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November

Reggie Jackson: Documentation of my ancestors who were bequeathed in the will of our enslaver

November 27, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Federal segregation policies from the early 20th century damaged Black communities for decades

November 27, 2020 | Syndicated |
GOP lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to discard election results in favor of decision by Legislature

November 27, 2020 | Syndicated |
The family we no longer recognize: Confronting the results of becoming who we were taught to become

November 26, 2020 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Feeding the Hungry: Wisconsin food pantries view the holidays as just another day in a busy year

November 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
Thanksgiving was established to celebrate the survival of our democratic government

November 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
Only two municipalities remain: Recount of Milwaukee County votes finally back on schedule

November 26, 2020 | Articles |
Silence of the Self-Righteous: When will White people take “Personal Responsibility” in the Age of COVID?

November 25, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Loyalty is a two-way street: Black voters in Wisconsin plan to remind Democrats about election promises

November 25, 2020 | Syndicated |
Anatomy of a disaster: Jobless families struggles without aid as Wisconsin Legislators deflect blame

November 25, 2020 | Syndicated |
Lost Jobs: Unemployment rate in Wisconsin increases for first time since April nearing 6 percent

November 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
City of Milwaukee welcomes holiday season with 107th Christmas Tree lighting

November 24, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee’s election recount proceeds smoothly but Trump campaign continues voter suppression tactics

November 24, 2020 | Photos |
Trump caves in to reality as GSA declares Joe Biden the “apparent winner” to start presidential transition

November 24, 2020 | Syndicated |
Myth of the monolithic Latino Vote: Pollsters failed to anticipate diverse views based on national origins

November 24, 2020 | Syndicated |
Ballot recounting finally moves forward on third day as Trump campaign seeks private voter data

November 23, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
Trump targets Democratic strongholds in Wisconsin to toss out 170,000 in-person absentee ballots

November 23, 2020 | Syndicated |
What we choose to say goodbye to this year will define our national identity for generations

November 23, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
Flight Risk: GOP donors help Kyle Rittenhouse get out of Kenosha jail after funding $2M bail

November 23, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Milwaukee recount stumbles ahead as Trump campaign acts in bad faith by trying to reject every ballot

November 22, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee residents encouraged to utilize all public options available for COVID-19 testing

November 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Wisconsin declares a new public health emergency until 2021 due overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases

November 22, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Families look for new ways to celebrate a holiday after CDC warns against Thanksgiving travel

November 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Trump lawyers derail start of Milwaukee’s recount while his campaign observers intimidate poll workers

November 21, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
Partisan Tension: Why Wisconsin’s 2020 recount is so different from the harmonious process of 2016

November 21, 2020 | Syndicated |
Truth Decay: Trump continues to subvert Biden’s win by leveraging the power of his office

November 21, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Mass Shooting at Mayfair Mall: Wauwatosa police search for White gunman who wounded 8 people

November 21, 2020 | Curated |
Shattering Glass: Kamala Harris is paving the way for all types of women to reach their dreams

November 20, 2020 | Columns, Editorial, Featured |
Hands that once picked cotton: Remembering the many Black women who aimed for the White House

November 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Standing-Up for Democracy: Blacks in Milwaukee pushed past institutional obstacles to cast their vote

November 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Snowcially-Distanced: Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival goes virtual in adjustment to pandemic

November 19, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Milwaukee-based episodic audio series earns distinction as Adweek’s Marketing Podcast of the Year

November 19, 2020 | Curated |
Wisconsin to extend mask mandate into 2021 due to escalating public health emergency from pandemic

November 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
Documenting History in Images: A photojournalist’s journey to remain safe in the Age of COVID-19

November 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Editorial, Featured |
Gambling with Death: Pseudo-scientific theory of herd immunity through COVID-19 infection is dangerous

November 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Recount of Wisconsin’s presidential election would cost almost $8M and not significantly alter results

November 18, 2020 | Syndicated |
Joseph Mensah: Officer who killed Alvin Cole will resign from Wauwatosa police force on November 30

November 18, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Up Close (but not too close): John McGivern’s socially-distanced holiday shows postponed until 2021

November 17, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
“Raise the Curtain” campaign encourages Milwaukee patrons to create a legacy in support of the arts

November 17, 2020 | Curated |
Trump operatives drop political “SLAPP” lawsuit targeting Wisconsin ballots just before court hearing

November 17, 2020 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee County leaders sign 2021 budget with emphasis on racial equality and improving health

November 16, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Financial program launches to help Milwaukee residents with pandemic-related economic challenges

November 16, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee tax-payers could owe Sylville Smith’s family a $4M settlement over his death by city police

November 16, 2020 | Syndicated |
Serb Hall rally turns violent as Pro-Trump supporters ignore city’s health order and assault manager

November 15, 2020 | Curated |
How a selfish ideology has defined one political party as traitors to the Constitution and humanity

November 15, 2020 | Syndicated |
Unprecedented legal scheme seeks to disqualify all Wisconsin votes for Joe Biden from three urban areas

November 15, 2020 | Syndicated |
Billionaire megadoners who fought Wisconsin’s plans to contain pandemic get infected at White House

November 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Squattergate: Refusal to concede the election is just another fundraising scam by top political grifters

November 15, 2020 | Syndicated |
Lakefront icon in jeopardy: S/V Denis Sullivan’s sailing days could be over without maintenance

November 14, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Rural Wisconsin schools succumb to the impact of their community’s mishandling of COVID-19

November 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
America’s failed pandemic response will reverberate across health care and politics for years

November 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The concept of Whiteness: Understanding the role and shared responsibilities of fighting racism

November 13, 2020 | Editorial, Featured |
Wauwatosa leadership accused of racism insist that racism does not exist in their community

November 13, 2020 | Syndicated |
Garrity v. New Jersey: The 1967 Supreme Court decision linking Rodney King’s trial to probe of Joseph Mensah

November 13, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers asks Wisconsin residents to stay home and work together to stop spread of COVID-19

November 12, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
State Republicans attempt to smear Wisconsin’s fair election by amplifying unfounded claims on results

November 12, 2020 | Articles |
Calling Races: The necessary role of the news media to project the outcome of elections in the United States

November 12, 2020 | Syndicated |
Dictatorship over Democracy: Concerns grow over Trump staging a coup as he refuses to concede election loss

November 12, 2020 | Syndicated |
Dontre Hamilton Park: New proposal could end opposition to renaming Red Arrow Park

November 11, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Data-Mining during protests: Wisconsin courts consider legality of “trickle down surveillance”

November 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Jim Crow and World War I: How racism compounded the grief of Black families who lost sons in battle

November 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Beyond Veterans Day: How the public can honor retired members of the military on the other 364 days

November 11, 2020 | Syndicated |
Life without Trump: The problems faced by Blacks will not go away after Inauguration Day

November 10, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Not a two-way street: The overwhelming burden of seeking unity with hateful people

November 10, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
Rightwing Violence: White Supremacist groups found behind most of this year’s domestic terror attacks

November 10, 2020 | Syndicated |
Systemic Racism 201: The advantages Whites have felt entitled to for generations

November 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Rot Runs Deep: A new president will not be enough to repair the Greatest Democracy

November 9, 2020 | Syndicated |
Presidents and Black America: Chief Executives have a long history of outright racism

November 9, 2020 | Syndicated |
Ridin’ with Biden: Milwaukee voters celebrate election victory with car rally across city

November 8, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
Joe Biden claims mandate to unify a shattered America after winning 2020 presidential election

November 8, 2020 | Syndicated |
The long national nightmare is over as voters overwhelmingly tell Trump: You’re Fired

November 8, 2020 | Syndicated |
Kicking and Screaming: How much more pain is Trump willing to inflict on the nation before leaving office?

