Jimmy Gutierrez
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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.
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Bidala/Adobe StockGroundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens says the impact of the cancelled health care subsidies may be even worse in Wisconsin than in other parts of the country. -
Eddie Morales/WUWMCan you find a coffee shop in Milwaukee that’s livelier than a dance club? If you’re visiting Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. in Greenfield, Wisconsin, anytime after 8 p.m. on a Friday or Saturday night, the answer is yes.
About $320,000 of WUWM’s annual operating budget came from the CPB.
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Bazile Panek is a proud member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. When he was just a few days old, he was given the traditional name Minogiizhigaabo, or Standing in the Good Sky. The 25-year-old says it helps ground his determination to be of good heart and good mind in all the work he does. -
Milwaukee is home to plenty of trails for biking, kayaking and hiking. But one trail sign had a WUWM listener confused: What is the Water Current Walking Tour? We’re about to find out. -
The event takes planetarium guests on a halloween-themed indoor stargazing journey through the spookiest parts of space on Fridays this October. -
A new report from the Alliance for the Great Lakes finds agricultural runoff is driving nitrate contamination in Wisconsin’s drinking water.
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Evers signed a new two-year budget Thursday to ensure the state gets a federal Medicaid match that it would lose under Trump's tax and spending cuts package. -
For Bubbler Talk, we explore the history of Silver City, National Park and the neighborhood's former amusement park. -
What can you do when you spot ICE in your neighborhood? One local organization is training community members how to spot, verify and document ICE activity and presence in Milwaukee. -
Headliners include BILAL, Digable Planets, Madison McFerrin and Septeto Charambó. The series is every other Wednesday starting July 2 to August 27 at the Marcus Center's Peck Pavilion. -
After years of litigation following the Dobbs decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, with their liberal majority, ruled that the state's 176-year-old law does not ban abortion in the state.
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