Medical Triage: Hospitals face the ethical dilemma of deprioritizing care for eligible unvaccinated people
“To say what should be obvious, getting vaccinated and wearing a mask in public spaces aren’t ‘personal choices.’ When you reject your shots or refuse to mask up, you’re increasing my risk of catching a potentially deadly or disabling disease, and...
When publicly funded Christian schools use rightwing textbooks to teach slavery as just Black immigration
One history textbook exclusively refers to immigrants as “aliens.” Another blames the Black Lives Matter movement for strife between communities and police officers. A third discusses the prevalence of “Black supremacist” organizations during the Civil Rights...
Vietnam 2.0: Why Afghanistan is another lost war that the U.S. will probably not learn a lesson from
The maudlin news coverage of how the U.S. botched the exit from Afghanistan will go on for months, maybe years. It will do as much good as rubbernecking a wreck on the side of the road to prevent it from having happened. The awkward exit from the country should not be...
Congressman Mark Pocan unveils bill that shifts some military spending to fund global vaccination efforts
A Democratic congressman from Wisconsin has unveiled a plan to use portions of America’s defense budget on increasing COVID-19 vaccinations in some of the poorest countries of the world. U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan introduced a bill earlier this week that would shift...
Milwaukee doctor among hucksters peddling the livestock deworming drug ivermectin to prevent COVID
Ahead of full authorization of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had a simple message for Americans contemplating using ivermectin, a medicine used to deworm livestock, instead of getting a COVID shot. “You are not a...
Closing the wealth gap: Milwaukee considers providing basic income to heal racial inequity
Towanda Perkins is a single mother with two grown sons. She works as an office manager at a nonprofit organization in Milwaukee. During the pandemic, she has seen many mothers with children who have lost their jobs and been evicted by landlords. Perkins is expecting...
Kenosha’s Black community still seeks answers one year after the Jacob Blake shooting
The incident, which started as a domestic call during a child’s birthday party, took place on a Kenosha street on a Sunday afternoon in late August of 2020. Neighbors took a cell phone video as Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey fired eight shots into Jacob Blake’s...
Apology Fest: Stephen Colbert attends Brewers game to say sorry for mocking Milwaukee on The Late Show
There is something about that Milwaukee hospitality. “That’s now nice Milwaukeeans are. You insult them and they invite you to a baseball game.” Last year, after the Democratic National Convention was moved from the Cream City to a virtual setting,...
Giannis Antetokounmpo buys a stake in the Milwaukee Brewers in return for the city’s investment in him
One month after leading the Milwaukee Bucks to their first NBA title in half a century, Giannis Antetokounmpo teamed up with the city’s other major pro sports franchise by joining the ownership group of the Milwaukee Brewers. Antetokounmpo modeled a Brewers jersey...
Still a safe space for racists: New report criticizes social media giants for allowing hate speech
There has been a serious and systemic failure to tackle antisemitism across the five biggest social media platforms, resulting in a “safe space for racists,” according to a new report. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok failed to act on 84% of posts...
Judicial Opposition: How the Roberts Court continues Strom Thurmond’s crusade against voting rights
Civil rights activists marched, were jailed, and sometimes killed in their efforts to achieve equal rights and voting rights for all Americans, including pressuring Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Meanwhile, segregationist...
Landmark Verdicts: Why historic court cases do not automatically transform society
By Jennifer Reynolds, Professor of Law, University of Oregon American courts in 2021 have already handed down several potentially historic rulings, from the Supreme Court’s recent decision restricting voting rights in Arizona and potentially nationwide to a Minnesota...
