Eternal Justice: President James A. Garfield and the ideas that outlive all earthly things
On August 6, 1880, Republican presidential candidate James A. Garfield gave one of his most famous speeches. Then a congressional representative from Ohio, Garfield was in New York City to make peace with Roscoe Conkling, a Republican kingmaker who hated him and his...
Trump loyalists outline plan to create a dictatorship if voters return him to power in 2024
A recent story in “The New York Times” outlined how former president Donald Trump and his allies are planning to create a dictatorship if voters return him to power in 2024. The article talks about how Trump and his loyalists plan to “centralize more power...
While Trump complains of unfair treatment it is far better than what most other criminal defendants get
By Christopher Robertson, Professor of Law, Boston University; and Russell M. Gold, Associate Professor of Law, University of Alabama Former President Donald Trump often complains that he is being treated unfairly by the prosecutors charging him with crimes. Trump is...
How Trump went from condemning the January 6 insurrectionists to being one of their top supporters
The day after January 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump denounced the rioters who violently stormed the Capitol building, breaking through barricades, battling law enforcement and sending members of Congress, who were set to formally certify his reelection loss,...
Factory jobs in Wisconsin get boost from President Biden’s “Buy America” infrastructure policy
Efforts by the Biden administration have been helping create new factory jobs as part of a push to bring high-speed internet to the whole country, jobs that coincidentally help to back up President Joe Biden’s messaging for the 2024 elections. Vice President...
Dust and rubble: Türkiye’s preparedness remains uncertain six months after devastating earthquake
Dust and rubble fill the street as an excavator tears off chunks of concrete from an old apartment building. Bystanders and former residents watch from afar as construction equipment tears down the structure. Among the bystanders is Ibrahim Ozaydin, 30, a former...
Hasidic life in Uman: A journey across Ukraine to the Tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Tetiana Storozhko: Being a witness to the history of Roma culture in Ukraine
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Remembering Oskar Schindler: A photojournalist’s diary from the streets of Jewish Kraków
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Iryna Pletnyova: How the city of Uman transformed into a hub for refugees fleeing war
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Bombs in the night: Why children in Uman are still traumatized by Russia’s missile attack
Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine on April 28. The terrifying nighttime attack killed 23 people in the city of Uman, when two missiles slammed into an apartment building. Three children were among the dead. Uman is located in central Ukraine, about 134 miles south of Kyiv.
School Bunkers: When a national flag becomes a memorial to dead Ukrainian students
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
