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For more than a decade a group of Wisconsin researchers based at UW-Madison have been gathering data through a program called SHOW (Survey of the Health…

Lawmakers in New Zealand are reportedly working to revise that country’s gun laws, following this month’s mass shootings at two mosques that killed at…

If you've ever seen a Milwaukee Opera Theatre (MOT) production, you already know they don’t present your normal operatic fare. If you’ve never seen a…

The art exhibit called “Water Works” opens Friday evening at RedLine Milwaukee.The show's curator, environmental activist and artist Melanie Ariens, chose…

The new production at the Milwaukee Rep, “Guards at the Taj,” is less than 90 minutes long, but that’s enough time for the two-person show to cover plenty…

President Abraham Lincoln termed the push-pull, sometimes violent war for our nation’s soul as “the battle for our better angels.” More than 150 years…

Between this season’s political debates, political ads, campaign rallies and other events, candidates for office have made a lot of claims over the past…

Earlier this week, we heard about the strong state of charitable giving in Wisconsin and a recent report on philanthropy here. While some are giving money…

Sometimes, you just have a suspicion a person is going to go on to big things. Almost exactly 11 years ago, Lake Effect interviewed an up-and-coming…

Earlier in January, the city of Wauwatosa was featured in a New York Times article. But instead of the flyover country narratives we're used to hearing in…