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COVID-19 cannot be so safe for schools to reopen but so dangerous as to delay a national election

COVID-19 cannot be so safe for schools to reopen but so dangerous as to delay a national election

Posted by | Aug 1, 2020 |

“As Trump may or may not know, the date of the election is set by law, and would require an act of Congress to be overturned. Trump cannot postpone the election, the bedrock of American democracy, but the greater danger is that he can destroy its legitimacy.” – David A. Graham Lagging in the polls and grappling with deepening economic and public health crises, on July 30 President Donald Trump floated the startling idea of delaying the November 3 presidential election. “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT...

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Masks and Distancing: Democratic National Convention outlines safety plan for Milwaukee event

Masks and Distancing: Democratic National Convention outlines safety plan for Milwaukee event

Posted by | Jul 31, 2020

Photo by Gage Skidmore and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyone attending the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee next month will have to wear a face mask, consent to daily testing for COVID-19, fill out questionnaires and maintain a physical distance from others. Organizers of the convention released details of the coronavirus safety plan on July 27, three weeks before the August 17 start of the four-day event. The convention has been scaled down from original plans and now will be mostly online with only a few hundred people gathered at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee. “Ensuring the...

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Mandatory mask ordinances designed to protect public health do not violate the Constitution

Mandatory mask ordinances designed to protect public health do not violate the Constitution

Posted by | Jul 30, 2020 |

By John E. Finn, Professor Emeritus of Government, Wesleyan University Many public health professionals and politicians are urging or requiring citizens to wear face masks to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Some Americans have refused, wrongly claiming mask decrees violate the Constitution. An internet search turns up dozens of examples. “Costco Karen,” for instance, staged a sit-in in a Costco entrance in Hillsboro, Oregon after she refused to wear a mask, yelling “I am an American … I have rights.” A group called Health Freedom Idaho organized a protest against a Boise, Idaho, mask mandate. One...

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Trump needs a re-election victory in Wisconsin to stay in power but his support is eroding

Trump needs a re-election victory in Wisconsin to stay in power but his support is eroding

Posted by | Jul 27, 2020 |

If he is to stay in power, Trump needs to repeat his victory in Wisconsin. But the landscape is very different now – and support is shrinking. Donald Trump claimed to have done so much for African Americans that his campaign decided to open the first ever Republican office in a black neighborhood of Milwaukee. The office on Martin Luther King drive was decorated with “Black Voters for Trump” signs, and launched with fanfare in February in an attempt to win enough African American votes to repeat the president’s razor-thin victory in Wisconsin four years ago, which was crucial...

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Trail of Tears: A legacy of institutionalized racism rooted in broken promises and stolen lands

Trail of Tears: A legacy of institutionalized racism rooted in broken promises and stolen lands

Posted by | Jul 26, 2020 |

By Dwanna L. McKay, Assistant Professor of Race, Ethnicity, and Indigenous Studies, Colorado College Some Oklahomans are expressing trepidation about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that much of the eastern part of the state belongs to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. They wonder whether they must now pay taxes to or be governed by the Muscogee. In alarmist language, Senator Ted Cruz of neighboring Texas tweeted that the Supreme Court “just gave away half of Oklahoma, literally. Manhattan is next.” In fact, the landmark July 9 decision applies only to criminal law. It gives federal and tribal courts jurisdiction over...

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Livestream of “Milwaukee Strong” all-star music video and “The Hero in You” mural salutes essential workers

Livestream of “Milwaukee Strong” all-star music video and “The Hero in You” mural salutes essential workers

Posted by | Jul 24, 2020 |

Imagine MKE, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, and Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 will highlight Milwaukee’s vibrant artistic community and honor our city’s heroes in a livestreamed event on July 24 at 10:00 am. The event will share two projects with the public, the release of the “Milwaukee Strong” song and music video which features over 30 Milwaukee musicians, and the completion of “The Hero In You” mural by artist Ken Brown at the MacArthur Square parking garage. The livestream event, hosted by 88Nine’s Dori Zori, will be available on Imagine MKE, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, and Milwaukee Downtown’s Facebook pages, as well...

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