Heat mapping finds that Milwaukee experiences hotter summer nights in densely developed urban areas
It may be the dead of winter, but a recent mapping campaign found heavily developed urban areas of Milwaukee stayed about 10-degrees warmer at night than other parts of the city during hot summer days. Last summer, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources...
Milwaukee’s lead pipe replacement rate would take six decades without Federal funds to accelerate program
Beginning in 2017, the city of Milwaukee started the tall task of replacing its 73,000 lead water service lines. Six years later, there is around 67,000 of the water lines still in use in the state’s largest city. Federal funding could help ramp up the removal...
Floral Reflections: Pabst Mansion showcases the ancient Japanese art of Ikebana for a second year
The Pabst Mansion hosted an original cultural exhibition of the ancient art of Japanese floral arrangements for a second year, from April 28 to May 1, in partnership with Ikebana International Milwaukee Chapter 22. “Floral Reflections: Ikebana at the Pabst...
Immigration Enforcement: Migrant deaths in Mexico puts spotlight on how U.S. policy has shifted south
By Raquel Aldana, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and Professor of Law, University of California, Davis The fire-related deaths of at least 39 migrants in a detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, just across the U.S. border with Mexico, will likely be...
Ukrainians mark 37th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster amid escalating nuclear threats from Russia
Workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26 marked the 37th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster amid an ongoing war and nuclear threats, somberly laying flowers at a monument for victims. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used...
A purveyor of hate: Russian media offers job to Tucker Carlson after being ousted as top host at Fox News
Fox News on April 24 ousted prime-time host Tucker Carlson, whose stew of grievances and political theories about Russia and the January 6 insurrection had grown to define the network in recent years and make him an influential force in GOP politics. Fox said that the...
How a company like Fox can claim to be a news organization to publish lies with impunity
By John C. Watson, Associate Professor of Journalism, American University Headlines in early March 2023 implied Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch had made a damning confession. He had affirmed that some of his most important journalists were reporting that the 2020...
Vel R. Phillips Plaza: Milwaukee approves resolution to create a public space named in honor of iconic leader
Mayor Cavalier Johnson signed Common Council file #221817, a resolution approving the funding for the construction of a new public plaza to be named in honor of Milwaukee politician, attorney, jurist, and civil rights activist, Vel R. Phillips. Mayor Johnson was...
Striping of a new dedicated bus lane for Milwaukee County’s BRT begins installation across downtown
As Milwaukee County’s first-ever Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line enters the final construction stage, streets along the downtown route will undergo a visual transformation by being painted with dedicated lane stripes. The dedicated bus lanes, a collaboration between MCTS...
Ukrainian forces consider how to “de-occupy” Crimea as Russia prepares for a likely spring offensive
By Christopher Morris, Teaching Fellow, School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation, University of Portsmouth To paraphrase the words of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, everything began with Crimea, and everything will end there as well. When Russia...
20 Days in Mariupol: Milwaukee Film Festival screens Ukrainian documentary that won praise at Sundance
The visceral documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” produced by the Associated Press and Frontline (PBS) was awarded the Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition Audience Award in January. It will be showcased locally during the 2023 Milwaukee Film...
Homes MKE: Initiative begins renovating vacant City-owned houses to build stronger neighborhoods
City of Milwaukee officials, elected leaders, and local stakeholders formally kicked off the Homes MKE initiative on April 19 in the North Division area of the Lindsay Heights neighborhood. In 2021, Mayor Cavalier Johnson and members of the Milwaukee Common Council...
