Call It: Reading Cormac McCarthy at the End of the End of History
Sam Harshner on Blood Meridian
Mildred Fish Harnack’s Antifascist Resistance
By Art Heitzer and Elizabeth Hoffmann Dr. Mildred Fish Harnack was a Milwaukee native who gave her life in the fight against fascism during World
Milwaukee News Roundup for August 25, 2023
It’s Friday in Milwaukee. And it’s been, to put it mildly, a week. And as ever, it falls to us to ask: hey, wha’ happened? So let’s get right into it.
Beat The Heat
Milwaukee residents are paying dearly to keep We Energies’ shareholder profits high this summer.
Milwaukee News Roundup for August 18, 2023
Happy Friday and welcome back to the Leader’s weekly news roundup. We’ve got bad news and good news. First, the bad news: the Crew got
Milwaukee News Roundup for August 11, 2023
Today officially marks the end of the dies caniculares, the forty sultry, simmering “dog days” of summer. We at the Leader have not been immune
Democratic Socialists Are Fueling a Hot Labor Summer
From strike support to training organizers and supporting union drives, DSA members are helping to build a fighting labor movement.
Socialist Song of the Week: Legalize It
Legalize It (Peter Tosh, 1976) Recently, members of the Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) did something absurd. They formed a working group dedicated to
Milwaukee News Roundup for July 28th, 2023
This week, we’ve got the rotting corpse of Northridge mall, an attempt at hamstringing non-carceral justice programs, sterling leadership and poise from our Republican delegation to the Congress, and more.
Milwaukee News Roundup: July 21, 2023
This weekend is the Milwaukee Air & Water Show (presented by WaterStone Bank!), and you know what that means: for one special weekend, Milwaukee residents