Social Issues

A shift in the Trump administration’s stance toward Afghan refugees has shaken members of Wisconsin’s Afghan community, following months of renewed uncertainty about their status in the United States.

The projects will introduce a mix of internet technology to unserved areas: about 76 percent fiber, 10 percent fixed wireless, and 14 percent satellite.

Federal immigration “strike teams” are in Minnesota looking for undocumented Somali immigrants, after President Trump referred to them as “garbage” and said he doesn’t want them in the U.S.

One year into the Oneida Reads program, reading proficiency among Native students in Brown and Outagamie Counties has improved.

Wisconsin is among the Democratic-led states that could lose federal food assistance payments, after threats from the agency that oversees the program.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will take up a case that challenges the practice of holding people in local Wisconsin jails at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Writer Keith Uhlig of Wausau often wondered if he should have taken a different career path. So when he was able to pivot professionally, he finally gave truck driving a shot.

Milwaukee Public Schools is offering a van service to help homeless students get to school. 

Dave Carlson of Eau Claire served two combat tours in Iraq with the Wisconsin National Guard. After returning, he ended up in prison and experienced PTSD.

After a mental health-related tragedy resulted in a Milwaukee woman’s death last month, Wisconsin mental health advocates are asking why there weren’t crisis interventions before the situation escalated.