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...
Birthplace of the Republican Party: Ripon relocates historic building to boost visibility for next year’s RNC
Officials in Ripon, Wisconsin, have moved the building where the Republican Party is said to have been founded across town to boost visibility as conservatives descend on the state for the GOP national convention next year. Workers moved the Little White Schoolhouse...
A National Divorce: States are already withdrawing from a United America
By Michael J. Lee, Professor of Communication, College of Charleston Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, wants a “national divorce.” In her view, another Civil War is inevitable unless red and blue states form separate countries. She has...
A swollen prison population: How America can recover from its addiction to mass incarceration
By Jeffrey Bellin, Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Professor of Law, William & Mary Law School The incarceration rate in the United States fell in 2021 to its lowest levels since 1995, but the U.S. continues to imprison a higher percentage of its population than almost...
Gender Definitions: Man lands in prison for violent anti-LGBTQ threats against dictionary publisher
A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc. over its updated gender definitions was sentenced to a year in prison. The sentence imposed on Jeremy Hanson, 35, by a federal court in Massachusetts also...
Cognitive Decline: Scientists have known for years that diets high in fat and sugar can impair the brain
By Sara N. Burke, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Cognitive Aging, University of Florida Scientists have known for years that unhealthy diets, particularly those that are high in fat and sugar, may cause detrimental changes to the brain and lead to cognitive...
