13, 2022 | John Pavlovitz |
Social Control: How shameless tax exemptions allow radical church leaders to conspire with politicians

November 13, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Nonbelievers rising: Pew Research Center’s study finds American Christians could be a minority group by 2070

November 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Eisenhower’s Vision: From Armistice Day to American volunteers fighting in Ukraine against tyranny

November 12, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Post-Election Audit: Wisconsin Elections Commission begins process to verify votes and certify results

November 12, 2022 | Curated |
Our False Messiah: Why Trump’s cult of personality is danger to both America and democracy

November 12, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Reggie Jackson: My Fears for Jewish friends who face the rising tide of antisemitism

November 11, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Affirmative Action: Rightwing Supreme Court justices doubt legality of remedy for unlawful discrimination

November 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why students of color will suffer from a national ban on Affirmative Action at selective colleges

November 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
NightWare: New system uses Apple Watch technology to help Veterans with PTSD find relief from nightmares

November 10, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
As control of Congress hangs in the balance results show Election Day was at least a win for democracy

November 10, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
The price of pretending: Why conspiracy theories are dangerous even if only a few people believe them

November 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Votes: Residents cast ballots on a calm Election Day for control of Congress and the State

November 9, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
More than voting machines: Election systems are run by people who are overworked and under pressure

November 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Preparing for the worst: Political violence in America by right-wing extremists will not end anytime soon

November 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Cost of Silence: People who avoided voting in 2018 can use a ballot today to kick out hateful politicians

November 8, 2022 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Political Violence: The fate of the nation and the soul of America rests in the hands of voters this midterm

November 8, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Undermined trust: Why faith in nonpartisan election officials is not enough to protect voting results

November 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Abandoning Democracy: Congressional Republicans are refusing to be bound by the 2022 election results

November 7, 2022 | Featured, Robert Reich |
United by Fear: When the GOP lost its legitimacy as a political party after capitulating to a radical fringe

November 7, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
How the presence of armed vigilantes outside voting places ensures a corrupt one-party government

November 7, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Equivalency of complicity: How both sides of the political spectrum promoted fascism in America

November 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
The right to vote: When suffragist Susan B. Anthony led a group of women to the polls 150 years ago

November 6, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
State law for counting absentee ballots means full results from Election Day voting could take time

November 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
As the Biden White House works to rebuild the middle class the MAGA-fueled culture wars aim to demolish it

November 5, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
New research suggests that unpopular Conservative policies are also deadly to people who live under them

November 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Republican Legacy: Decades of evidence proves the catastrophic failure of so-called Reagan Revolution

November 5, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Mayor Cavalier Johnson fires Milwaukee election official who fraudulently requested military ballots

November 4, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Voter Fraud: How an election lie has been used as a political weapon against our Democracy since 1964

November 4, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
On Election Day: Options available to Milwaukee residents for protecting their votes if challenged

November 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
$A Broken America: Trump did not fracture the nation, he revealed our split and damaged soul$

A Broken America: Trump did not fracture the nation, he revealed our split and damaged soul

November 3, 2022 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Being a lame duck: The political threats facing President Biden if he decides to not run for reelection

November 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Midterm Anger: Why a passion for political issues can be good for voter turnout but bad for democracy

November 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Party Flip: When defenders of Civil Rights abandoned their moral values for the ideology of White Power

November 2, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Campaigning on conspiracy theories: How the political ideology of White Nationalism mainstreams racism

November 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
No sense of shame: Political figures in the Trump era do not even bother concealing their misdeeds

November 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Press Club holds panel discussion on the impact of Latino votes in the midterm election

November 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Trump effect: Black voters face the real possibility that they will be unable to participate in elections

November 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
United We Dream: How young immigrants are using social media to engage in politics and elections

November 1, 2022 | Syndicated |

October

Día de Muertos: Historic Forest Home Cemetery hosts annual celebration of life for Milwaukee families

October 31, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Horror Fiction: The persistent popularity and success of scary tales for scary times

October 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Not for children: Why the depiction of modern clowns has reverted back to its dark origins

October 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Red State Welfare: Broken results from decades of Republicans evading the responsibility of government

October 30, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Mail-order Conservatism: When political hucksters praise rugged individualism while crafting conformity

