Criminalizing Abortion and Overturning Roe v. Wade is Not The Answer Posted on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 by Michael Null Abortion is health care. Any lack of access to safe, dignified health care is discriminatory and violates Americans’ human rights, and a woman’s access to abortion is no exception. On May 2, Politico released a leaked draft majority opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overruled Roe v. Wade. Alexis McGill Johnson, […]
Young Teachers Stepping into the Classroom with Passion and Concerns Posted on May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 by Michael Null More than half of America’s teachers are considering leaving the profession, according to a February poll by the National Education Association (NEA), and burnout is on the rise. Students training to walk into their own classrooms soon say they bring a passion to education but are aware of the hardships they are about to encounter. […]
“We can’t go back to how things were before because it didn’t work before.” Posted on November 9, 2021August 23, 2023 by Michael Null Madeline Nimmo, a 24-year-old graduate student at UW-Milwaukee, finds that reaching a normal state of living is impossible, because everything has changed so drastically. She says “normal” is impossible, so adaptation is the only option. (Michael Null) How have you been holding up this school year so far? (Madeline Nimmo) School has been kind of […]
“Humans make connections with the face. With masks, you don’t know what they’re doing.” Posted on November 9, 2021August 23, 2023 by Michael Null Stone LaPorte, a 22-year-old music major at UW-Milwaukee, found a sense of normalcy being surrounded by his peers and doing more of the “little things” again after in-person classes came back. (Michael Null) What’s something you remember about your first day of classes this year? (Stone LaPorte) Oh man, I think I missed my first […]
Students React to The Weeknd Getting Snubbed and Grammy Nominations Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 by Michael Null After calling out the Grammy’s almost a month ago, Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, is still having listeners scratching their heads over his lack of nominations for the award show. “I can’t really think of any reasonable explanations for why The Weekend wasn’t included,” said Jack Chiapete, a student at The University of […]
Karl Dockstader opens up About his Arrest During the Press Freedom & Land Defense Event Posted on December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 by Michael Null After the arrest of an Indigenous journalist in Canada, a larger concern has been raised about law enforcement determining who is a journalist and what journalism actually is, according to Karen Pugliese, former president of Canadian Association of Journalists and Ryerson University professor. “This is outrageous when we have a constitutional right,” said Pugliese. “We’ve […]
CJTV and The New Media Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 by Michael Null With a viewer count of over 60,000, C.J. Halliburton, better known as CJTV, kept his live-stream going as the chaos erupted in Kenosha after the shooting of Jacob Blake. He captured the altercation between Kyle Rittenhouse and protesters along with the shootings. “I make it halfway up the block, and I see Kyle Rittenhouse, with […]