Note: This discussion deals with a complex and controversial topic. We ask readers to keep in mind that this discussion was edited heavily for the purposes of brevity. It is not possible to mention...
With the recent release of the Netflix series Dahmer, the crime entertainment industry is booming now more than ever. Police procedurals and court dramas have long been an integral part of America's television...
It's a Bobbery!
By Bobby Gronert
As many of you may have heard, thanks to the news, social media, or the healthy advertising budgets of Ron Johnson, Mandela Barnes, Tony Evers, and Tim Michels, we had...
The walk on your way to school, work, or a friend’s house may seem mundane to you, but for some, it is a battlefield.
“Defensive architecture” is and has been present in many major metropolitan...
Italian elections provide a warning for our own
As a result of a recent snap election with historically low voter turnout, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy party will become the Prime Minister...
Darrin Madison talks with Shorewood youth socialist advocate
This past August, Darrin Madison won the democratic primary for the 10th State Assembly District, and with no republican competitor, is the...
New developments call for personal responsibility
On June 24th, 2022, Roe V. Wade was overturned, and there was no more federal, constitutional right to get an abortion. The basic access to medical care...
Milwaukee’s hometown hero is coming home. Its name? Socialism.
This town has always been socialist. Milwaukee was a working class city, one full of laborers. We built railroads and dockyards and other...
It’s no secret that American news has a tendency to be partisan, biased and at times inaccurate. We tend to associate these problems with the far right, blaming Fox News and Donald Trump for the rapid...
Dating in high school is hard. Developing a crush, gathering up the courage to ask them out, and then if things don’t go well, dealing with the sting of rejection. This is universal. But what about when...
On April 22, two days after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd, the Shorewood School District sent a communication to all high school teachers. It contained a letter that they were...
We, the editors of Ripples, feel that the district’s consent education curriculum and response to the stories shared by SHS students and alumni is inadequate and insincere.
Existing issues regarding...
