Federal segregation policies from the early 20th century damaged Black communities for decades
By Guo Xu, Assistant Professor of Business and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley; Abhay Aneja, Assistant Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley Economic disparities in earnings, health and wealth between Black and white Americans are...
GOP lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to discard election results in favor of decision by Legislature
A group with Republican ties has asked the state Supreme Court to throw out the results of Wisconsin’s presidential election and force the Legislature to certify the state’s presidential electors instead. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a group called...
Feeding the Hungry: Wisconsin food pantries view the holidays as just another day in a busy year
As the holiday season begins, Wisconsin’s food banks and pantries are working on sending turkeys and stuffing to families across the state, but Thanksgiving is just one out of 365 days in which these organizations work to put food on tables. This year that job has...
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...
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...
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...
Flight Risk: GOP donors help Kyle Rittenhouse get out of Kenosha jail after funding $2M bail
A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin and whose case has become a rallying cry for some conservatives posted $2m bail on November 20 and was released from custody. Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally...
Families look for new ways to celebrate a holiday after CDC warns against Thanksgiving travel
By Pamela M. Aaltonen, Professor Emerita; Immediate Past President, APHA, Purdue University As Americans prepare for the first Thanksgiving in the time of the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a stark warning a week before the big day:...
Partisan Tension: Why Wisconsin’s 2020 recount is so different from the harmonious process of 2016
Partisan tensions remain high in Wisconsin as the state begins a partial presidential recount in two counties that helped deliver the state to President-elect Joe Biden. It is Wisconsin’s second presidential recount in as many elections, but the circumstances in...
Hands that once picked cotton: Remembering the many Black women who aimed for the White House
By Sharon Austin, Professor of Political Science, University of Florida The vice president-elect of the United States is the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants. With Joe Biden’s projected presidential win over Donald Trump, Sen. Kamala Harris breaks...
