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Take a city bus heading to Mayfair Mall, through the central city, and it will pass a Karen community located along N. 45th St. Many Karen refugees from Myanmar, known as Burma, are building their new life in Milwaukee. Na Paw Say Wah is one of the Karen refugees who is working hard to realize her dream. […]

Madison, Wis. — Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders was welcomed like a rock star as he walked onto the stage at the Alliant Energy Center. The crowd of more than 8,000 people cheered so loud that they made the sound system screech. There were many young families and older adults from all over Wisconsin, but […]

Media Milwaukee student journalists at UW-Milwaukee have won 9 Milwaukee Press Club awards in multiple categories, including an award for best college news site. That means Media Milwaukee student journalists have won 30 awards in three different prestigious contests since last fall alone. The MPC Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Competition received hundreds of […]

Wednesday, the story of Austin Arians’ release was reported by multiple sources, including Media Milwaukee. Thursday, it is clear that other team members are following in his footsteps. William Behrns, UW-Milwaukee’s Senior Associate Athletic Director, who told Media Milwaukee of Arians’ release being requested, confirmed to the news site that two more players are doing the same. […]

“It feels good to be back,” said Lotus bassist Jesse Miller. “Milwaukee has always been good to us.” Electronic jam-band Lotus recently returned to Milwaukee for a highly anticipated two-night concert series nearing the end of their current tour. Downtown’s Turner Hall Ballroom was bustling with people of all ages the night of Feb. 26, […]

  Some people are actually there to buy cars. Typically, when someone thinks of an auto show, they think of seeing all the new models of from their favorite manufacturers. However, there are actually a lot of cars for sale. They might not be a high-end sport car, but if you’re in the market for […]

The current Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera, visited UWM Thursday night for a poetry reading and to preach the idea of unity throughout all races and religions. He is the first Latino Poet Laureate of the United States. His visit was a part of the Bordeaux Reading Series. The 67-year-old poet […]

When it comes to sports, Wisconsin is all aboard with the Green Bay Packers. Aaron Rodgers recently threw an amazing throw that earned the Packers the game. This throw not only made fans go crazy, it inspired professors as well, more specifically Paul Lyman, a Physics Professor at The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The newly opened […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student journalists writing for Media Milwaukee have won 10 Wisconsin College Media Association Better Newspaper Contest awards, including four first place honors. They swept the college media investigative reporting category for work created in journalism classes. The student journalists, who write for the news site produced by the  Journalism, Advertising, and Media […]

As part of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s annual Geek Week and Distinguished Lecture Series, LeVar Burton spoke to a diverse crowd of roughly 700 people Wednesday evening to show, through examples of his own work, that the power of storytelling can be used as a powerful teaching tool. Burton is known for a varied acting […]

Over 800 students packed the Wisconsin Room in the Union to see actor and author LeVar Burton, famous host of Reading Rainbow, give a presentation on storytelling and how our imaginations and literacy have played a role in the evolution of technology. “Literacy is a birthright for every one of us,” said Burton. The event […]

Considered the largest state protest since Act 10 of 2011, tens of thousands of Latinos, immigrants and pro-immigration supporters from around the state packed the Capitol Thursday morning against what some describe as state anti-immigration legislation. Organizers of “A Day without Latinos” or “Dia Sin Latinos” assembled at the state Capitol building at 10 a.m. […]