History

Wisconsin Humanities oversees educational and cultural programming across the state. It’s preparing to shut down after the Trump administration abruptly promised to cut off funding.

WPR’s “BETA” talks with author Sara Sligar, who has written a suspenseful, gripping narrative that raises several questions about the nature of truth in our digital age.

The film “Brady Street: Portrait of a Neighborhood” shares some of the history of the street, ranging from tales of Polish and Italian immigration to the transformation of the neighborhood into a counterculture hotspot in the 1960s and 70s.

State and local fire officials explained their process for fighting a 750-acre wildfire in south central Wisconsin, and they also shared what more to expect during the spring.

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield laid out the impacts that international conflicts can have domestically.

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes is from Verona. His movie, “My Dead Friend Zoe,” is based on his own experiences being deployed to Iraq and coming back home.

Through this thriving online hub, Wausau natives around the globe remain connected, preserving their history while collectively shaping the city’s evolving narrative. 

Where do people move when they’re displaced by climate-fueled natural disasters? A climate journalist joins WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” to explain what people get wrong about “climate havens.”

A new exhibit from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum features never-before-seen or rare objects on display to highlight the contributions that Wisconsin veterans make after they leave the military.

The stretch between Grand Marais and Whitefish Point, Michigan, is the final resting place of roughly 200 shipwrecks, garnering a reputation as “The Graveyard of the Great Lakes.”