Former Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison July 8 for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to ...

That tension extended far beyond Washington and reached deep into Northern states such as Wisconsin, where Milwaukee emerged ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo plans to say hello to Miami in a few days. First, he had to bid farewell to Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo’s time with the Bucks officially ended on July 6, when the trade sending him ...

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was never just a body of water. It was designed as a civic mirror, a long visual axis between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, carrying the weight ...

The State Department is preparing a limited release of commemorative U.S. passports celebrating America’s 250th birthday that ...

Theirs is a politics of persistence. No grand finale, no cinematic triumph, only the long, steady work of reshaping a city.

Fireworks burst over the National Mall in the summer of 1976, as Americans marked the nation’s Bicentennial with parades, televised ceremonies, patriotic concerts, and a carefully constructed image of ...

The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese American at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that established the ...

The 2026 list, announced in May, marks America’s 250th anniversary with the foundational principle that everyone is created equal as the theme, said Carol Quillen, president and ...

The Deep Dive podcast by Milwaukee Independent takes a closer look at the stories that matter most, uncovering the layers of complexity behind today’s pressing issues. From groundbreaking research to ...

In 1976’s “Rocky,” heavyweight champion Apollo Creed arrives for the title fight dressed as George Washington, reenacting the crossing of the Delaware as models costumed as the Statue of Liberty lead ...