Paralyzed by Hate: How a Title IX investigation of sexual harassment paralyzed a Wisconsin town
The Kiel school district’s closure of a Title IX investigation under pressure sends a “chilling message” expert says. But some residents tell LGBTQ youth “you are not alone.” On the day of the third bomb threat, a bell echoed through Kiel,...
A world without rights: Wisconsin abortion programs navigate how to provide care where still legal
With abortion now unavailable in Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s second largest county announced Thursday plans to expand its reproductive health clinic and step up contraceptive services, including providing long-acting contraception. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin and Illinois...
Witnesses testify to Congress that Pregnant patients without abortion access face a “death sentence”
Witnesses told a U.S. House committee on Wednesday that pregnant patients who cannot obtain abortions will face higher mortality rates if they are forced to carry their pregnancies to term. “It is essentially a death sentence,” Michele Bratcher Goodwin, the...
Fred Gray: Landmark-setting Civil Rights lawyer awarded Medal of Freedom for lifetime of work
By Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the victims of the...
With Alex Lasry out of senate race, Mandela Barnes emerges as top Democrat to take on Ron Johnson
The Democratic primary field in the race to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin shrank for a second time in less than a week on July 27 as Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry announced he would end his campaign, leaving progressive Lt. Governor...
Sparked by hot political issues: How American youth could potentially swing elections in key states
By Abby Kiesa, Deputy Director at CIRCLE, Tufts University The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion has far-reaching personal and political implications and may help decide the midterm elections in November 2022. That...
Milwaukee County plans voter education program after State Supreme Court prohibits ballot boxes
Milwaukee County leaders hope to launch an effort to promote voting and voter registration as Wisconsin residents continue to deal with the fallout of lawsuits and rule changes surrounding access to the ballot box. The County Board is expected to vote on the plan on...
Punishing Democracy: How the GOP was able to enact dozens of state laws since 2020 to criminalize voters
During the 2020 election, Rhonda Briggins and her sorority sisters spent days providing voters in metro Atlanta with water and snacks as they waited in long lines at polling places. The lines for early voting and on Election Day at times stretched on for hours. As the...
Solutions to hunger: As pandemic support fades Wisconsinites seek options to alleviate food insecure
Margaret Benton has held many roles since she moved to Wisconsin nearly 20 years ago. With eight children, two living at home and others who live close to her house in Sun Prairie, Benton juggles motherhood with three jobs. She works as a cashier at T.J. Maxx, a...
COVID-19 on the rise: Wisconsin again recommends that the public masks up indoors for health safety
Nearly 2.6 million Wisconsin residents live in counties where COVID-19 numbers and hospitalizations are high enough that federal guidelines call for everyone to wear masks indoors away from home. Sixteen counties in the state, including the three most populous, have a...
A war on food in Ukraine: World Central Kitchen’s relief effort has served 100 Million meals in 5 months
Today marks five months since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, displacing millions of people, claiming tens of thousands of lives, and destroying thousands of buildings and entire communities. But these numbers only partially convey what the Ukrainian people have had...
Illusion of Greatness: Russia’s war continues to be propelled by propaganda and historic parallelism
By Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Associate Professor of Critical Cultural & International Studies, Colorado State University; and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya, Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of South Florida Russia’s war against Ukraine is pressing into its...
