Emotional Intelligence: To cry while watching a movie shows empathy and is the exact opposite of weakness
By Debra Rickwood, Professor of Psychology, University of Canberra You have probably found yourself weeping quietly, or even suddenly sobbing uncontrollably, while watching a movie. Common culprits include Marley and Me, The Color Purple, Schindler’s List and The Lion...
Mamie Till-Mobley’s quest to educate America about her son Emmett’s lynching continues in new film
By Brandon M. Erby, Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, University of Kentucky After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, severely beaten and killed in the Mississippi Delta on August 28, 1955, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the...
Seventh annual Rosa Parks Day tribute honors Civil Rights leader with an open seat on every MCTS bus
For the seventh consecutive year, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) will keep a seat open on every bus in the fleet from December 1 through December 3, to honor the life of Civil Rights hero Rosa Parks and recognize her contribution to the ongoing fight for...
WisDOT recommends environmentally disruptive expansion of Milwaukee’s I-94 instead of plan to fix
Milwaukee-area commuters will see a widened Interstate 94 on the city’s west side if a new recommendation from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is adopted. The department announced its preferred plan for the $1.2 billion highway expansion on November...
How private organizations are filling gaps in Federal programs to help Dreamers fulfill their dreams
As a high school junior, Denisse Amezquita knew she wanted to go on to college and someday become a lawyer. But when she sought state and federal financial aid, she quickly learned assistance was not an option because she lacked permanent legal status in the United...
MCTS trims some transit service due to remote work schedules and Milwaukee County’s 2023 budget gap
Milwaukee County Transit System announced changes to service approved by Milwaukee County in the 2023 annual budget on November 21. The changes are due to a combination of several factors, including a projected 2025 transit funding gap, and a COVID-19-induced...
Enshrined in federal law: Landmark same-sex marriage legislation wins bipartisan passage in U.S. Senate
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation on November 29 to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme...
Railroad unions seek fair benefits for workers as labor laws remains tilted against them
By Erik Loomis, Professor of History, University of Rhode Island The prospect of a potentially devastating rail workers strike is looming again. Fears of a strike in September 2022 prompted the Biden administration to pull out all the stops to get a deal between...
A prison cell as the Oval Office? What laws says about a candidate under indictment running for president
By Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University Donald Trump announced his 2024 run for the presidency on November 15. In his address he railed against what he perceived as the “persecution” of himself and his family,...
Governor Tony Evers projects Wisconsin’s state budget surplus could reach $6.6 billion
Wisconsin’s projected state budget surplus is now forecast to hit nearly $6.6 billion by July, up from earlier $5 billion estimates, according to a report released on November 21 by Governor Tony Evers’ administration. That means Governor Evers and the...
Combatting confusion: College students push to make voting access easier after facing midterm barriers
Young voters made their voices heard during the recent midterms, turning out in relatively high numbers in an election that produced the first congressperson from Generation Z. But university students and voting rights advocates say voters on college campuses faced...
Majority at stake: Why Wisconsin’s spring 2023 supreme court race will be an “electoral ground zero”
Just weeks after the 2022 midterm elections, Wisconsin is already moving on to this spring’s state supreme court race in which the ideological tilt of the court is up for grabs. Justice Patience Roggensack is retiring at the end of her term, leaving an open seat on...
