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The famous Met Gala happened in New York on Monday, May 4, this year, but not every star was in attendance. 


Taraji P. Henson, known for her roles in “The Color Purple” and “Hidden Figures,” took to social media three days before the event to question the celebrities who attended the event. 


“I am just like WTF are we doing!?!?!?!,” the actress commented on an Instagram reel of writer and comic Meredith Lynch. 


Lynch stated that she would be “dragging” celebrities who wear an “ICE Out”...

A solitary hospital bed is illuminated in the middle of a room. The mattress is thin and hard, like a prison slab. The lights are dim and the room is cold. 


After a moment, a pregnant woman in a gray sweatsuit waddles in, her arm tightly held by a guard in a dark uniform. The sound of the heavy shackles she wears fills the room as they cut off circulation in her wrist. 


They’re removed momentarily, so she may replace her [clothing] with an open back hospital gown that remains untied. The g...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he’d ask privately for King Charles III to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond in a press conference on Wednesday. 


“If I were to speak to the king separately from that [event], I would probably encourage him to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond,” said Mamdani, an Indian-American, before a ceremony commemorating 9/11. 


The large jewel was described by India as a “valued piece of art with strong roots in our nation’s history,” according to The Indian Express.  


The Ko...

In the Food Center & Pantry in the UW-Milwaukee Student Union, nonperishable items line the shelves: bagged rice, canned green beans, canned corn and boxed pasta. On one wall are a few freezers with signs taped to them stating that students are allowed to take only one item from each.


But this is not the only food pantry on campus. Walk into the Cultures & Communities Center in Bolton Hall, and to the right will be new, additional student-run food pantries.


Sam Knight, the founder and pres...

Milwaukee residents demanded that Flock cameras be removed from the streets at the Fire and Police Commission meeting on March 5 at Milwaukee City Hall. 


“I think that it’s a really great day when a room can be this full,” said Ajak Johnson, a resident who spoke during the meeting. “But I think that it’s also a really bad day when a room can be this full.” 


A Flock camera is an AI-powered automated license plate reader (ALPR) that captures images of vehicles that pass it, storing details l...

Lua Pederson is a fifth-year Digital & Visual Communications major at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a student worker in the LGBTQ+ Resource Center at the university. Pederson says he has a negative opinion of the current administration and that he worries for the future of the United States.


Skye Williams: So, it hasn’t been a full year of Trump’s presidency. Are you feeling any specific type of way about it, negative or positive?


Lua Pederson: It feels like it’s been foreve...

Cathy Spyres is a long-time active member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church and works as the head of volunteers for the Doors Open Milwaukee event at the church. She’s lived in Milwaukee her entire life and was previously a member of Milwaukee’s first Greek Orthodox church.


Skye Williams: Are you from the Milwaukee area? How long have you been here?


Cathy Spyres: Yes, I was born in Milwaukee, and so were my parents. I was born in 1947. I’m 78 years old.


Skye Williams: You’re so...