November 8, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
Author of Wisconsin’s gerrymandered voting system demands election fraud investigation without proof

November 8, 2020 | Curated |
Hatred Dies Hard: Everything we were taught to believe about America has been proven wrong

November 7, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
Wisconsin Votes: An unsatisfying result after the worst presidency in American history

November 7, 2020 | Syndicated |
Election 2020: Understanding the Wisconsin recount process and its purpose

November 7, 2020 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 110620

November 7, 2020 | Podcasts, Sound |
Inside the restoration of Old Main: From Civil War Era care facility to a new home for Milwaukee veterans

November 6, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
Staying Together: The next challenge for America is to remain United

November 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Hanging Chads: The national drama and trauma that followed contested elections from 1876 to 2000

November 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Election Lies: Trump becomes more untethered from reality in his latest attack on democracy

November 6, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
COVID COVID COVID and the humiliating failure of America’s latest metaphoric war

November 5, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Joe Biden wins Wisconsin by about 21,000 votes thanks to early morning ballot results from Milwaukee

November 5, 2020 | Syndicated |
The gruesome truth of who we are: Half of America willingly voted to keep a monster in power

November 5, 2020 | Syndicated |
Good vs. Evil: The unsettling discovery that you have been on the wrong side of history all along

November 5, 2020 | Syndicated |
Tabulating the Results: An inside look at the official process to count Milwaukee votes on Election Day

November 4, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
A Sleepless Night: Milwaukee sees massive voter participation in 2020 election

November 4, 2020 | Curated |
How the Far-Right will continue to threaten the well-being of Americans long after the election

November 4, 2020 | Syndicated |
The one absolute certainty this election season is that the presidential term ends at noon on January 20

November 4, 2020 | Syndicated |
Someone has to lose: Can a nation of hate swallow the notion of hope?

November 4, 2020 | Syndicated |
How Hope Topples Hate: Courage and resilience during dangerous and uncertain times

November 3, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
A History of Mob Rule: How the presidential election could be decided in the streets

November 3, 2020 | Syndicated |
Kidnapped voters and self-printed ballots are why there are laws regulating behavior at polling places

November 3, 2020 | Syndicated |
Suppression, purges, and the obstacles erected after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965

November 3, 2020 | Syndicated |
Keep Calm: Counting every vote amid a pandemic is going to take time

November 3, 2020 | Curated |
The hypocrisy of how “Facebook Police” enforce community standards

November 2, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The White Right: Facebook has become the platform of choice for domestic terrorists

November 2, 2020 | Syndicated |
The 1920 Election Day Massacre: Remembering the voters of Ocoee who were slaughtered for being Black

November 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Democracy is Rising: On being excited about the future as the past four years of chaos comes to an end

November 2, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
A Day of Reckoning: November 3 is the most important Tuesday in our lifetime

November 2, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
America talks about immigrants pulling themselves up by the bootstraps, yet we didn’t even get boots

November 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
How the message of “law and order” relies on a historic tradition of American racism

November 1, 2020 | Syndicated |
Citizen Outlaws: Far-Right paramilitary groups hide behind the guise of heroic vigilantism

November 1, 2020 | Syndicated |
False Profits: Why farmers despise socialism but depend on taxpayer funded government handouts

November 1, 2020 | Syndicated |
Stanford study details how Trump is killing Americans by spreading COVID-19 at his campaign rallies

November 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |

October

Democracy at Work: Milwaukee restaurants offer free food near polling sites to comfort waiting voters

October 31, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Joe Biden makes last campaign stop in Milwaukee before election with vow to bring Americans together

October 31, 2020 | Curated |
Republican schemes to rig Wisconsin’s election system has stirred partisan gridlock and voter frustration

October 31, 2020 | Syndicated |
Kyle Rittenhouse delivered to Kenosha authorities after Illinois judge approves his extradition

October 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Daylight Savings vs. Standard: Advocates push for a universal time but remain divided over which to adopt

October 31, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Colonial Society: When Racism is the Pre-existing Condition

October 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The politics of truth: How fragmented communities are haunted by fear and suspicion

October 30, 2020 | Syndicated |
Saying the quiet part out loud: Calling lies “alternative facts” incorrectly labels racist rhetoric

October 30, 2020 | Syndicated |
Fear of an election loss: Speaker Robin Vos admits GOP’s inaction on COVID-19 has been a failed response

October 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Foxconn’s nearly abandoned manufacturing plant seen as political project for influencing election

October 29, 2020 | Featured, Syndicated |
Wisconsin taxpayers on the hook for infrastructure costs if Foxconn reneges on its obligations to Racine

October 29, 2020 | Syndicated |
How the Wisconsin GOP systematically transformed the election system into a Jim Crow-style institution

October 29, 2020 | Syndicated |
Each empty chair has a story: Memorial honors Milwaukee’s 600 victims of the COVID-19 pandemic

October 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
Families left to grieve: How politics destroyed lives and keeps Wisconsin’s pandemic response paralyzed

October 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Resentment in rural communities over COVID-19 shutdowns collides with escalating infection rates

October 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Milwaukee Flyers: Up in the air but still soaring

October 27, 2020 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Night Lights: Hoan Bridge officially begins illumination along the lakefront every evening

October 27, 2020 | Articles |
More than one million in-person and mailed ballots received by second day of Wisconsin’s early voting

October 27, 2020 | Curated |
Stupid is as stupid does: The Uncommon Nature of Common Sense

October 26, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Controversial “thin blue line” flag replaces America’s “Stars and Stripes” at Trump rally in Waukesha

October 26, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Trump pushes COVID-19 conspiracies at Waukesha “Superspreader” event as Wisconsin sees deadliest week

October 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Community advocates decry efforts by Wauwatosa leaders to rewrite accounts of police brutality

October 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
A Sundown Town: Wauwatosa Justice Rally highlights violent role of law enforcement in protests

October 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Reinforcing racial oppression: The lasting trauma Black families face after police encounters

October 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Refusing terms of concession: When it is not possible to “agree to disagree” because one view is not valid

October 24, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
The hypocrisy of rejecting mask mandates but insisting on federal involvement in female reproduction

October 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wide Awakes: How a Lincoln-era youth movement to safeguard democracy inspired anti-Trump protests

October 24, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Milwaukee Lynching: Activists to install headstone at unmarked grave of George Marshall Clark

October 23, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
A History of Racism: Understanding how White Americans used lynchings to control Black people

October 23, 2020 | Syndicated |
American Rage: Political anger boosts election campaigns but sabotages democracy

