Articles by Brian Kohr

Lars-Erik Miller sits at the corner of the Crow’s Nest Bar in Gloucester, Massachusetts, made famous by the Hollywood film The Perfect Storm. Based on a true story, the movie depicts the fishing crew of the Andrea Gail meeting a ferocious and fatal storm in October of 1991. A memorial banner hangs on the wall for all […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student journalists travel to Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin to shed light on issues not covered by the mainstream media.

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wisconsin — Ann Hartzheim holds a unique position as an educator at the Lac Du Flambeau Public School, a state-funded, non-tribal school sitting on the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indian reservation. She’s one of only a few native teachers in the classroom.  “My responsibility to my students is to […]

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wisconsin — In life, many people find themselves at the crossroads of multiple identities through their beliefs, culture, heritage, and history.   Often, these factors can lead to a struggle in defining personal identity and what it means to be an individual but also part of a larger human family. The tribal members […]

Throughout the past two months, the leader of Russia Vladimir Putin has made repeated threats that Russia is ready to use any means necessary, including the use of nuclear weapons, in order to defend the regions in Ukraine in which Russia has claimed to have annexed, according to the New York Post.  While the White […]

Regan Rayl is a Junior at UW-Milwaukee pursuing Advertising and Digital Arts and Culture.  Rayl is a member of the advertising club as well as a social media intern. In the fall of 2019, after completion of her freshman semester, the COVID pandemic forced her into online schooling for the next three semesters before she […]