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Only two municipalities remain: Recount of Milwaukee County votes finally back on schedule
After the first two days of Milwaukee County’s recount of the 2020 presidential election were bogged down by several lengthy objections, Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said the recount is back on schedule. By noon on Wednesday, November 25 workers had...
Silence of the Self-Righteous: When will White people take “Personal Responsibility” in the Age of COVID?
For so many years in this country I have heard the “personal responsibility” rant used against the Black community, blaming us for conditions that we had little control over. We have been blamed for so long, that some of us even throw out the ridiculous remark that...
Loyalty is a two-way street: Black voters in Wisconsin plan to remind Democrats about election promises
Three months ago, a Kenosha police officer shot my nephew, Jacob Blake, seven times in the back in front of his children. Jacob was rushed to the hospital, where for days he was shackled to his bed, only to find he’d been paralyzed from the waist down. The officer who...
Anatomy of a disaster: Jobless families struggles without aid as Wisconsin Legislators deflect blame
As Wisconsin businesses shuttered this spring to slow the spread of COVID-19, jobless filings and phone calls flooded the state Department of Workforce Development — too quickly for staffers to keep up. But DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman remained optimistic In a May 4...
Lost Jobs: Unemployment rate in Wisconsin increases for first time since April nearing 6 percent
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.7 percent in October, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that the state Department of Workforce Development released on November 19. The uptick comes after five straight months of...
City of Milwaukee welcomes holiday season with 107th Christmas Tree lighting
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett officially welcomed the 2020 holiday season by lighting the City of Milwaukee Christmas Tree. On November 23, Mayor Barrett dedicated this year’s tree to essential workers who have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. “I’m proud to...
Milwaukee’s election recount proceeds smoothly but Trump campaign continues voter suppression tactics
Milwaukee’s presidential recount entered its fourth day on November 23, with very few changes in vote totals as President Donald Trump’s attorneys appeared to be focused on a legal challenge that sought to toss tens of thousands of ballots, including the one cast by an attorney for the Trump campaign.
Trump caves in to reality as GSA declares Joe Biden the “apparent winner” to start presidential transition
The General Services Administration has declared president-elect Joe Biden the apparent winner of the US election, clearing the way for the formal transition from Donald Trump’s administration to begin after weeks of delay. Emily Murphy, the Trump appointee at the...
Myth of the monolithic Latino Vote: Pollsters failed to anticipate diverse views based on national origins
By Lisa García Bedolla, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley Pundits have expressed surprise that so many Latinos voted for Donald Trump. But pollsters who specialize in the...
Ballot recounting finally moves forward on third day as Trump campaign seeks private voter data
The counting of ballots cast in the City of Milwaukee finally began on the third day of the recount process. The atmosphere inside the Wisconsin Center was more quiet than the previous two days. But while the recount process finally moved forward, the situation remained acrimonious and chaotic at times.
Trump targets Democratic strongholds in Wisconsin to toss out 170,000 in-person absentee ballots
The president’s team wants to toss 170,000 in-person absentee ballots in Dane and Milwaukee counties, experts call the effort a long shot. It may feel like 2016 all over again for some Wisconsin election officials: a presidential contender wins by about a 20,000-vote...
What we choose to say goodbye to this year will define our national identity for generations
America, we will soon say goodbye to something. One way or another, this year will end with a farewell. It will either close with a glorious, triumphant blast of freedom — or with the sickening death knell of a once – great nation, gone for good. Either America...
