Year In Review 2024: Bridging cultural identity between Milwaukee and Korea through heritage and art
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
Jimmy Carter: A peanut farmer from Georgia who became the 39th U.S. president has died at age 100
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The...
YIR 2024 Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into the post-COVID graduating class of Hmong students
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
YIR 2024 Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into the sacrifices of Milwaukee’s Ukrainian community
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
YIR 2024 Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into Milwaukee’s sister city relationship with Serbia
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
Year In Review 2024: Milwaukee continues a third year of solidarity with Ukraine’s struggle for freedom
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
YIR 2024 Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into the story of “Silent City Honey” at Forest Home Cemetery
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
YIR 2024 Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into the next phase of restoration for Milwaukee’s Soldiers Home
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
YIR 2024 Podcast: A “Deep Dive” into the nature of social connectedness through lifelong friends
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
Year In Review 2024: Navigating Milwaukee’s social injustice, family struggles, and historical lessons
2024 marked yet another year of profound social change and uncertainty for residents across Milwaukee. While the pandemic had faded into the background of public consciousness, the emotional and financial impact of COVID-19 continued to ripple through the local...
Santa Speaks: A Christmas Letter reflecting on conflicts, struggles, and small acts of hope in 2024
The children of the world write to me each year. They tell me what they want, what they dream of, and sometimes, what they fear. Their letters pile high in my workshop, each one a snapshot of hope and imagination. But this year, their words hit me differently. Their...
Exploring the mind of AI: Another interview with ChatGPT 4.0 about life, Milwaukee, and everything
As part of an April Fools’ Day feature for 2023, Milwaukee Independent conducted a groundbreaking Q&A interview with ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence program developed by OpenAI. At the time, ChatGPT 3.5 represented cutting-edge AI capabilities, and the...
