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Milwaukee Independent marks 10th anniversary and 12,000 articles that shaped the public conversation
Nov 19, 2025
Milwaukee Independent, Milwaukee’s leading independent news publication, proudly marks a decade of...
Sae Iino: How a cultural ambassador hopes to build bridges between the people of Milwaukee and Japan
Sep 26, 2025
When Sae Iino left her hometown in Saitama Prefecture to study in Thailand, she knew the next...
How a grassroots Ukrainian school became a vital community anchor for a growing diaspora in America
Dec 8, 2025
In Bellevue, Washington, a grassroots cultural center shows how one immigrant’s...
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News rating services aim to classify reporting bias but risk distorting the role of journalism
Oct 14, 2025
Rating services like Ad Fontes and Ground News offer public guidance, but critics say they...
A Confederate Disneyland: Why the culture war conditions are ripe for an “America First” theme park
Dec 2, 2025
In 1993, The Walt Disney Company announced a plan to build a new kind of theme park that wouldn’t...
How predatory “surveillance pricing” uses AI to track shopping habits and gouge consumers
Dec 18, 2025
In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, a new kind of consumer surveillance has...
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New foreign worker fee could deepen rural America’s health crisis by driving away international physicians
Dec 16, 2025
By Patrick Aguilar, Managing Director of Health, Washington University in St. Louis There are...
Trump’s new doctrine abandons NATO and realigns U.S. power to advance Russian strategic goals
Dec 9, 2025
The Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States...
The same fear machine driving Republican loyalty to Trump could become the weapon that ends his control
Oct 29, 2025
Trump and his people, with all their strut and swagger, want you to think he’s the most powerful...
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Growing cultural ties between Japan and Wisconsin highlighted at Milwaukee’s Holiday Folk Fair 2025
At Milwaukee’s long-running Holiday Folk Fair International, a three-day festival built on celebrating the cultural traditions of communities from around the world, Japan’s presence this year carried a deeper diplomatic message. The Holiday Folk Fair International remains one of Wisconsin’s major multicultural traditions, drawing dozens of ethnic groups and storytelling from around the world.