A fortified prison of false faith: How White domestic terrorism was born in the Church
The Scriptures say that the truth will set you free. Right now, millions of white Christians in America are in a fortified prison of our own design; the impenetrable walls fashioned from decades of privilege and self-denial, the bars made of false stories our parents...
Longtime home run leader and former Milwaukee baseball player “Hammerin” Hank Aaron dies at 86
Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died on January 22. He was 86. The Atlanta Braves, Aaron’s longtime team, said...
Anti-Displacement Funds program offers Milwaukee neighborhoods a lifeline against rising assessments
When property taxes increase, the likelihood of displacement does as well. This reality is all too familiar to those who live in Milwaukee neighborhoods such as Halyard Park, Harambee, Brewer’s Hill, and Walker’s Point. It is this issue at the heart of MKE United’s...
New alumni-funded scholarship links Cristo Rey Jesuit High School graduates with Ripon College
A new endowed scholarship will link graduates of Cristo Rey Jesuit, a high school in Milwaukee, and Ripon College. The Franzen/Cristo Rey Endowed Scholarship is named for Ripon College graduates Mark Franzen ’83 and Janice Heinz Franzen ’83 of New Berlin who are...
The Hill We Climb: Amanda Gorman delivers inspirational inaugural poem
As the nation’s first national youth poet laureate, Amanda Gorman made history on January 20 as the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew” during the...
Leaving office in Disgrace: Farwell to a delusional president and his toxic brand of patriotism
“When a Republican says ‘impeachment is divisive’ it’s the same as when an abusive spouse tells says that if you leave or call the cops, you’re the one tearing the family apart.” – Dante Atkins Dear President Trump… In...
