Teran Powell
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WUWM
A Black-owned art gallery in Milwaukee, 5 Points Art Gallery & Studios, is facing an uncertain future, but owner Fatima Laster is dedicated to finding a solution.
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Eddie Morales/WUWMYemeni coffee houses are popping up in the Milwaukee area. For our final Yemeni coffee shop stop, we visit Qahwah House in Oak Creek. -
Courtesy of the LIGO collaboration.UW-Milwaukee physics and astronomy assistant professor Lia Medeiros explains gravitational waves and the role UWM played in discovering them.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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Dewey Schanandore is one of thousands of Indigenous people who attended a residential school in the United States. He shares his story and how he has overcome its lasting challenges. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
Yemeni coffee houses are popping up all over the Milwaukee area. WUWM drinks its way through some of them, starting with Haraz Coffee House on the east side. -
The federal government has been shut down for about two weeks. This week’s Capitol Notes digs into the politics behind it and the potential effects in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin is the third best state for cycling, behind only New York and Alaska, according to PeopleForBikes' City Rankings report. The report shows that Milwaukee's bike accessibility has increased by over 50% since 2018. -
A hotly-debated reroute of a portion of a gas and oil line in northern Wisconsin is seeing its day in court. -
A Milwaukee-based security company is working to increase access to firearms education in the Black community. -
Wisconsin's minimum wage is currently at $7.25 per hour, the federal minimum. A coalition of labor and progressive groups are campaigning for a boost to $20 per hour. -
What do we need to know about a presidential disaster declaration? Why Trump's National Guard troop-ire may not hit Milwaukee, and more on this week's Capitol Notes.
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