Barbara Miner
ContributorBarbara Miner is Milwaukee-based journalist, photographer and producer. Her work has appeared in news outlets ranging from WUWM to The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Magazine and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The former managing editor of Rethinking Schools, Miner is also the author of the book Lessons from the Heartland: A Turbulent Half-Century of Public Education in an Iconic American City. Among her photography books is Anatomy of an Avenue, which chronicles North Avenue from its beginning at the Milwaukee Lakefront to its end 16-miles later in Pewaukee.
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After the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, Lake Effect contributor Barbara Miner wanted to know what the process of buying a gun was like. Now, she wants to get rid of the gun and is finding it’s far more difficult to do than it was to purchase it. -
Lake Effect essayist Barbara Miner has been writing about her experiences throughout the pandemic. Miner, a local writer, photographer, and producer has…
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Thanksgiving is this week. The holiday celebrates a gathering early American settlers with a group of Native people in Plymouth. It’s also a time to…
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The gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic has many of us looking for respite, some kind of emotional or physical escape. Something to take our minds off of the…
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Milwaukee’s empty storefronts and alleys have become a lot more colorful since the protests over police brutality began. Artists have been putting up…
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Many of us have a lot on our minds right now. We’re practicing social distancing, unable to see our family and friends. We’re navigating working and…
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This weekend will mark one year since a homeless man was found beaten to death on the steps of a Milwaukee church. Johnny Smith, 53, was found dead in his…
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Every week, two dozen or so Latinos meet on Milwaukee’s south side. They're studying to become U.S. citizens. It is an often-unnoticed response to the…
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Fifty years ago this month, the rock band The Who made rock and roll history with a rock opera called “Tommy.” The concept album introduced a…