October 23, 2020 | Syndicated |
Stop-and-Frisk Continues: Reports says Milwaukee Police have not complied with lawsuit settlement

October 22, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Republican’s “ballot security” has historically relied on armed poll watchers and white vigilantism

October 22, 2020 | Syndicated |
Senator Ron Jonson under fire for pushing tax changes that enriched himself and family interests

October 22, 2020 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee voters line up amid an escalating pandemic to cast early in-person ballots

October 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
Community stakeholders hold voting rallies to “Light Up” Milwaukee and cause “Good Trouble”

October 21, 2020 | Articles |
The boast of “greatest economy” continues to unravel as Wisconsin suffers from massive job losses

October 21, 2020 | Syndicated |
Voting is Power: Milwaukee’s Latinx community installs “Black and Brown Lives Matter” Street Mural

October 20, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Wisconsin voters can “pre-bunk” election falsehoods by knowing what hoaxes and propaganda to expect

October 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
November is Coming: How people who choose to embrace democracy can stop Trump’s election coup

October 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Voting Rights Are Human Rights: A look at how Shepard Fairey installed Milwaukee’s new social justice mural

October 19, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
Votes Count in the 414: Fact-based campaign created to inform Milwaukee residents about election process

October 19, 2020 | Curated |
Knowing Who Won: The formalities of declaring the 2020 presidential election

October 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
Briggs & Stratton’s Greed: How corporate executives plundered millions in bonuses before going bankrupt

October 18, 2020 | Syndicated |
Quarantine Envy: It took a pandemic to wake people up to the systematic inequalities of life in America

October 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin suffers worst COVID-19 outbreak in America due to state Republican’s political machinations

October 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Pandemic uncertainty contributing to a spike in Wisconsin’s already climbing suicide rate

October 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Everybody’s Racist: Deprogramming the bias teaching and negative stereotypes rooted in White society

October 17, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Conditioned to Fear: How Whites can overcome the generations of hate that they have been taught

October 17, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
The danger of denial: Ignoring domestic terrorism and the propaganda that blinds us to its threat

October 16, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Gateway to Radicalization: Wisconsin cultivates extremism with ties to Michigan insurrection group

October 16, 2020 | Syndicated |
Citizen-led commission launches community-based program to implement police reform in Milwaukee

October 16, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Milwaukee Housing and Health: Families get temporary relief from the CDC’s eviction moratorium

October 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin offers more financial support to stabilize businesses and families affected by COVID-19

October 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Miller Park site to take over as centralized hub for COVID-19 testing in Milwaukee

October 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Shorewood residents worry that proposed Atwater Beach fee could restrict recreational access

October 14, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
Wauwatosa’s curfew ends but new video shows “out of control” violence by law enforcement continues

October 14, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Rise of vehicular-based terror attacks on peaceful protesters marks new trend in America’s civil unrest

October 14, 2020 | Syndicated |
A message to the Democratic Party: Black people will not be the scapegoat if you lose Wisconsin again

October 13, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Post-election audits remain a vulnerability as Wisconsin secures its election infrastructure

October 13, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Broken Contract: Wisconsin refuses to pay Foxconn billions in tax subsidies unless it makes new deal

October 13, 2020 | Curated |
A Hard-Knock Life: Social apathy prevents Blacks from turning “lemons” into “lemonade”

October 12, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Principle-Policy Gap: How White Americans previously failed to support systemic change to end racism

October 12, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
State Fair Park activated as alternate care facility in response to record COVID-19 surges

October 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Ignoring Jesus: The problem with the American distortion of Christianity

October 11, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
What Christian sex advice websites reveal about evangelical sexual culture

October 11, 2020 | Syndicated |
“Playing Army” with deadly results: Federal lawsuit filed against Kyle Rittenhouse and Kenosha Militias

October 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Wauwatosa police retaliate against Cole family with violent attack that sends mother to hospital

October 10, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Brutality by Design: Wauwatosa shows that curfew policy is intended to terrorize civilian population

October 10, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Wisconsin DOJ concludes its investigation into Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake

October 10, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 100920

October 10, 2020 | Podcasts, Sound |
Courage, Integrity, and Honor: Milwaukee pays tribute to fallen firefighters at special memorial ceremony

October 9, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
Plan to integrate County departments aims to elevate care and services for older Milwaukee residents

October 9, 2020 | Articles |
MCTS creates new bus route connecting residents with jobs at Amazon Fulfillment Center in Oak Creek

October 9, 2020 | Articles |
Milwaukee Film releases lineup for its all-virtual 2020 festival featuring 197 titles

October 9, 2020 | Articles |
Reggie Jackson: I can’t find any common ground with racists

October 8, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
By Every Measure: Reggie Jackson and Tarik Moody explore systemic racism in podcast about Milwaukee

October 8, 2020 | Podcasts |
Family of Alvin Cole renew demand for justice after Wauwatosa Police Officer not charged over his death

October 8, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Lord of the Flies: Small insect generates big social media buzz from Vice Presidential debate

October 8, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Counted but unheard: The paradox of the Black voter in Wisconsin

October 7, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee’s Latino voters pick up Biden-Harris yard signs to declare their election day support

October 7, 2020 | Photos |
A wake-up call: Milwaukee activists warn Democrats not to take Black voters for granted

October 7, 2020 | Syndicated |
Milwaukee forced to abandon Fiserv Forum and Miller Park as additional in-person absentee voting sites

October 7, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Life after COVID-19: Milwaukee needs to develop a support system for coronavirus survivors

October 6, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Editorial, Featured |
Drinking the Kool-Aid: Trump echoes Jim Jones by declaring “Don’t Be Afraid of Covid”

October 6, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Reggie Jackson |
Coronavirus in Chief: A presidential drive-by and other desperate stunts that put lives at risk for theater

October 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Beyond a political Thunderdome: Our feelings are being weaponized against us

October 5, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Pardeep Kaleka |
George Takei inspires gay men to reclaim #ProudBoys hashtag on Twitter with celebration of pride

October 5, 2020 | Curated |
Decency and Democracy: Responding to political sycophants who designate empathy as a disability

October 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Woodrow Wilson downplayed the 1918 pandemic then kept secret his affliction from influenza

October 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Free Tuition Program: Philanthropist Chris Abele donates another $500,000 to support “MATC Promise”

October 4, 2020 | Articles |
Dr. Igda Martinez: On why children of color are being hit hard by the coronavirus

October 4, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee students bring their Black Lives Matter activism back to the classroom

October 4, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s digital divergence: Rural students face educational dilemma of screens vs. classrooms

October 4, 2020 | Syndicated |
The suburban response to protesters masks a century of housing discrimination in Milwaukee

October 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Minority-owned homes remain undervalued despite laws that forbid using race to evaluate worth

October 3, 2020 | Syndicated |
Conspiracy Theories: Misinformation floods social media following Trump’s alleged COVID-19 diagnosis

October 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 100220

October 3, 2020 | Podcasts, Sound |
Wisconsin healthcare resources “feeling the strain” as COVID-19 crisis escalates due to severe cases

October 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
The Sick Man of Democracy: Trump tests positive for COVID-19 before attending planned Wisconsin rallies

