Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
Switching to big tech alternatives is easier than you might imagine. Illustration: Jake Hawkins/The Guardian here’s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media harms, misinformation, polarisation, mining...
New Poll Shows Biden Risking 20% of Voters in Key Battleground States
Protesters outside of a campaign event for President Joe Biden in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 2024. Photo by Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty imagesA new poll of voters in five key battleground states has found President Joe Biden’s handling of the...
Atonement for My Zionist Upbringing
Protesters from the Tsav 9, or known as Order 9, march towards the border crossing checkpoint with the goal of blocking aid shipments from getting into the Gaza, in Kerem Shalom, Israel, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (Photo: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via...
Promoting civic engagement is the passion of new WMCA executive director Fauzia Qureshi
New executive director of WMCA, Fauzia Qureshi will focus on the urgency for civic engagement in the Muslim community. The Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance (WMCA) welcomed Fauzia Qureshi as their new executive director on April 1, replacing the interim...
We are reporting on a genocide through emojis—what does this mean for journalism?
If you get any of your news from social media, you have probably seen journalists refer to the ongoing genocide in Gaza through a series of skull emojis and watermelons.Sadly, this is now a common approach on social media for journalists and content...
Aid groups warn of mounting challenges to Gaza operations
A view of destroyed clinic belonging to the United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after Israeli attack on Gaza City, Gaza on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)Humanitarian workers already face a slew of...
UWM Popular University for Palestine Coalition agreement reached – official statement
Photo by Kamal MoonStudents spent 15 days at the “Falasteen Lawn” encampment before the University of Milwaukee - Wisconsin administration came to an agreement regarding the demands of the newly formed UWM Popular University for Palestine...
Google: Stop retaliating against workers speaking out for Palestine—Reinstate the Fired 50
In an aggressive and desperate act of retaliation, Google has fired 50 workers, including non-participating bystanders, as a response to April 16th's historic, coast-to-coast sit-ins that took place inside Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office in...
How one organization is providing mental health care to Palestinians living through genocide
GAZA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM STAFF PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT TO DISPLACED CHILDREN, WOMEN, ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN EVACUATION CAMPS IN DEIR AL-BALAH AND RAFAH, IN MARCH 2024. (PHOTO: GAZA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH...
Brookfield moms join University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students’ protest
Photo by Kamal MoonAn encampment established April 29 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment in Israel has been a peaceful place of teach-ins, shared dinners and quiet study areas for students finishing...
