40-year-old Racine peace organization hosts lecture, Gaza: Why hasn’t the bloodshed stopped?
Elizabeth Brownson, Ph.D., (left) stood by as Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice president Sonali Knotek (right) introduced the University of Wisconsin-Parkside associate professor of history before her public talk on the often untold history behind...
‘An island of freedom’: Inside the secret beauty salons of Afghanistan
A customer at a secret beauty salon in Kabul receives a manicure [Al Jazeera]Kabul, Afghanistan – In an apartment near a Taliban headquarters, a young woman is discreetly moving about. Breshna* is 24 years old. Today, as on every day for the past year, her...
The Cost of Trying to Make Palestinian Lives Matter in the Newsroom
Protesters gather outside of the New York Times building on December 11, 2023, to protest the newspaper’s Gaza coverage (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)In the heart of Gaza’s ruins, local Palestinian journalists are enduring the unimaginable toll of a...
Milwaukee’s Sudanese shout in the dark
A small but devoted group of members of Milwaukee's Sudanese community created MKE4Sudan (Milwaukee for Sudan) six months ago to raise awareness of the crisis in Sudan. Sudan is 15 months into what the United Nations called this week in a press release...
Sudanese communities take up arms as the army fails to protect civilians
Members of Sudan's armed forces take part in a military parade held on Army Day in Gedaref, 14 August 2024 (AFP)Forces (RSF), which has been clashing with the Sudanese army since hostilities erupted between the former allies in April of last year.As the...
After other members of the ‘Squad’ lost their primaries, Rep. Ilhan Omar manages to hold on
Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks after winning the primary at Nighthawks in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. Kerem Yücel/MPR NewsDemocratic Rep. Ilhan Omar pulled off a win Tuesday night in her primary race against her main rival, former...
Hussain’s example benefits all says Milwaukee’s Shia Muslim Community
Photos by Kamal Moon(Left to right) Sheikh Hasan Rafati of Dar ul-Hikmah, Sheikh Trenton Carl of Sacred Roots, ELCA Pastor Anthony Acompanado and MU Muslim Chaplain Sayyid Sameer Ali led a march of 100 people Saturday commemorating Imam Hussain.As more...
“New Dawn” in Bangladesh? Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Sworn In as PM After Student Protests
We go to Dhaka for an update as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus is sworn in to lead Bangladesh’s caretaker government just days after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled the country amid a wave of student-led...
Ruling Challenges Media Stance on Palestine
Members of the International Court of Justice on July 19, the day they delivered their opinion on the illegality of the Israeli occupation. (ICJ)Major international media faces a dilemma over whether to adapt its reporting to the World...
Milwaukee gallerist Nadia Alkhun recognizes how art is embedded in everything
Photo by Ahmed Obeidat, M.D. Re-established in Greenfield, gallery owner Nadia Alkhun seeks to bring the local community together through art exhibitions, workshops, and community events. Nadia Alkhun lives by the philosophy that not only is each and every...
