Wisconsin Legislators continue to ignore requests by municipal clerks for how to process absentee ballots
As Claire Woodall-Vogg stood in the middle of an empty Central Count facility days before the Nov. 3 election, it wasn’t just the national spotlight on the city of Milwaukee or the swirling claims of voter fraud that weighed heavily on her mind. It was the frustration...
State of Texas sues Wisconsin as publicity stunt to aid Trump’s attempted coup to remain in power
The state of Texas, aiming to help Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, decisively won by Joe Biden, said on December 8 it has filed a lawsuit against the states of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin at the US supreme court,...
Life in The Matrix: How social media’s promise to connect people instead left us isolated and tribal
By Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University About a year ago I began to follow my interest in health and fitness on Instagram. Soon I began to see more and more fitness-related accounts, groups, posts and ads. I kept clicking and...
Shining a light on an unseen AAPI Heritage: How Asian Americans use civic participation to increase visibility
In elementary school, I always knew I was the next on the classroom roster when the teacher paused, chuckled, and said, “I’m not even going to try to pronounce this name.” I would raise my hand and say, “that’s me,” as if I were claiming to be the silence itself. I...
Outside in the Cold: Milwaukee’s homeless shelters expect a harsher winter due to pandemic and evictions
As temperatures in Wisconsin drop, homeless advocates and state government officials are preparing for increased demands on homeless shelters across the state. At the same time, many shelters have had to reduce the number of beds available as a health and safety...
Keeping Vets Safe: Wisconsin Veterans Homes face renewed health threat from the coronavirus
For the first five months of the coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin’s three state veterans homes did not see any positive cases among residents. Diane Lynch, administrator for the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, said the long-term care facilities quickly...
Always Money for War: Congress at odds over COVID relief but approves Pentagon’s staggering budget
The annual approval of the gargantuan U.S. military budget is one of the most reliable rituals in Congress. It is so ordinary and overwhelmingly bipartisan, it is barely considered newsworthy, and few outlets follow the details of exactly how...
Trump’s Failed Coup: American democracy survived a tyrant but may not be so lucky next time
The president pulled every lever to stay in power. Ultimately, it did not work. The United States must decide how it will handle the next election, especially if the outcome is closer. In the end, the coup did not take place. In the most grudging manner possible,...
A More Perfect Union: How “We the People” can take back our country
The 2020 election has been the most important of our lifetime, perhaps in the history of our country, and voter turnout reflected that sentiment. Despite the pandemic, hurricanes, wildfires, and voter suppression, people engaged in this sacred rite in record numbers....
Judge orders Trump Administration to restore DACA as it existed under Obama and reopen Dreamers program
Immigrant rights defenders celebrated on December 4 after a federal judge delivered yet another blow to the Trump administration’s drawn-out effort to kill Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era program that protects certain undocumented...
Research shows that undocumented immigrants may actually make American communities more safe
By Robert M. Adelman, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Sociology, University at Buffalo; and Lesley Reid, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Interim Dean of the School of Social Work, University of Alabama Undocumented immigration does not...
Wisconsin Republicans rebuked for using a racist Jim Crow strategy for mass disenfranchisement of voters
Republicans — including Wisconsin Elections Commission member Dean Knudson, a former Republican legislator — continue to try and cast doubts on the Wisconsin presidential election results even after the Trump campaign’s recount added to Joe Biden’s winning margin. As...
