Wisconsin Classic Stage presents first ever anti-war drama—The Persians
A new Milwaukee theater company opens its first season with The Persians, an ancient play about the price of war. Two dollars from every ticket sold directly benefits WarChild, a nonprofit that protects and supports the wellbeing of children impacted by...
How Many People Have the U.S. & Israel Killed in Iran?
The funeral on March 3, for the victims of the U.S.-Israeli attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran. (Tasnim News Agency/ Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY 4.0) After the breakdown of talks in Pakistan, the ceasefire between the U.S....
Sewage sludge battle heats up as health advocates appeal move to dismiss EPA lawsuit
A federal court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit alleging US regulators failed to prevent widespread contamination of farmland with toxic PFAS chemicals was based on a “flawed interpretation” of the Clean Water Act, creating “dangerous real-world...
MATC’s big Arab American Heritage Month celebration
Photos by Cherrie Hanson Michael Rogers (left), vice president of Student Engagement & Community Impact, and Sawsan Rizeq (right), supervisor of student advising, worked together to help bring Arab Heritage Month to Milwaukee Area Technical College. In...
Negative views of Israel, Netanyahu continue to rise among Americans – especially young people
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Americans have increasingly negative...
UNICEF Says Children ‘Being Pulled From Under Rubble’ in Lebanon After Israeli Bombardment
Rescue workers continued to search for missing people in the Beirut neighborhood of Tallet al-Khayat on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) A United Nations agency said late Thursday that Israel’s massive...
Muslim Women’s Coalition’s inaugural conference connects faith and leadership
Registration for Wisconsin's first ever Muslim Women's Leadership Conference is open until April 16. The Muslim Women’s Coalition’s inaugural leadership conference, the first leadership conference in Wisconsin tailored for Muslim women, will be held...
War on Iran: These are the heritage sites devastated by US and Israeli attacks
Debris at the historical monument Golestan Palace after it was damaged in strikes, Tehran, Iran, on 3 March (Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters)Iran’s history is layered with conquest, cultural renewal and craftsmanship - all of which can...
Chokehold: The Trump administration’s stealth plan to unleash poisonous air
The EPA stopped valuing the lives it could save, setting up a deregulatory disaster that will be hazardous to your health. For the past year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has bowed time and time again to the demands of fossil fuel lobbyists,...
Press conference becomes huge rally for ISM president taken by ICE
Photos by Cherrie HansonHundreds of people came in support of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee president Salah Sarsour, who was taken out of state Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Cars filled the almost 500 spaces of the Islamic...