October 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Problems of overconfidence: The danger of political conversations influenced by what we think we know

October 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Meow Meow Meow: Celebrating our furry companions ahead of the midterm elections on National Cat Day

October 29, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Kitty Kryptonite: Understanding the behavioral impact of catnip’s nepetalactone on felines and humans

October 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Emotional Relief: Studies show cats and other kinds of pet therapy helps to improve the wellbeing of patients

October 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Brewtown Tales: New historical book by John Gurda shares more stories of Milwaukee’s people and places

October 28, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
David Claerbout: Milwaukee to host American premiere of groundbreaking multimedia exhibit “The Close”

October 28, 2022 | Curated |
Visual Annotations: Why so many medieval manuscripts feature doodles and what they reveal

October 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Pardeep Kaleka: The dangers of Kanye West’s antisemitic rants four years after Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy

October 27, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
A new breed of insurrectionist: Why America does not designate violent domestic extremists as terrorists

October 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
White Nationalism on the rise: How unrestricted social media access has attracted violent young men

October 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why lawmakers who voted against President Biden’s popular policies take credit for them before midterms

October 26, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
How fanatical election deniers in Wisconsin use Trump’s “Big Lie” to reshape the battleground state

October 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Big Con: Trump was a relative latecomer to the Republican Party’s longstanding Game of Grift

October 26, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A Water Centric City: New self-guided interactive walking tour focuses on Milwaukee’s water identity

October 25, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Port Milwaukee celebrates city’s growing Great Lakes cruise industry and its rebound since COVID pandemic

October 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Curated |
Freshwater Ecosystems: Ballast water management is reducing the flow of invasive species into Great Lakes

October 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
DNR releases tool to understand PFAS contamination in Wisconsin on anniversary of Clean Water Act

October 25, 2022 | Curated |
Irpin’s Reconstruction: Fundraising videos seek help for local families who lost their homes in the war

October 24, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Global Target: Fears grow that Russia will attack undersea cables to disrupt Internet infrastructure

October 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Beginning of the End: With all of Russia’s war failures it might be time to imagine a world without Putin

October 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Earnell Lucas resigns early as Milwaukee County Sheriff to take senior security position with Fiserv

October 23, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
Some crimes no longer pay: Trend shows bank robberies in decline with shift to cashless economy

October 23, 2022 | Syndicated |
Free Market Myths: How the ultra-rich sustain control and a growing share of the nation’s vast wealth

October 23, 2022 | Robert Reich |
Tip of the iceberg: MAGA Republicans embrace the same toxic economic plans that forced Liz Truss to resign

October 22, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Collapse of Neoliberalism: Oligarchs in America and Russia face a crisis once thought to be an opportunity

October 22, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A cycle of escalation: At some point the nuclear threats by Kim Jong Un will need to be taken seriously

October 22, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Derek M. Williams: Can the Scales of Justice ever be fair for a Black man in Milwaukee?

October 21, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Costs of incarceration: Wisconsin inmates and their families feel the financial squeeze of rising inflation

October 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Locked Away: Why the system of solitary confinement is dehumanizing and breeds racial resentment

October 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Retaining a Constitutional Right: Thousands of eligible Wisconsin voters face ballot barriers in jail

October 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Education behind a Wall: How college in prisons are challenging professors to rethink the way they teach

October 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Barriers to benefits: When ex-prisoners go hungry from being denied access to social safety programs

October 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Abandoning the rule of law: How authoritarianism creates a fictitious world through consistent lying

October 20, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Law and Order: Why the midterm message from the GOP is at odds with its support of criminal behavior

October 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Criminal Takeover: How the Supreme Court allowed dark money to overwhelm our political system

October 20, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Coup in Wilmington: How a 1898 strategy to overthrow a legitimately elected government continues today

October 19, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Crime, inflation, and taxes: The false talking points used by Republicans to sway midterm voters

October 19, 2022 | Robert Reich |
A Toxic Oligarchy: Why Citizens United must be overturned to end the War on American Democracy

October 19, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Believing the unbelievable: How the science of the “Big Lie” and propaganda works to the GOP’s advantage

October 18, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Embracing Demagogues: Why the vital signs of a healthy democracy are in decline around the world

