Author Victoria Shearer’s lifetime of memories visiting Mercer, Wisconsin inspired her latest book “Way Up North Wisconsin Cookbook: Recipes and Foodways from God’s Country.”
A statistical analysis by Marquette University history professor Alan Ball on his SCOWstats blog found the court will finish this session with fewer than 20 decisions, which is less than half the number from the previous term.
UW-Madison sociologist Jessica Calarco says the social structure of the U.S. puts an unfair burden on women, who are often tasked with more of the unpaid care work that keeps the economy moving.
The history of Iron County serves as a microcosm of how deindustrialization in the 20th century affected communities across the Midwest, according to sociologist Amanda McMillan Lequieu, who spent years interviewing residents and leaders in the northern Wisconsin county.