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Engravings on bullet casings. Manifestos. Online profiles filled with hate. How deep does the rabbit hole go for mass shooters? Extremism experts warn that politicians and media outlets are getting the motivations of these young, isolated shooters all wrong.
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Jim Meeker and Ted ClineAn administrative law judge is weighing a proposal by Canadian company Enbridge to reroute its Line 5 pipeline through northern Wisconsin, as the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental experts warn of lasting damage to wetlands and waterways that flow into Lake Superior. -
Aziz RahmanFor almost two years, Gaza has been in the headlines. The bombings and destruction have all been livestreamed digitally nonstop. So it might be easy for some people to put it to the side and not pay attention. But for three people from Milwaukee, it meant moving closer and helping where they could.
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About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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New reporting from "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" eulogizes the lives of the 23 Milwaukee Public Schools students killed by gun violence between June 2024 and June 2025. -
Since Pick ’n Save closed in Milwaukee’s Metcalfe Park neighborhood this summer, community partners have been working to bridge the food access gap for residents. -
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.
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Summer means warmer days, longer nights and summer vacation. For young people in Milwaukee it also means a new season of Milwaukee Recreation programming. -
MPS educator and JustUs and Books creator Janette Justus joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to discuss how she's reaching students with the power of reading. -
As hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community rise across the nation, local groups in Milwaukee are doing something about it. They're teaching self-defense skills. -
The Clean Boats, Clean Waters program trains volunteers to perform boat checks and educate people about preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. It’s become one of the most successful boat inspection programs in the country, and it all started as a middle school science project in northern Wisconsin. -
Melissa Buford was appointed to lead Milwaukee’s Office of African American Affairs. She says her personal and professional community experiences will inform her work.
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