Here & Now

Here & Now opening for June 26, 2026

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The following program is a PBS Wisconsin original production.

Shawn Johnson:
An outpouring of support shows up for the release of Salah Sarsour, a Milwaukee community leader detained by ICE, setting the stage for a free speech retaliation case against the U.S. government and years of record-breaking tourism in the state diverges from employer efforts to find seasonal help.
I’m Shawn Johnson filling in for Frederica Freyberg. Tonight on “Here & Now,” we speak with an ACLU attorney and former immigration judge working on Salah Sarsour’s case. And a new federal rule could put some of the most vulnerable at risk of losing Medicaid coverage. We check in on the tourist season underway in Door County and a Milwaukee columnist speaks to the end of an era as Giannis Antetokounmpo moves on to Miami. It’s “Here & Now” for June 26.

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Funding for “Here & Now” is provided by the Focus Fund for Journalism and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.