October 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Techniques of Denial: Understanding the various distractions that politicians use to manage scandals

October 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Attempted Coup: Final public hearing from January 6 panel shares irrefutable proof of Trump’s criminality

October 17, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
An Anti-Election Scam: How Republican-controlled states are applying a poll tax by purging voting rolls

October 17, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Classified Intel: Trump’s document scandal follows a history of weaponizing sensitive info for his benefit

October 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Kanye. Elon. Trump. The three men who represent a bloody nightmare that awaits America in 2024

October 16, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Enforcing the Constitution: Perhaps it is finally time to ban seditious MAGA Republicans from Congress

October 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
The banality of evil: Christian Nationalism and its ignored contribution to the January 6 attack

October 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
On Trial: Why GOP loyalists blocked Trump’s first impeachment in order to flip control of the Senate

October 15, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Negotiating with a tyrant: Trump shows his loyalty to Putin with deceptive offer of brokering a peace deal

October 15, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A rule, not a law: The Justice Department’s dilemma for when to prosecute politicians on criminal charges

October 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
A holiday for heroes: Ukrainian people honored on Defenders Day for courage against Russia’s invasion

October 14, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Humiliating Setbacks: Russia launches wave of terror attacks on Ukraine’s civilians to placate hardliners

October 14, 2022 | Heather Richardson, Ukraine |
Congress accuses Saudi Arabia of helping underwrite Putin’s war in Ukraine with oil profits from supply cut

October 14, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Clash over crops: Lawmakers unwilling to make climate change a priority in order to help farmers

October 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Bad Lunches: Wisconsin school districts seek to improve deteriorating quality of student meals

October 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Mobile Markets: Bringing fresh food directly to customers in underserved areas of Milwaukee

October 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin residents still face decades-old barriers in qualifying for Federal food aid assistance

October 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
Exploiting our food system: How precision agriculture has made farming overly dependent on technology

October 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
A land of plenty: Even with abundant agricultural resources Wisconsin has a multitude of food deserts

October 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
Civil War Veterans of the Battle of Chickamauga honored at Milwaukee’s historic Forest Home Cemetery

October 11, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Toxic Chemicals in War: Health providers for Wisconsin Veterans prepare to expand care for burn pit exposure

October 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Independent commission determines Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery must be removed

October 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Remembering Denis Sullivan: Departure of Milwaukee’s nautical icon is another loss for our local heritage

October 10, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Health Risks: Why people living along many Wisconsin waterways face increased Nitrate pollution

October 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Infrastructure Upgrades: Logistical hurdles remain as hopes for offshore wind power become a reality

October 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Kill Move Paradise: Next Act’s performance of the James Ijames play shares the anguish of afterlife for Blacks

October 9, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Two fires of 1871: Why one was forgotten while the other fanned fears of workers destroying America

October 9, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Conservative Activism: Clarence Thomas is poised push Supreme Court to roll back more landmark rulings

October 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ideology of Authoritarianism: Why an anti-abortion GOP supports Herschel Walker after abortion report

October 8, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Overgeneralized and under-recognized: How Census data hides racial diversity of Hispanics in America

October 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee Film hosts the return of Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival at the Oriental Theatre for seventh year

October 8, 2022 | Curated |
Michael Kutzer: Blurring realities with an artistic worldview of simultaneous harmony and ambiguity

October 7, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Heritage Conservation: Efforts to preserve cultural sites across the world must adapt to global changes

October 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
Spirited Away: Why the themes of fear and anxiety in Hayao Miyazaki’s Anime classic remain relevant today

October 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
Beyond routine corruption: Claiming to love America while systematically embracing the rule of oligarchs

October 6, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
A democratic recession: Why nations like China feel more embolden to extend authoritarianism

October 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin company gets bipartisan congressional help against Chinese manufacturer accused of stealing IP

October 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Weaponizing the debt ceiling: How MAGA Republicans will inflict economic ruin just to maintain power

October 5, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
Politics and the Holocaust: America faces a reckoning about race, discrimination, and history of oppression

October 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
The stigma of treatment: Why refugees dealing with trauma often face obstacles to mental health care

October 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Tearing our nation apart: Why Americans fail to understand that crime is connected to inequality

