Hayat Pharmacy offers help to federal employees affected by government shutdown
Families of federal employees are feeling the financial sting of the government shutdown, and one Wisconsin company is making sure that members of the local community can still get their expensive but life saving prescription medicines. The government of...
Attacks on health care in Syria add to ongoing social devastation
Attacks on medical facilities are a violation of international humanitarian law, but that has not deterred armed forces from systematically and deliberately attacking health centers in Syria. Between 2011 and 2017, there were 492 attacks on healthcare in...
After surviving the civil war, Syrian refugees suffer devastating trauma
The psychosocial impacts of being a refugee are so widespread, they have reached epidemic proportions. But recognition or aid for those problems still fail to get the same resources as physical epidemics do, such as viral diseases. There is no system in...
Summit panelists discuss immigration issues impacting Milwaukee in the Trump Era
The 12th Annual Henry W. Maier State of Milwaukee Summit was held on November 15 in the UW-Milwaukee Union Alumni Fireside Lounge, featuring a distinguished panel of community leaders and policy experts who discussed the hot topic issue of...
How anti-immigration policies ingrain fear instead of hope for local refugees
When Janan Najeeb speaks in rural areas about immigration, she is sometimes escorted by police because her hijab and her faith make her a “scary” person. As president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, she said people need to “wage a war of...
Trump’s anti-immigrant military enlistment policy blocked by Federal judge
Despite attacking family members of fallen war heroes, criticizing Sen. John McCain for being captured in war, and recently deploying troops to the border for a costly and unnecessary political stunt, President Donald Trump has nonetheless boasted about...
47th annual international craft fair sells products to advocate for peace
The Milwaukee Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends held the 47th Annual International Gift Shop at their Meetinghouse in the Riverwest neighborhood on November 30 and December 1, attracting hundreds of shoppers who supported global causes...
For Uighurs in China, Islam is seen as a “mental Illness” that needs to be “cured”
China's relentless campaign to erase the identity of the Uighurs continues, as the world remains silent. Abdulla* goes to bed every night dreading that knock on the door, a knock he has heard in recurrent nightmares and in stories from neighbors. He...
From the River to the Sea: CNN fires commentator Marc Lamont Hill for Palestinian Solidarity at UN
No one gets closer to peace by silencing voices critical of a lethal status quo. We need a candid debate about the grim catastrophe unfolding in Israel. Why is it so difficult, if not impossible, to have a candid debate about the grim Israeli-Palestinian...
Milwaukee’s interfaith community celebrates our common humanity with Gratitude exhibit
An exhibition of photographic banners, “Gratitude: a celebration of our common humanity” was displayed in Milwaukee City Hall from November 19 until after the Thanksgiving holiday, a collaborative project of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee’s...