October 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
In the Air: Why the spreading of coronavirus from aerosols remains a major health threat

October 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Fatal Fallout: Experts worry that the next phase of COVID-19 crisis may be most dangerous yet

October 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A look at the demolition site where a horse chestnut grove designed by Dan Kiley stood for decades

October 1, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
The path from Jim Crow to Donald Trump and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America

October 1, 2020 | Syndicated |
Legitimacy and peaceful transitions: The United States has a long history of contested elections

October 1, 2020 | Syndicated |

September

A hot mess inside a dumpster fire: Milwaukee’s Democratic supporters watch first presidential debate

September 30, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Featured, Photos |
A National Humiliation: Trump’s bullying tactics plunge debate into a train wreck

September 30, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
From racism to election integrity: Experts react to key issues from chaotic Trump and Biden debate

September 30, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Syndicated |
GOP leaders ignore health catastrophe as Wisconsin sees worst surge of COVID-19 since start of pandemic

September 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
A lack of enthusiasm: How Milwaukee’s Black voters could determine the national election

September 29, 2020 | Featured, Syndicated |
A Tax Cheat: The shadowy financial puzzles at the heart of a dishonest presidency

September 29, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Trump Nation: The real “Suckers” and “Losers” are the Americans who voted for a charlatan

September 29, 2020 | Syndicated |
Thea Bowman Institute launches in Milwaukee to promote academic enrichment for Black women

September 28, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Alverno College to build campus greenhouse for providing students with hands-on learning experience

September 28, 2020 | Articles |
Wisconsin’s sports industry takes an economic hit due to a summer of coronavirus

September 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
“Bring It Home” campaign continues economic push to promote Milwaukee as a future business destination

September 27, 2020 | Curated |
African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin gets state grant for Milwaukee office renovation

September 27, 2020 | Articles |
Art lovers will remain unaware of Milwaukee’s Black artists until they make an effort to find them

September 27, 2020 | Syndicated |
Voice the Vote: Milwaukee nonprofits work to make voting more accessible for people of color

September 26, 2020 | Articles |
The many benefits of voting by mail are still subject to numerous logistical difficulties

September 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
Making ballots legitimate: The security features that protect mail-in votes from fraud

September 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 092520

September 26, 2020 | Podcasts |
Reggie Jackson: If talking about racism is political, then so be it

September 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Trump incites Civil War over his desire for dictatorship with no commitment to a peaceful transfer of power

September 25, 2020 | Syndicated |
Critics charge Senator Ron Johnson of betraying his stated 2016 principle to not vote on SCOTUS nominee

September 25, 2020 | Syndicated |
From Emmett Till to Breonna Taylor: America continues to sanction the murdering of Blacks

September 24, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Surge in youth related COVID-19 infections causes Wisconsin to extend statewide mask mandate

September 24, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Trump’s Pandemic: A modern-day American genocide that “affects virtually nobody“

September 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin Election Commission ordered by court to improve procedures for safe voting in November

September 23, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Milwaukee’s 2021 Budget: Economic hardships felt from COVID-19 and Wisconsin’s broken funding formula

September 23, 2020 | Articles |
Deshea Agee: Why the King Drive project is good for its neighbors

September 23, 2020 | Articles |
Until our voices go hoarse: Reflections on a summer of protest in Milwaukee

September 22, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Milwaukee County rolls out grant program aimed at helping minority small businesses hard hit by COVID-19

September 22, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Local food producers across Wisconsin work at adapting to changing demands driven by pandemic

September 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Civil Rights lawyer details how 1930s German rhetoric and dangerous policies are being used today

September 21, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Patriotic Education: Critics slam 1776 Commission as political ploy to whitewash American history

September 21, 2020 | Syndicated |
He knew. He lied. 200,000 people died.

September 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Hip-Hop Week MKE adapts to 2020 conditions with plan to stream educational summit on voter suppression

September 20, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles |
Painted hearts encourage residents to enjoy downtown parks while remaining socially distant

September 20, 2020 | Articles |
Marcus Center to enhance Uihlein Hall and expand performing arts programs via livestream technology

September 20, 2020 | Articles |
Daniel Thompson gets crowdfunding support after quitting over distorted Jacob Blake news headline

September 19, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Kenosha to hold community listening sessions to develop action steps for moving the city forward

September 19, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
One boy lives, one boy dies: Why America values White killers over Black victims

September 19, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
A Champion of Gender Equality: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 from cancer

September 19, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Helping Wisconsin Vote: TV host Stephen Colbert launches nonpartisan #BetterKnowABallot initiative

September 18, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Souls to the Polls: COVID-19 survivor Greg Lewis leads ministry group to stop voter suppression

September 18, 2020 | Syndicated |
Exporting Kenosha’s Violence: Presidential embrace of armed insurgents elevates vigilante fears for election

September 18, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Troops and air support from Wisconsin National Guard deployed to help fight California’s wildfires

September 17, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
COVID-19 outbreak at Marquette University sends students into shopping panic over quarantine

September 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A lasting anxiety about COVID-19: Medical trends indicate that older coronavirus survivors face PTSD

September 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Explaining about the persistence of racism in America

September 16, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
New home for the Milwaukee Public Museum to be located in downtown’s Deer District area

September 16, 2020 | Articles |
No Serious Harm: New study confirms nearly all Black Lives Matter protests have been peaceful

September 16, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
From Portland to Kenosha: ACLU records law enforcement violence against peaceful protestors

September 15, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
An Illegal Curfew: Civil Rights group says Kenosha County Sheriff acted unlawfully

September 15, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Documents detail how White Supremacists have infiltrated police departments across America

September 15, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Milwaukee installs more 24-hour drop boxes for absentee ballots to ensure a safe November election

September 14, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
If countless Americans can give their lives to preserve our right to vote, we can take the time to do it

September 14, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
As You Wish: Cast of “Princess Bride” reunite for virtual fundraiser to help Joe Biden win Wisconsin

September 14, 2020 | Articles |
Downtown Employee Appreciation Week kicks off with virtual and socially-distanced activities

September 14, 2020 | Articles |
A Theology of Ignorance: Christian opposition of science during a pandemic is a rebuke of God’s divinity

September 13, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
Freedom of religion does not mean people are free from following mandates to wear masks

September 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Why Kenosha Happened: A powerful message from Rev. Dr. Lisa Bates-Froiland and Dayvin Hallmon

September 13, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Milwaukee leaders hold virtual 9/11 remembrance on 19th anniversary amid staggering pandemic loss

September 12, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Photos |
Wallpapered City: Three new murals by Wisconsin artists to be painted in Black Cat Alley

September 12, 2020 | Articles |
Designing Justice: Luba Lukova’s exploration of social equality through graphic art featured in new exhibit

September 12, 2020 | Curated |
The Exception to Exceptionalism: Why marginalized communities feel a collective guilt in America

September 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Patriot or Domestic Terrorist: Why Americans are unable to use some words to describe fellow citizens

September 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Editorial |
Death, Lies, and Audiotape: A deliberate political deception that has cost almost 200K Americans lives

September 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Americans continue to fear foreign threats while ignoring homegrown extremists 19 years after 9/11

September 11, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Black Batman: John Ridley to write comic book series potentially featuring a Dark Knight of Color

September 10, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Christian Cooper combines his birdwatching ordeal with BLM headlines in DC comic’s “Represent!”