October 4, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
The Matthew Effect: How even middle class families face growing inequality after natural disasters

October 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Overwhelming State Mandates: Milwaukee County will face future budget issues without sales tax increase

October 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Irpin begins to dismantle and rebuild residential complex destroyed at start of Russia’s invasion

October 3, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
Ukraine responds to Russia’s declaration of war against Western democracies with NATO application

October 3, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Economic Shock: Putin’s global Energy War continues to falter after sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines

October 3, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The War on Education: How dismantling public schools further divides Americans into a caste system

October 2, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A need for systemic change: Why Black girls are four times more likely to get suspended than White girls

October 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Forced Labor: New report says millions of vulnerable people worldwide remain trapped in modern slavery

October 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
Deadly Driving: Milwaukee works at overcoming state bureaucratic barriers to make urban highways safer

October 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
Where to plug in? Why people of color face more barriers to adopt e-vehicles than White consumers

October 1, 2022 | Syndicated |
A skeptical Corn Belt: Researchers seek methods to unobtrusively install solar stations on farmland

October 1, 2022 | Syndicated |

September

Marcelia Nicholson: A Day in Photos with the Chairwoman of the County Board of Supervisors

September 30, 2022 | Featured, Profiles |
Fear of equality: Why Conservatives are frantic to restrict Black Americans from access to education

September 30, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Transit Progress: First battery charging station installed for Milwaukee County’s East-West BRT line

September 30, 2022 | Articles |
Declining Democracy: How the United States is turning into a “developing country” like Cuba and Bulgaria

September 29, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Jail-to-deportation pipeline: ACLU report details the thriving collaborating of Wisconsin sheriffs with ICE

September 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Perpetuating elitism: Why using “Latine” as an alternative “Latinx” is considered more inclusive

September 29, 2022 | Syndicated |
Risk of death: How the youth suicide problem across America is fueled by easy access to guns

September 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
A source of distress: Viewing social media overuse as a byproduct of dissociation rather than addiction

September 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
“Alexa, are you listening?” How household virtual assistants are “eavesmining” our children

September 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The Brett Favre welfare fraud case reminds me that Mississippi has not changed much

September 27, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Mayor Cavalier Johnson signs ordinance establishing Juneteenth Day as an official city holiday

September 27, 2022 | Articles, Audio |
Undermining Equality: Why right-wing attacks on “wokeness” are really targeted against social justice

September 27, 2022 | Syndicated |
Heritage and Help: Milwaukee’s Pakistani diaspora rally support for flood-stricken homeland

September 26, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Failed Promises: Why Puerto Rico’s vulnerability to hurricanes is magnified by bureaucratic roadblocks

September 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
A Political Stunt: DeSantis faces criminal investigation for shipping asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

September 26, 2022 | Syndicated |
Mahsa Amini: Milwaukee’s Iranian community holds vigil for woman who died in police custody in Iran

September 25, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
A zero-sum game: How the war in Ukraine is helping Iran achieve its national security objectives

September 25, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A lack of local loyalty: Why Oshkosh Corp highlights trend by companies to fleece hometowns for subsidies

September 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Magruder’s Principle: The rapid advance by Ukraine against Russia shows its skill in modern warfare

September 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A Paper Tiger: Ukraine has exposed the deep institutional weakness of Russia’s military capability

September 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Beyond Ukraine: How Putin wages war on the world from energy blackmail to threats of starvation

September 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A show of weakness: Partial military mobilization reveals Putin’s desperation and perhaps his last stand

September 23, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Illegal Annexation: Putin escalates war to dangerous new phase as ploy to avoid accepting defeat

September 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Leading from behind: Why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is now more than a proxy war for the United States

September 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
A “broken” shared revenue system: Mayor Johnson seeks state aid for Milwaukee’s proposed $1.7B budget

September 22, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Tilting toward a recession: The risks of a domestic economy in an interconnected global world

September 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Poverty shaming: Why the ultra-wealthy perpetuate the rags-to-riches myth of being “self-made”

September 22, 2022 | Robert Reich |
A complete lie: Understanding the propaganda behind the political meme that “America is a 50/50 nation”

September 21, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Federal judge overturns ruling to ensure Wisconsin voters with disabilities get assistance to cast a ballot

