Year In Review 2023: Milwaukee’s efforts to achieve social and economic justice in photos
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Year In Review 2023: Local doctors assist Syrian refugees in medical mission to Jordan
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Year In Review 2023: The impact of aid groups on Syria’s civil war and earthquake recovery
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Year In Review 2023: When Wisconsin’s GOP embodied a dumpster fire inside a clown car
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Year In Review 2023: The ongoing dystopian legacy of Trump’s January 6 insurrection
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Year In Review 2023: Navigating new challenges to faith from soulless AI to weaponized dogma
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Herb Kohl: Former owner of Milwaukee Bucks basketball team and U.S. Senator dead at 88
Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, has died. He was 88. His death on December 27 was announced by Herb Kohl Philanthropies, which did not give a cause but said he died after a brief...
Year In Review 2023: Seeking the truths that connect Milwaukee to the world
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Year In Review 2023: How external governing shapes the local outlook
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
Year In Review 2023: The partnerships and possibilities to build a better Milwaukee
2023 began with the fading threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Wisconsin, the danger to democracy accelerated because of a gerrymandered monopoly by a corrupt political party in Madison. That authoritarian peril was echoed abroad in Milwaukee’s sister city...
President Biden says Trump’s support of insurrection is “self-evident” during economic tour of Milwaukee
President Joe Biden touted his administration’s support for minority-owned businesses and the replacement of lead pipes during a visit to Milwaukee on December 20, while also swiping at Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward migrants and his ongoing lies about his...
Milwaukee and Nigeria’s Abuja formalize Sister City relationship to expand cultural and economic ties
Leaders from Milwaukee and Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, met on December 13 to formally establish a Sister City relationship between the two municipalities. The historic agreement was signed during an official ceremony at City Hall by His Honorable Christopher Zakka,...
