Books
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Eyes on Milwaukee
How The Library Can Save You $750
Jan 15th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Or more. Per year. A guide to reclaiming your tax dollars.
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Echo
Discovering the Driftless Area
Nov 19th, 2017 by Kate Habrel
New book celebrates unique region never touched by glaciers, including western Wisconsin.
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The Shame of Milwaukee
Dec 12th, 2016 by Tula A. Connell
How race baiting was used against Mayor Zeidler in 1956 campaign. Excerpt from new book.
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How Wisconsin Invented Public Radio
Nov 29th, 2016 by Jack Mitchell
In 1917 Wisconsin Public Radio began, becoming a model for NPR, others. Excerpt from a book.
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Book Club
The Cosmopolitan Canopy
Nov 2nd, 2016 by Jeramey Jannene
How can cities like Milwaukee break down ethnic and racial barriers? Our book club considers.
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How Milwaukee Became LGBTQ-Friendly
Aug 8th, 2016 by Michail Takach
It went from very intolerant to more gay bars than Chicago by 1969, a new book finds.
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Book Club
Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus
Aug 2nd, 2016 by Jeramey Jannene
What is the systemic problem that sets the rich against the poor and the technologists against everybody else?
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100 Things to Do in Milwaukee Before You Die
Jun 28th, 2016 by Jennifer Posh
Milwaukee lover Jennifer Posh offers the ultimate Milwaukee bucket list.
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Book Club
The Smartest Places on Earth
May 25th, 2016 by Jeramey Jannene
Rust belt cities might be the real emerging markets, but is Milwaukee one of them?
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The State of Politics
Why Rural Residents Resent Us
Apr 25th, 2016 by Steven Walters
UW Prof listens to people in 29 rural communities, learns why they like Gov. Walker.
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Book Club
The Urban Revolutionary
Apr 13th, 2016 by Jeramey Jannene
New York City's transportation visionary offers a guidebook on how to build great cities.
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Harvard Author Explains Plague of Evictions
Mar 11th, 2016 by Allison Dikanovic
At Boswell Books, MacArthur "Genius" discusses 16,000 people in city evicted annually.
