Pandemic Poverty: 2020 Statistics show that low-wage workers were hit hardest by the economic blows
By Elena Delavega, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis Poverty in the U.S. increased in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the economy and unemployment soared. Those at the bottom of the economic ladder were hit hardest, new figures...
Corporate Profiteers: How contractors for the Pentagon won the War on Terror
The costs and consequences of America’s twenty-first-century wars have by now been well-documented — a staggering $8 trillion in expenditures and more than 380,000 civilian deaths, as calculated by Brown University’s Costs of War project. The question of who has...
Unemployment insurance was not keeping people out of work, it was keeping them out of poverty
An estimated 9 million Americans got the rug pulled out from under them over Labor Day weekend as enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits expired, leaving millions of families in the lurch during a record-breaking season for COVID-19 cases and...
Previous Shutdowns: What is at stake and who suffers if the Federal government closes its doors
By Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor, The Conversation The United States is once again staring down the barrel of a government shutdown. Barring progress on a spending bill to fund government agencies past September 30, and Democrats are busying themselves trying to...
Howard Fuller: How the former superintendent of MPS became a champion of school choice
By Jon Hale, Associate Professor of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign As a longtime civil rights activist and education reformer, Howard Fuller has seen his support for school choice spark both controversy and confusion. That is because it aligns...
Abuse of Power: Wisconsin GOP introduces bill to allow massive felony arrests of peaceful protestors
Remaining at a protest that turns violent or destructive could result in felony charges in Wisconsin under a proposal from Republican state lawmakers. Sponsors say the plan is partly in response to last summer’s violence and destruction in Kenosha following the police...
Afghan evacuees begin leaving Fort McCoy for resettlement but sponsors still needed for families
Four weeks after evacuees from Afghanistan began arriving at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy, a federal official at the base says they are preparing for a large number of people to start leaving and settling across the country. Skye Justice, the U.S. State...
American Refugees: When loyalists fled the newly sovereign states after independence from Britain
By G. Patrick O’Brien, Lecturer in History and Philosophy, Kennesaw State University The U.S. has long been a destination for people fleeing war-torn regions of the world. But in 1783, the tables were turned. Between 60,000 and 100,000 disaffected colonists from...
A tool of White Supremacy: Why Christian factions deny the existence of structural racism
By Tiffany Puett, Adjunct Professor of Religious and Theological Studies, St. Edward’s University The debate over critical race theory has played out in TV studios, school board meetings and state legislatures across the United States. It has also found its way...
Lee Atwater’s Legacy: How the Texas voting law builds on a long history of racism from GOP leaders
By Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, IUPUI Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill on September 7, 2021, that reduces opportunities for people to vote, allows partisan poll watchers more access and creates steeper penalties for violating voting laws. The...
Milwaukee critical care doctor details the atmosphere of anguish unvaccinated patients create at hospital
Eric Siegal, a critical care physician in Milwaukee, published his thoughts on social media related to experiences from the ongoing surge of COVID-19 infections. The post was made on September 19, and rather quickly went viral from the public reaction to his insight,...
Burning Out: COVID-19 and insufficient support continues to exacerbate the nursing workforce crisis
By Rayna M Letourneau, Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of South Florida The fourth wave of COVID-19 is exacerbating the ongoing crisis for the nursing workforce and has led to burnout for many nurses. As a result, many are quitting their jobs in substantial...