September 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rewriting our Constitution: Why the wet dream of Billionaires to cripple democracy is nearly a reality

September 21, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Freedom Ride North: Why Abbott and DeSantis are playing with human lives like a racist sport

September 20, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Renewal of the Middle Class: An uncertain transition from fatcats and fascists to unifying our nation

September 20, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Voluntary Motherhood: When suffragists embraced a right to reject unwanted sex for fear of pregnancy

September 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
A recipe for despotism: How the far-right is already planning to steal the next presidential election

September 19, 2022 | Robert Reich |
Wisconsin and beyond: Handful of state candidates supporting Trump’s “Big Lie” likely to tilt 2024 election

September 19, 2022 | Syndicated |
Designed to deceive: Politically driven industry profits from tracking pregnancies and lying to women

September 19, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Abortion Care: Clinics in neighboring states team up to offer reproductive health services to Wisconsinites

September 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Therapeutic Abortions: Wisconsin physicians remain unclear about ambiguous wording of 173-year-old ban

September 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Support for abortion: A time before Southern Baptists embraced governmental control of a woman’s body

September 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Ukraine War Stories: Developer releases online game using real life events from Hostomel, Bucha, Mariupol

September 17, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Running short on soldiers: Why Putin continues to ignore Russia’s staggering losses on the battlefield

September 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
National Security: What the U.S. Military can learn from Putin’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine

September 17, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Corporate Complicity: Why billionaires underwrite Trump and his allies to pay as little tax as possible

September 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Corporate Personhood: When egregious businesses should be removed from society like human criminals

September 16, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Big Lie’s Big Money: Watchdog group criticizes Northwestern Mutual’s donations to election deniers

September 16, 2022 | Syndicated |
Santiago Calatrava Day: Architect of Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion honored on 20th Anniversary

September 15, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Living Architecture: How human-centered design can alter the trend of constructing soulless buildings

September 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
Cellphones and Kaiju: Why pop culture uses mobile network towers to symbolize our collective anxieties

September 15, 2022 | Syndicated |
A lingering labor shortage: Businesses struggle as long COVID sidelines thousands of Wisconsin workers

September 14, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Pandemic Boosters: COVID-19 vaccine could become annual necessity like the flu shot

September 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Crisis Fatigue: How overexposure to traumatic news pushes the public to becomes indifferent to tragedy

September 14, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Climate-resilient public transit will be crucial to ensuring mobility for vulnerable communities

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Post-Pandemic Transit: How deploying more electric buses could help MCTS recover lost revenue

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
An Environmental Feud: Why a Lake Michigan seawall created more problems for downstream neighbors

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
A planetary crisis: Expanding universal human rights to include a healthy and sustainable environment

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Alarming ice melt: New study shows Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the world

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Green means go: Offshore wind farms could fuel the next energy boom for America

September 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee remembers 9/11: City leaders recall the fateful day on 21st anniversary of terror attacks

September 12, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Make-A-Wish Wisconsin teams up with 128th Air Refueling Wing to fulfill a special aviation dream

September 12, 2022 | Curated |
Racism in the ranks: U.S. Military clamps down on political speech as concerns over extremism grows

September 12, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Ruin and Rejuvenation: Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Irpin during surprise visit to Ukraine

September 11, 2022 | Articles, Featured, Ukraine |
200th Day of War: Putin’s military forces suffer worst strategic defeat since the failed attack on Kyiv

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Battle Tactics: The unexpected Ukrainian resistance continues to prevent Putin’s plans for quick victory

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Seeking Shelter: Displaced residents in war-torn Ukrainian towns fear a bitter winter without homes

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Wishful Thinking: Why the fallacy of making peace with Russia necessitates feeding the wolf of war

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Destroyed War Machines: Ukraine follows the ancient practice of trophy displays to ridicule Russia

September 11, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Critical Congressional Vote: Federal bill codifying same-sex marriage gains momentum in U.S. Senate

September 10, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Overcoming the filibuster: Senator Tammy Baldwin pushes for support of LGBT marriage protection

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rejecting rights and freedoms: Ron Johnson declares opposition to Federal same-sex marriage legislation

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
A political tool: Why the backlash to transgender rights has a long and hostility history