September 10, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Many Wisconsin renters have nowhere to go as evictions soar and emergency aid falls short

September 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Margot Gage Witvliet: On being a COVID-19 long-hauler and the frustration of not knowing

September 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Latest Kenosha Police shooting hits close to home for family of Michael Bell

September 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Syndicated |
Trump staged photo op at destroyed camera shop after owner refused to participate

September 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Police and Militia tactics in Kenosha reflect an authoritarian prelude to a modern Civil War

September 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Federal agents in Kenosha: History shows militarized policing actually escalates violent conflicts

September 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
A threat to White truth: How the 1619 Project reignited America’s racial reckoning

September 8, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
A sudden preoccupation with the suburbs to make White people afraid for the wrong reasons

September 8, 2020 | BLM MKE, John Pavlovitz |
Two sets of laws: Civil rights lawsuit claims Kenosha police made selective curfew arrests

September 8, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
The Republic for which it stands: What will being an American mean without Democracy?

September 8, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Reprint of History: A report on the Ku Klux Klan in Wisconsin by Bugle-American

September 7, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Remembering W.E.B. Du Bois: His views on apologists for Confederate Monuments and Robert E. Lee

September 7, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Life is precious: Jacob Blake makes first public statement in a video from his hospital bed

September 7, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Kenosha Militia leader claims police intended to herd protesters toward them on night of deadly shootings

September 7, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Fiserv Forum and Miller Park to serve as Early Voting Centers for the 2020 General Election

September 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Wisconsin mails information about election participation to 2.6 million registered voters

September 6, 2020 | Articles |
Democratic National Committee puts support behind Wisconsin voting lawsuit on absentee ballots

September 6, 2020 | 2020 DNC, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Missing People: How an inaccurate census affected by COVID-19 will hurt communities of color

September 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Zao MKE Church responds to police seizure of U-Haul containing its humanitarian aid to Kenosha

September 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Wisconsin veterans and leaders condemn Trump over reports he disparaged fallen soldiers

September 5, 2020 | Curated |
Kenosha-native and “Hulk” actor Mark Ruffalo joins with activists during Justice for Jacob celebration

September 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Militia extremists with illegal cache of weapons arrested on the way to “pick people off” in Kenosha

September 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Joe Biden visits privately with Jacob Blake’s family before offering a message of healing to Kenosha

September 4, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Dominic Inouye: Saying YES in a summer of NO

September 4, 2020 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Local historians compile stories for new book that celebrates the Golden Age of Drag in Milwaukee

September 4, 2020 | Curated |
The economic impact of COVID-19 has been magnified by Trump’s intentional Postal Service delays

September 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 090320

September 4, 2020 | Podcasts |
Kristen Leer: COVID-19 and My Generation

September 3, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Editorial, Featured |
MaskUp with The Hop: New streetcar partnership provides free face coverings to keep Milwaukee safe

September 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Photos |
Democratic National Convention organizers donate office equipment and PPE to Milwaukee nonprofits

September 3, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles, COVID-19 |
The COVID-19 pandemic makes getting a flu shot this year more important than ever for saving lives

September 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Dr. Jeanette Kowalik resigns as city’s Commissioner of Heath for job with national health policy group

September 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
White America’s Greatest Fear: A Level Playing Field

September 2, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Fact checking a garden of lies: Trump uses a wounded Kenosha to fertilize his seeds of fear

September 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Pushing forward with healing: Family of Jacob Blake host community block party to register voters

September 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Rebuilding Kenosha: State Democratic leaders offer no-interest microloans to help restore businesses

September 2, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
A “Law and Order” president defends a racially motivated White vigilante charged with murder

September 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
There are no Blue Lives: Being opposed to police brutality is not an attack on law enforcement

September 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver draws a straight line from Trump’s racist rhetoric to Kenosha

September 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
SCLC launches campaign for Jacob Blake to help his family provide long-term medical care

September 1, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Wisconsin’s GOP refuses to participate in special session on criminal justice reform called by Governor

September 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Above the Law: Why police unions historically support an alternative justice system that is anti-union

September 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |

August

My Words Are My Weapons: I Write What I Like

August 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Repeal of Open Carry Laws: The danger from white nationalist militia groups can no longer be ignored

August 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Jesse Jackson condemns Kenosha’s “system of racism in law enforcement” during visit to city

August 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Wisconsin faces continued criticism for lack of police reforms in wake of Kenosha shooting

August 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
“Will only hinder our healing,” Wisconsin officials ask Trump to cancel his planned visit to Kenosha

August 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Milwaukee activist Frank Nitty delivers “I’m Tired” speech in DC calling for change and Black unity

August 30, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Peaceful protesters in Kenosha march with Jacob Blake’s family demanding an end to police brutality

August 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Photos |
ACLU demands resignation of Kenosha’s law enforcement officials over mishandling of unrest

August 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Vigilantism is a dark tradition of law enforcement woven into American culture

August 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Prime Time Trump: The RNC reflected a reality show without any reality

August 29, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Kenosha becomes latest proving ground of a Trump Doctrine designed to end American democracy

August 29, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Election officials rule that rapper Kanye West failed to qualify for Wisconsin’s presidential ballot

August 29, 2020 | Syndicated |
The 2020 Campaign of Chaos: Get Your Guns, The Blacks Are Coming

August 29, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
White leaders have emboldened angry white men with guns, now white society is surprised they are murdering people

August 28, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Blaming Blacks for All Riots: How racist conclusions marginalize the indecencies forced on people of color

August 28, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Kenosha delayed implementing police body cameras for years before Jacob Blake shooting

August 28, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Federal Agents use Portland tactics with unmarked vehicles to covertly detain Kenosha protestors

August 28, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Militia group in Kenosha used “patrol party invitations” on facebook to attract armed white men

August 28, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 082720

August 28, 2020 | Podcasts |
Teen vigilante accused of traveling to Kenosha to “hunt protestors” is charged with homicide

August 27, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
White assailant shot a member of Milwaukee’s Black Lives Matter march to DC while in Pennsylvania

August 27, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Attorney Ben Crump says Jacob Blake remains paralyzed after being shot by Kenosha police

August 27, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Wisconsin Representatives call for investigation into if Kenosha police assisted in acts of terrorism

August 27, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Wisconsin rejects deployment of Homeland Security troops in Kenosha fearing a repeat of Portland

August 27, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Bigger than Basketball: Milwaukee Bucks boycott NBA playoff game in protest of Jacob Blake shooting

August 27, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Milwaukee residents echo national outrage over Trump’s deliberate vandalism of mail services

August 26, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
The U.S. Postal Service has become a baseline for the exercise of American constitutional rights

August 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Democratizing Institution: Dismantling the post office destroys far more than just mail service

August 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
Senator Ron Johnson is playing the fool on Trump’s behalf in order to wreck the Postal Service

August 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
Civil Rights groups offer words of healing to Kenosha until Mayor John Antarmian upends the effort

