“Walking Together, Weaving the World” threading solidarity into local World Refugee celebrations
Photos by Cherrie HansonOn World Refugee Day at Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd., Milwaukee, Yvone Chandja and Why Not Now Mission (Congolese) were one of a dozen craft market participants. The upcycled hand woven baskets are made by local...
Progressives on AIPAC’S defeat of Bowman: “Now we know how much it costs to buy an election”
George Latimer speaks to supporters after his Democratic primary win against incumbent Rep. Jamaal Bowman, in White Plains, N.Y., on June 25, 2024. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesREP. JAMAAL BOWMAN’S Tuesday upset defeat by Westchester County Executive...
HOME’s World Refugee Day 2024 celebrates Milwaukee’s rich refugee community
Photos by Kamal Moon Saw Nay Tha Win organized the Karen drum group that performed at Lynden's World Refugee Day. Youth leaders from Milwaukee’s refugee community took center stage Thursday at Milwaukee’s World Refugee Day kick-off at City Hall. The United...
Unprecedented Global Heatwaves Highlight the Growing Impact of Climate Change
Meteorologists attribute the current surge in temperatures across numerous parts of the world to global warming. While a few regions are experiencing cooler conditions, the majority are enduring significantly warmer weather than usual. North America,...
1,300 people died in heat-stricken Hajj pilgrimage
A man affected by the scorching heat is helped by another Muslim pilgrim and a police officer during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 16. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images The Hajj is a journey of sacrifice that able Muslims are required to take once in...
Control your wandering mind and focus—tips from neuroscience
Photo courtesy of Abbas Ali, M.D.Abbas Ali, M.D., of Mequon, a board-certified physician with three specialties, critical care, pulmonary medicine and sleep medicine, researches neuroscience to share tips with fellow doctors and community members on focus,...
“Where Olive Trees Weep”: Dr. Gabor Maté & Ashira Darwish on New Film Exploring Trauma in Palestine
A new documentary, Where Olive Trees Weep, explores Palestinian loss, trauma and the fight for justice over decades of life under Israeli occupation. We speak with two people featured in the film: Ashira Darwish, a Palestinian journalist and therapist, and...
Nine Million People Have Fled. Up to 150,000 Are Dead. No One Is Talking About It.
Photo courtesy of Khartoum Kitchen In Sudan, a long-building crisis has turned a political dispute between two military generals into a humanitarian catastrophe of unimaginable scale. More than 9 million people have had to flee their homes in what the...
At the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center, Eid is a time to celebrate
Photos by Sandra Whitehead Friends and relatives hug and greet each other after the Eid al-Adha prayer Sunday at the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center. Worshippers dressed in their holiday best filled practically every inch of the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah...
Do you condemn Hamas?
This question became seemingly ubiquitous following October 7. As Palestinians defied the imagination, breaking out of Gaza after over a decade and a half of living under total air, land, and sea blockade, many found themselves having to face this...
