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The ongoing Nuclear Arms Race: Unlearned lessons from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation

The ongoing Nuclear Arms Race: Unlearned lessons from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation

Posted by | Aug 6, 2020 |

The U.S. atomic bomb attack on the people of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, and the second attack on the city of Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. on August 9 killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting men, women, and children in a horrible blast of fire and radiation, followed by deadly fallout. In years that followed, those who survived — the hibakusha — suffered from the trauma of the experience and from the long-term effects of their exposure to radiation from the weapons. Historians now largely agree that the United States need not have dropped...

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An Unconstitutional Army: Trump’s fledging secret police could be deployed to Milwaukee after Portland

An Unconstitutional Army: Trump’s fledging secret police could be deployed to Milwaukee after Portland

Posted by | Jul 20, 2020 |

“You’ll see something rolled out this week as we start to go in and make sure the communities, whether it’s Chicago, or Portland, or Milwaukee, or someplace across the heartland of the country — we need to make sure that our communities are safe.” – Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff I have been documenting violent and militarized police responses to protests in Portland for more than four years, but nothing prepared me for the unrestrained brutality I’ve witnessed and experienced in recent days. Night after night, since the police killing of George Floyd, people have been taking...

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A Lack of School Safety: Vice President Mike Pence visits Wisconsin to bully students back to class

A Lack of School Safety: Vice President Mike Pence visits Wisconsin to bully students back to class

Posted by | Jul 18, 2020 |

Vice President Mike Pence visited the battleground state of Wisconsin for a campaign stop on July 17, to launch a series of attacks on critics of the Trump administration’s failed coronavirus policy that more than 140,000 deaths. Pence spoke indoors at Ripon College, as one of a handful of stops in Wisconsin. Attendance at the private college was limited to 50 people, who were required to wear masks. Pence also wore a mask when he entered the building, but took it off during his address, despite campus rules. The city of Ripon, about 22 miles west of Fond du...

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Stunning images from the early days of Milwaukee’s BLM protests show brutality and humanity

Stunning images from the early days of Milwaukee’s BLM protests show brutality and humanity

Posted by | Jul 15, 2020 |

Within days of George Floyd’s murder by law enforcement officers in Minneapolis, Milwaukee residents joined the nationwide movement to protest police brutality. Many pictures taken at that time were never published or shown to the public, and reviewing them now offers new insight into those turbulent moments. Several demonstrations had already taken place by June 2, when thousands gathered in Humboldt Park to participate in the “Justice for George Floyd” protest. Over the next few hours they marched from the City’s south side to the District 1 Administration building of the Milwaukee Police Department. By the early evening, many...

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Wisconsin Justices issue open letter confronting need to recognize racial injustices in our legal system

Wisconsin Justices issue open letter confronting need to recognize racial injustices in our legal system

Posted by | Jun 20, 2020 |

We the undersigned, current and former Wisconsin Justices of the Supreme Court and Appeals Court Judges, join with justices of state supreme courts and judges of appellate courts across the country, including those in Washington, North Carolina, Louisiana, California, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, to address the recent events that remind us all of the systemic and institutional racism embedded in our country and our legal system. This has been a time of reflection for many Americans. Yet, reflection alone is not enough. The anger and grief resonating across our country compel us to recognize that we must be part...

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Ellen M. Gilligan: Now is the time for racial justice in Milwaukee

Ellen M. Gilligan: Now is the time for racial justice in Milwaukee

Posted by | May 31, 2020 |

“In the midst of a pandemic that has already taken such a toll on people of color, the death of George Floyd is another untenable example of how racism is the real public health crisis our community is facing. We must reach out to each other, and we cannot respond to violence with violence.” – Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley There are two public health crises in America right now. One is quite recent. One has been afflicting us for generations. Racism is our nation’s oldest sin and most vile disease, and I am grief-stricken that we are again...

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