August 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Video |
How Long Will This Go On? The Driving Force Behind My Righteous Anger

August 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Reggie Jackson |
National Guard deployed to Kenosha after police shoot Jacob Blake and trigger further racial unrest

August 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Photos |
Raysean White reflects on recording the latest example of police brutality against a Black man

August 25, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Prepared remarks on the shooting of Jacob Blake by an officer of the Kenosha Police Department

August 25, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Imagine Being a Child: How trauma impacts the youngest members of Kenosha’s Black Community

August 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Editorial |
A Milwaukee of the Mind: The reality that arrived instead of the dream to be the 2020 DNC host city

August 24, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Featured, Photos |
Inside the Virtual DNC: Highlights of the Democratic leaders from Wisconsin who spoke to the nation

August 24, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Photos |
Hometown Highlight Reel: Milwaukee broadcast minutes of airtime during hours of DNC programming

August 24, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Video |
March on the DNC: Local protestors call for action from Democrats on eve of Joe Biden’s nomination

August 24, 2020 | 2020 DNC, BLM MKE, Photos |
Captured on Video: Kenosha police shoot unarmed Black man at close range as he enters his car

August 24, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s religious leaders hold interfaith prayer program in support of city during 2020 DNC

August 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Photos |
An Emotional Divide: Grieving for the relationships that will not survive this Presidency

August 23, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
Authoritarian response to a pandemic: New report outlines the intentional disregard of COVID-19 crisis

August 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Healing Divisions: Congresswoman Gwen Moore shares her love for Milwaukee in DNC speech

August 23, 2020 | 2020 DNC, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Within the Folds: Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2020 collection aims to engage public on cultural issues

August 22, 2020 | Articles |
Adapted for Home Screens: Milwaukee Film will present two Virtual Film Festivals

August 22, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
The worst of times, the best of times: How the pandemic has been a tale of two movie industries

August 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Save Our Stages: Wisconsin venues plead with Congress for financial relief in next COVID-19 aid package

August 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
When America catches a cold, Blacks gets pneumonia: The impact of an uneven economic playing field

August 21, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee police nearly inflame scuffle between rally participants on final night of Democratic Convention

August 21, 2020 | 2020 DNC, BLM MKE, Photos |
A One-Party State: Republicans expand corruption and power by attacking legitimacy of the Democrats

August 21, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Milwaukee allocates $15 Million in CARES Act Funding to city residents for rent support and assistance

August 21, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 082020

August 21, 2020 | Podcasts |
Keynote Speech: Joe Biden at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 21, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Keynote Speech: Kamala Harris at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 21, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Tethered to Toxicity: Everything is at stake in the 2020 election

August 20, 2020 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Allowing a pandemic to kill Americans as a reelection strategy is the definition of a “death cult”

August 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Jobless Pay: The narrative used to deny Wisconsin workers vital financial help

August 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
From 1864 Rebellion to 2020 Pandemic: America cannot have a free society without elections

August 20, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Syndicated |
America’s Promise: DNC Livestream Day 4 August 20

August 20, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Keynote Speech: Barack Obama at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 20, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Keynote Speech: Hillary Rodham Clinton at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 20, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Latest Marquette Law School Poll confirms Joe Biden holds steady lead over Trump in Wisconsin

August 19, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles, Featured |
American Totalitarianism: How the legal infrastructure of fascism was constructed

August 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
Social Isolation: How prolonged loneliness during COVID-19 raises the dementia risk in older adults

August 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin farmers continue to suffer from the failed politics of the trade war with China

August 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
A More Perfect Union: DNC Livestream Day 3 August 19

August 19, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Keynote Speech: Dr. Jill Biden at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 19, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Keynote Speech: Bill Clinton at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 19, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
The purposeful effort to cripple our Postal System is a domestic attack on the Constitution

August 18, 2020 | Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Trump admits deliberately sabotaging U.S. Postal Service in order to block delivery of mail-in ballots

August 18, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Postal errors and ballot delivery delays in Wisconsin signal alarm about national voter suppression

August 18, 2020 | Syndicated |
Pandemic Mismanagement: Democrats blame Trump for Virtual DNC and Milwaukee’s economic loss

August 18, 2020 | 2020 DNC, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Leadership Matters: DNC Livestream Day 2 August 18

August 18, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Keynote Speech: Michelle Obama at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 18, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Keynote Speech: Bernie Sanders at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

August 18, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Everything About Us, Except Us: The Psychology of Systemic Racism

August 17, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Pardeep Kaleka: Interfaith service kicks off 2020 DNC with celebration of unity and hope

August 17, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Columns, COVID-19, Pardeep Kaleka |
Uniting America: Democrats offer multiple streaming platforms to watch national convention each night

August 17, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee DNC partners donate 75 Apple laptops to MPS to expand tech resources for virtual education

August 17, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles, COVID-19 |
We the People: DNC Livestream Day 1 August 17

August 17, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Inspirational banners feature work by Milwaukee artists to celebrate our nation’s “Road of Democracy”

August 16, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles |
Milwaukee-Based leaders will still speak in-person for Wisconsin’s part of National Nominating Convention

August 16, 2020 | 2020 DNC, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Video series narrated by community members will give the world a virtual tour of Milwaukee during DNC

August 16, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles |
A celebration of Black culture: African Americans have used public spaces to defy white supremacy

August 16, 2020 | Syndicated |
Boys & Girls Clubs extending meal program to serve Milwaukee students taking remote classes

August 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Lead2Change and Goodwill Industries celebrate a partnership that is filling Milwaukee’s talent pipeline

August 15, 2020 | Curated |
No Secret Plan: Governor rejects false claims circulated by lawmakers to prohibit in-person classes

August 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Discovering the Rainbow: Solarpunk embodies an optimism towards the future that our society needs

August 15, 2020 | Syndicated |
Blaming the Victim: Techniques used to avoid talking about systemic racism

August 14, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Fossil Fuels and Racism: How climate change continues to devastate Americans of Color

August 14, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Slaves and a racist medical theory: Health disparities have existed since the nation’s beginning

August 14, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
New study details why the Black Lives Matter Protests did not contribute to the surge of COVID-19 cases

August 14, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 081320

August 14, 2020 | Podcasts |
Milwaukee County seeks to transform criminal justice system through the lens of racial equity

August 13, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Sustaining the struggle for Freedom: History has proven that disruptive demonstrations work

August 13, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Challenges to the 10th Amendment and the guarantee of a state’s sovereign right to police its citizens

August 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Welcome to 1932: A summer of social protests and divisive presidential politics

August 13, 2020 | Syndicated |
We’re All In: WEDC officials join Milwaukee leaders to visit businesses keeping safe during COVID-19

August 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
WEDC report evaluates COVID-19 impact on Wisconsin’s economy and how the state can move forward

August 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee joins Counties across Wisconsin seeking vital funding in next Federal COVID-19 relief package

August 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
An essential service on the brink: USPS faces insolvency due to a coronavirus-related plunge in mail revenue

August 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Hypocrisy of American Rights: What Constitutional entitlement means in a nation created unequal

