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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MMSD senior project manager Bridget Henk calls the removal of contaminated sediments from Milwaukee's rivers and estuary a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do right by our waterways. -
The High Road Strategy Center's "State of Working: Wisconsin" report explores what the economy is like for workers across our state and what the future could hold. -
Nearly 200 young people in Wisconsin are both deaf and blind, and they relied on the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project for help. Now the project has been defunded. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
How is Gov. Tony Evers' executive order on vaccines affecting access to COVID shots? What to watch for as the race to replace him in 2026 shapes up.
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