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Climate Strike; Madison, WI 2019; © 2020 Jason Houge, All Rights Reserved; VoTP_118

Yes We Can and Together We Will When a protest has ended, is that the end of the movement? A photograph lives on, it keeps the conversation going. Voice of The People is a look at more than a decade of protests, marches and actions in the U.S. from 2009-2019. I was raised by a predominantly Republican and Catholic family. Growing up, the children in my family were often not allowed to be present during political conversations or news broadcasts. We never discussed or were told about the historic protests, rallies, and marches that helped shaped our home country, the United States. In short, weRead More →

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Chiclone; Algoma, WI 2011; © 2022 Jason Houge, All Rights Reserved; Algoma_065

The Key West of the Midwest Algoma is a city of about 3,000 people on Wisconsin’s shore of Lake Michigan. The area was first inhabited and named by Algonquin speaking people. The city is located on a natural harbor about 25 miles east of the city of Green Bay. Historically, Algoma played a key role in the origin of the Christmas Tree tradition now observed in the United States. In Fred Neuschel’s book about the early Christmas tree shipping industry, Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships, the description of Algoma is that of a town that relied heavily on the resources and transportationRead More →