May Day 2026: What Kind of Nation Will This Be?
People take part in May Day rally and march in New York City to protest the Trump administration, New York, U.S., May 1, 2025. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images) Unlike the rest of the world’s democracies, the United States doesn’t use the...
Rooted and Ready
Nasheed presentation from ICN Noor Academy studentsOn April 3 to 5, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) hosted its 27th Annual Education Forum in collaboration with WISER and CISNA, in Chicago. It welcomed about 450 educators, administrators,...
Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD
Rümeysa Öztürk in Boston, Massachusetts, on 10 May 2025. Photograph: Faith Ninivaggi/ReutersRümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student who was targeted by the Trump administration last year in response to co-writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed, completed her...
Milwaukee Film Festival features “Traces of Home,” a Palestinian-Mexican American family’s journey
Photo by Rey TangColette Ghunim’s debut feature film, Traces of Home, won the Grand Jury Prize for Best U.S. Documentary at DOC NYC, the premier competition for documentary film in the United States.Nine years ago, filmmaker Colette Ghunim decided to...
The Wood Wide Web: Signs Beneath Our Feet
There are forests that seem quiet.You walk through them and hear only the wind brushing against leaves, the soft crack of twigs beneath your feet, and perhaps the distant call of a bird. Everything appears still, separate, and independent.But beneath that...
Why are Democratic leaders still ignoring voters on Israel?
‘Outside of the Democratic leadership bubble, this extreme disconnect from the polled opinions of the party’s base might seem puzzling or even stunning.’ Photograph: Rod Lamkey/APWhen the Democratic party’s governing body adjourned its meeting on Saturday...
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...
