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We travel to Riveredge, northwest of Milwaukee, to learn about the energy and vision of the place, starting with its new executive director.In the 1960s…

Along with the discussions and marches for Black Lives Matter, another phrase people are learning more about is “white privilege.” It’s a term that refers…

There are two groups of Milwaukee filmmakers premiering their films at the Sundance Film Festival this year. One of those films is a short documentary by…

Did you have a summer job when you were a kid? 12-year old Noah Godsell has a summer job, and as a result, so do about a dozen of his friends and peers.…

2020 and 2016 are virtually tied for the hottest year on record. That means more powerful hurricanes, more intense wildfires, less ice and longer heat waves.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maud Newton about her book Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation, a memoir that explores her family history of racist violence.

Updated Sept. 28 at 3:44 p.m. CTWisconsin is a pivotal battleground state in the 2020 race for the White House. In addition to voting for president,…

Sociologist Matthew Desmond was featured on Lake Effect a couple of years ago, as his book, Evicted, was just coming out. The book went on to win the…

Young voters and Native American voters are two groups that showed up for President Biden in the 2020 election. But ahead of his 2024 match-up, it's unclear if he'll be able to keep their support.

Eight-hundred and eighty-eight. According to a recent study, that's how many people died from drug overdoses in Wisconsin between 2012 and 2015. It's a…