History

Wisconsin's 2019 Supreme Court Voters Hit New Peak Of Partisanship

UW-Green Bay

When it comes to the political division between Republicans and Democrats, elections for Wisconsin Supreme Court often appear quite similar to races for the Legislature or Congress or governor or even President, even though these seats are technically non-partisan.

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Lessons From A Deluge In The Driftless

Keefe Keeley

Wisconsin People & Ideas

People often recount the floods in living memory. August 2018 will be remembered for record-breaking floods that brought devastation throughout the Driftless Area.

QWERTY: Milwaukee's Typing Legacy

Audio:

Meg Jones

Who decided how the letters on keyboards are arranged, and why that particular configuration?

Waadookodaading: The Ojibwe Language Immersion School

Video:

Finn Ryan

To keep Ojibwemowin flourishing, Keller Paap of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Brooke Ammann of the St. Croix Chippewa teach children at Waadookodaading, an Ojibwe language institute.

Series: Refugee Resettlement In Wisconsin

Series: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Excerpts

A Tibetan Refugee Starts Anew, One Small Paycheck At A Time

Madeline Uraneck

When the first 88 Tibetan newcomers arrived in Madison from India and Nepal in 1993, family sponsors and organizers of the Tibetan Resettlement Project helped them find jobs.

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Evolving Research Is Exposing How Flu Crosses The Species Barrier

Will Cushman

WisContext

The 1918 influenza pandemic prompted intense interest in the disease, including in Wisconsin, placing scientists in the state at the vanguard of flu research over the ensuing century.

Series: Disparities And Equity In Wisconsin

Series: UW Applied Population Lab: Wisconsin's Demographics

How Redlining Continues To Shape Racial Segregation In Milwaukee

Leah Foltman

UW Applied Population Lab

Malia Jones

UW Applied Population Lab

Milwaukee is one of the most racially segregated cities in the United States, and one of segregation's most meaningful engines was the historical practice of redlining.