August 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Stigmatizing Trauma: Black teens face mental health crisis and are less likely to get treatment

August 11, 2020 | Syndicated |
COVID-19 Testing: What the disparity means between the true number of infected and confirmed cases

August 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Federal judge considers lawsuit for pandemic voting case that would change Wisconsin Election Laws

August 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Viewaukee: Interactive program invites residents use street binoculars to see city’s historic past

August 10, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee Film opens application process for annual grant program to support local filmmakers

August 10, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin Funnies: A look at 50 years of Badger-style comics that represent cultural works of art

August 10, 2020 | Syndicated |
Instagram and Gen Z: How memes and trendy visuals inform and influence younger generations

August 10, 2020 | Syndicated |
What Hurts God? A for-profit false prophet

August 9, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
A self-inflicted wound: Lawsuit seeks to dissolve National Rifle Association over abuse and fraud

August 9, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Slave-patrols and the Second Amendment: How Fears of Abolition empowered the idea of an armed militia

August 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
New report details how Senator Ron Johnson betrayed Wisconsin to make millions in personal profit

August 9, 2020 | Syndicated |
Black leaders denounce GOP’s latest political ploy to back Kanye West as a spoiler to divert Milwaukee votes

August 8, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Featured, Photos |
Residents demand a moratorium on evictions as more Milwaukee families are displaced from the pandemic

August 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
An Eviction Disaster: The coronavirus housing crisis is about to get worse as courts side with landlords

August 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 080620

August 8, 2020 | Podcasts |
Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination due to public health concerns

August 7, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Milwaukee faces the reality of its fading spotlight and economic hopes as 2020 DNC goes completely virtual

August 7, 2020 | 2020 DNC, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Theatrics and Pageantry: How political conventions evolved from picking nominees to hosting parties

August 7, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Syndicated |
Wisconsin National Guard mobilizing to support August election amid escalating COVID-19 crisis

August 7, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
The ongoing Nuclear Arms Race: Unlearned lessons from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation

August 6, 2020 | Featured, Syndicated |
An Atomic Amnesia: Why there are so few narratives about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Radioactive Plague: The secrecy and censorship surrounding civilian deaths from World War II

August 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Remembering Sadako Sasaki: The enduring controversy of why America used Atomic weapons on Japan

August 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Plutonium and Pop Culture: The lasting influence of two vaporized cities on anime and manga

August 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
COVID-19, Protests, and a Budget Crunch: How shifting funds can improve the quality of life in Milwaukee

August 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
The job police are not equipped for: A mental health crisis requires a health-based solution

August 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Joe Biden presents plan to address inequalities for Latino voters amid COVID-19 financial crisis

August 5, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Syndicated |
2020 was supposed to be the “Year of Milwaukee” and then the pandemic upended everything

August 5, 2020 | 2020 DNC, COVID-19, Syndicated |
From Fortnite to Call of Duty: U.S. military is recruiting youth from a game console near you

August 4, 2020 | Featured, Syndicated |
Pandemic and Recession: The cost of childcare adds an extra burden to economic recovery amid COVID-19

August 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Same parents who gutted education are now suddenly concerned about getting their kids back to school

August 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Racial Cordon: Why urban planning utilized segregation as a tool of white supremacy

August 4, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Now that you are woke: Will White allies actually be willing to “get out of the bed?”

August 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The meaning of color and power: How “white” become a metaphor for all things good

August 3, 2020 | Syndicated |
Tactic of an Autocrat: Trump is provoking a replay of the pre-Civil War conflict over federal authority

August 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Fired Comet Cafe workers protest at BelAir Cantina in demand of severance pay from former employers

August 3, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Operation Legend stirs unease in Milwaukee and raises questions over surge of federal police operations

August 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Bloody Sunday: How images of John Lewis being beaten went viral in an era before social media

August 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Not a radical idea: The United States has previously paid reparations for the sins of its past

August 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Election fears over mail-in ballots spells an end to the postal system established in our Constitution

August 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
National leaders and local labor groups renew call for legislation to protect workers from COVID-19

August 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Senator Tammy Baldwin helps introduce resolution to declare racism a public health crisis

August 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Curated |
Bounce Milwaukee takes public health initiative by closing temporarily over growing pandemic concerns

August 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
COVID-19 cannot be so safe for schools to reopen but so dangerous as to delay a national election

August 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |

July

Wisconsin Declares public health emergency and requires face coverings statewide from August 1

July 31, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
MCTS issues public safety measure requiring all passengers to wear a mask while riding buses

July 31, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Masks and Distancing: Democratic National Convention outlines safety plan for Milwaukee event

July 31, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Curated |
Wisconsin reviews Foxconn job audit to determine if company qualifies for portion of $3B in tax credits

July 31, 2020 | Syndicated |
“Your Vote Is Power” campaign reminds public that our democracy depends on everyone going to the polls

July 30, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Milwaukee’s history and personal stories featured on Google Arts & Culture’s global platform

July 30, 2020 | Articles |
Sculpture Milwaukee continues installations for its 2020 season of public art amid COVID-19 delays

July 30, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Mandatory mask ordinances designed to protect public health do not violate the Constitution

July 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Korean War soldier listed as missing in action for 70 years receives flyover salute during Wisconsin burial

July 29, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
A Milwaukee baseball tradition continues for the Brewers as the racing sausages go on the road

July 29, 2020 | Articles |
Bradley Foundation bankrolled rushed effort to reopen Wisconsin as COVID-19 cases skyrocketed

July 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
No help for the poor but funds for war: Americans overwhelmingly support cutting the Pentagon budget

July 29, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Matter of Survival: Time to rethink education instead of reopening schools

July 28, 2020 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Local public schools are being deprived of vital federal funding while Wisconsin sues Betsy DeVos

July 28, 2020 | Syndicated |
From Amenity to Utility: Milwaukee Common Council wants to expand broadband access for students

July 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
An Abdication of Leadership: How reality is disrupting an ideology still opposed to the New Deal

July 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Trump needs a re-election victory in Wisconsin to stay in power but his support is eroding

July 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
A Mafia State: The ruling class has destroyed our capitalist democracy

July 27, 2020 | Syndicated |
Warspeak: Militarized rhetoric about COVID-19 makes everything a battle and turns neighbors into enemies

July 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A War on Citizens: Where are those patriots and their guns to stand up against government tyranny now?