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Beyond the Binary: College students are using new pronouns to identify gender other than “she” and “he”

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
The fantasy of the straight cowboy: How gay rodeos upend presumptions about life in rural America

September 10, 2022 | Syndicated |
Queen Elizabeth II: The “new Elizabethan age” ends with death of longest-serving monarch

September 9, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Queen Elizabeth II: A modernizing force who guided a fading British empire into the 21st century

September 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Princess Diana: Why conspiracy theories still surround her death after 25 years

September 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Governor Evers plans to invest millions to improve access to clean drinking water across the state

September 8, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
A rise in temperatures: Experts say energy grids across Wisconsin are not prepared for coming heat waves

September 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Scarce air conditioning: Milwaukee’s most at risk residents endure a lack of cooling assistance

September 8, 2022 | Syndicated |
Bill Sell: Former civil rights activist and community advocate remembered for his love of Bay View

September 7, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Trump accused of inciting domestic terrorism by calling President Biden an “Enemy of the State”

September 7, 2022 | Syndicated |
Telling the unvarnished truth: “Balanced journalism” does not exist halfway between facts and lies

September 7, 2022 | Robert Reich |
President Joe Biden celebrates labor victories in Milwaukee and rebukes violent MAGA Republicans

September 6, 2022 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee Laborfest: Latino and immigrant workers outline the stakes in Wisconsin’s mid-term election

September 6, 2022 | Articles |
Labor Day 1882: Very first parade emphasized value of workers for the economy as a warning to politicians

September 6, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Work Visas and Economics: Decline in legal immigration is contributing to severe labor shortages

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Little Big League: Professional baseball could be America’s next labor battle over unionization

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Demanding Dignity: New generation of Wisconsin activists fight for better wages and work conditions

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
The Great Resignation Myth: Report finds consistent signs of increased power for workers in Wisconsin

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Corporate Blowback: Self-organized labor movement to protect workers’ rights behind push for unions

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Salt of the Earth: Classic Hollywood films have long dramatized America’s rich labor history

September 6, 2022 | Syndicated |
Of ships and stones: A review of the political spectrum separating “Rings of Power” and “House of the Dragon”

September 5, 2022 | Editorial, Featured |
A torturous birth: How “House of the Dragon” reduces the role of women to little more than just a womb

September 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
The myth of monsters: Why dragons have historically represented in many cultures the power of nature

September 5, 2022 | Syndicated |
Prayers amid trauma: Survivors respond to funeral as Archdiocese of Milwaukee honors Rembert Weakland

September 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Mike Larson: Personal reflections on remaining Catholic in spite of the ongoing sex abuse crisis

September 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
When words hurt instead of heal: What never to say to someone who has survived abuse by Catholic clergy

September 4, 2022 | Syndicated |
Democracy is not guaranteed: President Biden sounds alarm about extremism by Trump’s “MAGA Republicans”

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Political violence as the norm: Trump signals plans to pardon January 6 insurrectionists if re-elected in 2024

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Tax records show GOP candidate Tim Michels gave $175K to Wisconsin anti-abortion groups during pandemic

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
Election Scheming: New details highlight how Ginni Thomas lobbied to overturn Wisconsin’s 2020 results

September 3, 2022 | Syndicated |
A fragile ego: When Trump’s mythos collapses it may drag fervent followers into his narcissistic downfall

September 3, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
A manufactured crisis: Beijing resents when a democracy like Taiwan gets too close to America

September 2, 2022 | Featured, Heather Richardson |
The Belt and Road Initiative: Why China’s ambitious global development plan will chiefly benefit China

September 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
The concept of Han: Understanding how the ancestral heart of Korea’s spirit can teach us solidarity

September 2, 2022 | Syndicated |
At long last: President Joe Biden calls out MAGA Republicans for their threat of being “semi-fascists”

September 1, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
An autocratic realignment: What if Trump’s conspiracy plot went well beyond what the public knows?

