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The book She Said dives into how journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey pieced together the full picture of Harvey Weinstein’s abuses, including tracking down secret payments and being tracked by private detectives.

Marquette's J.R.R. Tolkien collection is extensive. It include the original manuscripts for classics such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Now, their library has started a project to record the oral history of Tolkien’s fans.

Send for Me: A Novel uses the real letters of Wisconsin-based author Lauren Fox's great-grandmother to show the life of a Jewish woman trapped in Nazi Germany after her daughter was able to escape.

The Home Front, a historical fiction novel by DW Hanneken, follows Maggie Wentworth during the last years of World War II. Her abusive husband has shipped off to fight in Europe, she is trying to take care of her son and her aging father and manage the German prisoners of war who have been assigned to work at her Wisconsin farm.

When it comes to discussing politics, especially controversial topics, it can be difficult to leave a conversation without feeling the need to shout at…

Black history in the United States is often focused on the incredible tragedy and pain Black Americans have faced since the beginning of the nation’s…

Richard Hedderman is a local poet, author and educator at the Milwaukee Public Museum, where he also coordinates the creative writing programming. His…

In 2021, Black women are still fighting a historic battle — challenging racism and misogyny, and demanding equality and justice.Poet Cherene Sherrard digs…

Updated 12:11 p.mFrom 1942 to 1945, Hollywood created over 200 movies centered around World War II. Thus creating the genre of World War II films, which…

The internment of Americans with Japanese ancestry during World War II is part of this nation’s dark history of racial discrimination. These stories have…