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Last week, Milwaukee was one of four cities nationwide that participated in NPR's A Nation Engaged project. The idea behind the project was to gather…

They have offered comfort at nursing homes, schools — even disaster sites. Now, a study shows that a 10-minute visit from therapy dogs can help relieve emergency room patients' pain.

Picking berries is hard, sometimes backbreaking work. But consumers rarely consider the physical labor required to deliver them fresh fruits and vegetables. In a new book, a medical anthropologist argues that farmworkers deserve better health care.

The Petronio Alvarez festival is the big event of the summer — five days of music and food and fashion. More than 100,000 people travel to celebrate Afro-Colombian culture.

From Solomon Juneau to Jean Nicolet, there are many French names we recognize in Milwaukee.Anne Leplae and Mary Emory of the Alliance Française de…

On Sep. 11, 2001, almost 3,000 people died during the terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on the four planes used in the…

Lake Effect essayist Kirsten Wisniewski had a unique view of the Brexit fallout. The Milwaukee native, who has been teaching in Austria for two years,…

The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee (IFCGM) brings together regional leaders from 20 faith denominations. The organization works to establish…

We asked for a wish from expert wishers around the globe — from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to MacArthur "genius" grantee Gregg Gonsalves to Melva Acostaa, who runs a soup kitchen in Peru.

A new state recreational area – called Sauk Prairie – is slowly taking shape in south central Wisconsin, south of Baraboo. Planning has been slow,…