September 1, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Obstruction of Justice: Behind Trump’s concealment of classified documents stolen from the government

September 1, 2022 | Heather Richardson |

August

Paid for by Big Pharma: Mandela Barnes hits at Ron Johnson for selling out to big corporate donors

August 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Statutory Corruption: When saving trillions of dollars and millions of American lives is not enough

August 31, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Economic impact: Experts doubt that Milwaukee could actually see $200M in revenue from the RNC in 2024

August 31, 2022 | Syndicated |
Yvonne Kemp Day: Pioneering female photojournalist celebrated for her years of documenting Milwaukee

August 30, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Photography of imaginary things: Who takes credit for AI-generated artwork using a neural network?

August 30, 2022 | Syndicated |
Dreams of Civil Rights: Why Americans are still fighting the same fights a hundred years later

August 30, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
Expanded plan by Governor Evers aims to help working families with tax cuts offset by massive budget surplus

August 29, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
A Political Cash Cow: How Big Business uses inflation to increase profits and derail democracy

August 29, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Corporate Socialism: How Federal policy went from regulating big business to heavily subsidizing it

August 29, 2022 | Robert Reich |
Milwaukee’s City TV Channel now broadcasting programs with closed captioning in Spanish

August 28, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
A rising death toll: Why crossing the U.S. border from Mexico has become more tragic for migrants

August 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Biden administration to end cruel Trump-era policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico

August 28, 2022 | Syndicated |
Zaporizhzhia could be Chernobyl 2.0: The Russians are again orchestrating an atomic disaster for the world

August 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
An enduring resilience: Remembering Ukraine’s 1991 vote for independence and its continued courage

August 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
The Dream of Democracy: Why Ukrainians have never treated their country’s sovereignty as a given

August 27, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Mental Health Complex to permanently close as County fully transitions to community-based care

August 26, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
The Cure: Why Universal healthcare would enable a healthier population to withstand the next pandemic

August 26, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Signs of hope: Wisconsin medical advisors urge caution as COVID-19 hospitalizations fluctuate

August 26, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin borrowers could get up to $20K in student loan relief with President Biden’s plan to cancel debt

August 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Restricting Teachers: When politicians use fear to control classroom discussions about slavery

August 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Teacher shortage problem: Why disrespect of the academic profession is driving educators away

August 25, 2022 | Syndicated |
Drop in Enrollment: Wisconsin schools struggle to recover from pandemic even as COVID-19 cases decline

August 25, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
From Irpin to Milwaukee: The price we still pay after six months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

August 24, 2022 | Editorial, Featured, Ukraine |
A Colonial War: How Ukrainians are resisting the centuries-old ambitions of Russia’s imperialism

August 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Unhealed Wounds: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine prompts Baltic states to remove Soviet memorials

August 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
State-sponsored Antisemitism: Kremlin’s threat to close Jewish emigration service echoes Soviet era

August 24, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Irpin is my home: Art project uses drawings by local children to produce t-shirt collection of solidarity

August 23, 2022 | Featured, Ukraine |
Bravery as a brand: When Ukraine turned adverting its national image into an effective weapon of war

August 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Crimea’s significance: Understanding the new tactics by Ukraine to liberate its strategic territory

August 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Under conditions of war: Friendships and family ties in Ukraine have been both shattered and strengthened

August 23, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Reggie Jackson: What you don’t know about hate may kill me

August 22, 2022 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The cost of cultural ignorance: Why American Sikhs remain targets of bigotry and racial violence

August 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Frontier Mythology: American gun culture ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West

August 22, 2022 | Syndicated |
Reinventing Treason: When four illegitimate Republican presidents each abandon democracy

August 21, 2022 | Thom Hartmann |
Rage Giving: When charitable donations are motivated by dissatisfaction with the political climate

August 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Why privacy is a foundation of many constitutional protections but not mentioned in the Constitution

August 21, 2022 | Syndicated |
Governor Evers slams latest delay by Republicans over releasing funds to treat opioid abuse in Wisconsin

August 20, 2022 | Curated |
One Pill Can Kill: Waukesha declares health crisis after record number of youth overdose on Fentanyl

August 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
White market drugs: Why the opioid crisis induced by Big Pharma goes beyond the villainy of the Sacklers

August 20, 2022 | Syndicated |
MCTS continues to transform fleet with 73 new clean diesel buses to serve Milwaukee County routes

August 19, 2022 | Curated, Featured |
MCTS rolls out three phase plan for transitioning to new WisGo fare collection system in 2023

