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Dick Cavalco: A life shaped by service but also silence for 65 years about the Korean War

Dick Cavalco: A life shaped by service but also silence for 65 years about the Korean War

Posted by | Oct 16, 2024

EXPLORING KOREA: Stories from Milwaukee to the DMZ and across a divided Peninsula. This special series explores historical sites and cultural traditions from across the Korean Peninsula, building a bridge back to the search for identity in Milwaukee. From the occupation of Korea at the end of World War II, to Korean War veterans in Milwaukee, veterans from Milwaukee who served in later years at the DMZ, adopted South Korean children who grew up in Milwaukee, different waves of the South Korean diaspora who moved to Milwaukee to raise their families, and even a defector from North Korea, their...

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If Trump Wins: Why Republicans talk about Making America Great while planning to burn it all down

If Trump Wins: Why Republicans talk about Making America Great while planning to burn it all down

Posted by | Jul 22, 2024

Following both speeches by Vance and Trump at the RNC, the future trajectory of America if they are elected is pretty clear. First, it is important to acknowledge that this is no longer your (or my) father’s GOP. Vance is the pre-packaged, well-massaged “product” of a group of Silicon Valley billionaires who are enamored of the writings of Ayn Rand and David Koch’s Libertarian movement. Trump has made it clear he’s happy to go along with the Galt’s Gulch crowd, particularly if it makes him more money. These men are revolutionaries with little regard for political history or norms....

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GOP delegates cheer the nomination of a convicted felon for president with JD Vance as running mate

GOP delegates cheer the nomination of a convicted felon for president with JD Vance as running mate

Posted by | Jul 16, 2024

Cheering GOP delegates formally nominated Donald Trump for president, despite being a convicted felon, as the Republican National Convention kickoff on July 15, less than two days after his brush with gun violence at a political rally. Their vote made it official that Trump, who has long been the presumptive nominee, will lead the GOP in a third consecutive election. The winner in 2016, he lost to current President Joe Biden in 2020. In November, he will again face Biden. Hours after the vote, Trump chose Senator JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate, picking a onetime critic...

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The endless trail of exploitation that began with Reagan’s false promise and led to the chaos of Trump

The endless trail of exploitation that began with Reagan’s false promise and led to the chaos of Trump

Posted by | Jul 12, 2024

Donald Trump tells us we are experiencing “American carnage” and the solution is to round up and put into concentration camps 11 million immigrants; imprison prosecutors, judges, Democrats, and reporters he says criticized him; and replace the FBI and our court systems with his own armed cadre that is loyal to him. The Proud Boys are stepping up again, and he is embracing them. Seventy million Americans, and commentators across the massive rightwing media ecosystem, agree with him. How did we get here? The 1970s were a pivotal decade, and not just because it saw the end of the...

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Israel’s reactionary raids on West Bank refugee camps fuels the militancy it is trying to stamp out in Gaza

Israel’s reactionary raids on West Bank refugee camps fuels the militancy it is trying to stamp out in Gaza

Posted by | Jun 6, 2024

An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day gunbattle with Palestinian militants. By the time it was over, homes had been blasted to rubble and many residents had fled. The raid was not in Gaza, where Israel is at war with Hamas, but more than 60 miles away in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank — a territory that has been under Israeli military rule for over a half-century. The persistence of Palestinian militancy in the West Bank, and its surge since the war in Gaza began, shows the limits of Israel’s military...

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Community Building: David Crowley takes Oath of Office for second term as Milwaukee County Executive

Community Building: David Crowley takes Oath of Office for second term as Milwaukee County Executive

Posted by | May 10, 2024

David Crowley took the oath of office to begin his second term as Milwaukee County Executive on May 9. On April 2, 2024, Crowley was reelected Milwaukee County Executive with 85% of the total vote. First sworn into office in May of 2020, Crowley became the youngest county executive in the history of Milwaukee County and the first Black leader elected to serve in the role. When County Executive Crowley was sworn into office for the first term in May of 2020, it was on the front steps of his home with no fanfare celebration due to the COVID-19...

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