August 19, 2022 | Curated |
Uptick in transit ridership: MCTS surpasses one million more rides than same time in 2021

August 19, 2022 | Curated |
A political debt: Race for governor heats up as Evers criticizes his opponent for being beholden to Trump

August 18, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
From bewildered to outraged: When Americans idolize a man who broke his solemn oath for personal gain

August 18, 2022 | Syndicated |
Betraying the Blue: GOP co-opts call for “defunding police” after Trump held accountable to rule of law

August 18, 2022 | Curated |
A Gallery of Heroes: War Memorial Center opens Wisconsin’s first Medal of Honor exhibit

August 17, 2022 | Articles, Featured |
Wall of Faces: Photo found for each service member with name inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

August 17, 2022 | Curated |
A return to repression: The Taliban has failed to deliver on its promises a year after the fall of Kabul

August 17, 2022 | Syndicated |
Forensic Evidence: Lessons from Afghanistan show challenges of proving Russian war crimes in Ukraine

August 16, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated, Ukraine |
Powerful Images: How social media has altered journalism standards for the depictions of war

August 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Russia seeks to further isolate itself with decision to withdraw from the International Space Station

August 16, 2022 | Syndicated, Ukraine |
Escaping from Russian Terror: A reminder that war in Ukraine is not over as families seek safety in Milwaukee

August 15, 2022 | Editorial, Featured, Ukraine |
Six months of suffering: Ukrainian community in Milwaukee holds rally against Russia’s ongoing war

August 15, 2022 | Articles, Ukraine |
Distracting from stolen wealth: Why the rightwing’s “Culture War” sounds so similar to Putin’s propaganda

August 15, 2022 | Robert Reich, Ukraine |
Persecuted Writers: The attack on Salman Rushdie is a wake-up call for defending the freedom to write

August 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
A clash with the Quran: Why Salman Rushdie’s book remains highly controversial after three decades

August 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Espionage Act: How seized top-secret documents point to possible criminal wrongdoing by former president

August 14, 2022 | Syndicated |
Indigenous artists: New photo and painting exhibits showcase Native American identity and history

August 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Rosa Parks documentary to be part of diverse line-up for 2022 Cultures and Communities Film Festival

August 13, 2022 | Curated |
Milton House: Wisconsin’s only remaining authenticated stop on the Underground Railroad

August 13, 2022 | Syndicated |
Environmental Justice: New state office will address climate disparities and help chart a cleaner future

August 12, 2022 | Featured, Syndicated |
Advocates hope Federal program to clean Great Lakes can help stretch of Mississippi River along Wisconsin

August 12, 2022 | Syndicated |
Wisconsin joins Midwest states in plan to build a Lake Michigan road trip route for electric vehicles

August 12, 2022 | Curated |
Political scientists have tried for three generations to figure out why Republicans detest public schools

August 11, 2022 | Featured, Thom Hartmann |
Insecurity by design: Waukesha officials move to end universal free school meals in latest blow to families

August 11, 2022 | Syndicated |
Location unveiled for new youth correctional facility in Milwaukee to replace Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake

August 11, 2022 | Curated |
COVID’s Next Wave: Rapidly mutating virus has public questioning whether to boost now or wait

August 10, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
America’s crumbling healthcare: Study finds “Medicare for All” could have prevented 338,000 COVID deaths

August 10, 2022 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Monkeypox in Milwaukee: Supervisor Burgelis seeks to increase public awareness of newest health hazard

August 10, 2022 | Curated |
I am not a crook: When Nixon preferred to step down as America’s president rather than admit his own guilt

August 9, 2022 | Heather Richardson |
The example of Watergate: How “gate” became a symbolic substitution for political scandal

August 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
Myths in Journalism: Woodward and Bernstein exposed Nixon’s crimes but did not bring down a president

August 9, 2022 | Syndicated |
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 | Robert Reich |
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 | Robert Reich |
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 | COVID-19, 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 | Robert Reich |
The secret assault on our rights: How Conservatives used Wisconsin as a laboratory for autocracy

July 20, 2022 | Robert Reich |
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 | Robert Reich |
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, Robert Reich |
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 | COVID-19, 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 | COVID-19, 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