July 27, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
A massive revenue shortfall: Wisconsin needs federal funding to save economy and public services

July 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Killing people of color at home and abroad: Why defunding War should follow defunding Police

July 26, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Trail of Tears: A legacy of institutionalized racism rooted in broken promises and stolen lands

July 26, 2020 | Syndicated |
Political Blackmail: Schools are being threatened with financial punishment if they fail to reopen

July 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
MATC’s Promise program expands computer and internet access to increase digital equity for students

July 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Schools work to ensure Wisconsin students have broadband access if virtual learning continues

July 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Livestream of “Milwaukee Strong” all-star music video and “The Hero in You” mural salutes essential workers

July 24, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Wisconsin’s elected officials tell Trump to keep his secret police force out of Milwaukee

July 24, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Trump opens a new chapter of his fascist playbook in Milwaukee under the guise of “law and order”

July 24, 2020 | BLM MKE, Heather Richardson |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 072330

July 24, 2020 | Podcasts |
Poll Workers Needed: Milwaukee seeks individuals to serve our democracy and city on election days

July 23, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Safe from fraud and disease: Research finds mail-in voting is trustworthy with no partisan advantage

July 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Illness and Economics: COVID-19 continues to devastate the marginalized homeless population

July 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Broken System: Millions of Americans lost heath insurance along with their jobs due to COVID-19

July 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Civilian oversight committee requires Milwaukee Police Chief Morales make changes to keep his job

July 22, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
The STOP program: How a youth initiative to build trust with police instead blamed Milwaukee students

July 22, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Conspiracy Stories: How Trump has revived the tyrannical playbook of J. Edgar Hoover

July 22, 2020 | Syndicated |
Evading a civic duty: Americans also refused to wear masks during the 1918 pandemic

July 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
More testing needed as spread of coronavirus makes significant impact across Wisconsin communities

July 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
A looming housing apocalypse: Experts predict evictions of low-income families will skyrocket

July 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Rejecting Integration: The federal government is abandoning its responsibilities to ensure fair housing

July 21, 2020 | Articles |
A Deadly Reelection Stunt: Deployment of secret police force meant to distract from COVID-19 crisis

July 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Bomb them back to the Stone Age: Racism, genocide, and denial at the heart of the American Way of War

July 20, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Black Deaths Matter: #SayTheirNames campaign is latest effort to memorialize victims of racism

July 20, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Smartphone Witnessing: The filming of police brutality has become synonymous with Black patriotism

July 20, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
An Unconstitutional Army: Trump’s fledging secret police could be deployed to Milwaukee after Portland

July 20, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Contact tracers across Wisconsin battle the coronavirus and dangerous conspiracy fallacies

July 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin residents warned about COVID-19 contact tracing scam that seeks to steal personal data

July 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino forced to permanently lay off 1,600 employees due to financial impact of COVID-19

July 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Pandemic Budget Cuts: State and local governments face the painful fiscal side effect of COVID-19

July 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Plan to revive abandoned $1.1B expansion of I-94 East-West highway faces sharp criticism

July 18, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Lack of School Safety: Vice President Mike Pence visits Wisconsin to bully students back to class

July 18, 2020 | Articles |
Economic hardships from COVID-19 highlights the need to bring back Postal Banking Services

July 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Remembering John Lewis: An icon of the social justice movement with a legacy of community service

July 18, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Congressman John Lewis, lion of the Civil Rights Era, dies from cancer at 80

July 18, 2020 | Syndicated |
Why saying “All Lives Matter” is disrespectful to Black people

July 17, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Proposed 1619 Act would provide federal funding for educational programs on African American History

July 17, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Cultural Amnesia: The Civil Rights era had many leaders just like today’s protest movement

July 17, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
COVID-19 continues to expose the sham of capitalism and its orthodox economics

July 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Justice for Joel Acevedo: Community rally calls for release of body camera footage related to homicide

July 16, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
SafeVote postcard encouraging Milwaukee residents to vote from home arrive in mailboxes this week

July 16, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
A Disposable Workforce: National leaders continue to sacrifice Americans for political and corporate gains

July 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Light the Hoan initiative plans to install illumination on west side of bridge before summer ends

July 16, 2020 | Articles |
Stunning images from the early days of Milwaukee’s BLM protests show brutality and humanity

July 15, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
Debate continues over if police can serve and protect communities where they are not a resident

July 15, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Wauwatosa Police escalate pressure on Alvin Cole protestors as his death gains national attention

July 15, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Decades of promised police reforms have failed to alter a culture of abuse and racism

July 15, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Presidential Child Abuse: Trump uses extortion on parents in effort to prematurely re-open schools

July 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Underfunded before COVID-19: The false choice between healthy students and a healthy economy

July 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Assault on public schools: Why Betsy DeVos is using the pandemic to privatize education across the nation

July 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Close to a million international students could be expelled under Trump’s new college attendance policy

July 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Common Council unanimously approves mandatory mask ordinance for Milwaukee starting July 16

July 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Stop accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of ignoring so-called “black-on-black” crime

July 13, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Forward Latino joins civil rights complaint against harmful workplace polices by meatpacking industry

July 13, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
At the doorstep of Muslim America: Finding unity of purpose within a diverse faith community

July 13, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
R. Richard Wagner recalls how AIDS challenged Wisconsin on its approach to public health

July 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Sounds of Fear: Why terrified politicians are trying to silence American voters

July 12, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
Federal court approves Wisconsin GOP’s election restrictions in latest voter suppression effort

July 12, 2020 | Syndicated |
Plague and Punishment: When religion sided with science as a lesson for enduring COVID-19

July 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Motivated Reasoning and COVID-19: What science says about science denial

July 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Common Council passes resolution requiring its approval before Police can buy military-grade gear

July 11, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
A “Forever War” at Home: Why a militarized police force sees American citizens as enemy combatants

July 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Interactive map documents extensive incidents of police violence against Black Lives Matter Protesters

July 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
White Silence: Why most parents fail to talk about racism with their children

July 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Vigil for Vanessa Guillen: Latino community calls for further investigation into soldier killed on Army base

July 10, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
“Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Death!” What the anti-mask messages really say

July 10, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Reggie Jackson |
Swastika Bumper Stickers: Why Americans reject Nazi symbols but display Confederate ones with pride

July 10, 2020 | Syndicated |
Retiring Mississippi’s state flag is not erasing history, it is ending a celebration of traitors as heroes

July 10, 2020 | Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 070920

July 10, 2020 | Podcasts |
Vintage photos from John and Etta Jones highlights the life of a middle-class Black family in Milwaukee

July 9, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
A Confederate Mount Rushmore: Options for removing Stone Mountain’s controversial carving

July 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
America’s COVID-19 Denial: To have a second wave of coronavirus the first wave needs to end

July 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
You’ll get used to it: Trump supporters embrace an alternate reality on his failed response to COVID-19

July 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
“Love Your Parks” campaign aims to rally funding to maintain parks amid COVID-19 impact on County budget

July 9, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Rise and Thrive: A “Lives in Landscape” Series – The Wake of Dreams

July 8, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Marchers condemn Briggs & Stratton for giving millions to executives as Mike Jackson worked to death

July 8, 2020 | Articles |
Two Milwaukee workforce organizations join Midwest coalition to advance racial equity in manufacturing

July 8, 2020 | Articles |
Fred Kaems to paint children’s literacy mural in Milwaukee’s Washington Heights Neighborhood

July 8, 2020 | Articles |
Milwaukee Art Museum begins phased reopening with expanded procedures for health safety

July 8, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
“Defund the Police” street mural restored by Milwaukee City Hall after being defaced

July 7, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
Milwaukee police officer under investigation for alleged off-duty assault of two photographers

July 7, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Avoiding Maskne: How to protect your skin from acne caused by pandemic safety habits

July 7, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
One Million Free Masks: Local company offers to help residents comply with proposed MKE Cares ordinance

July 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
MKE Cares: City-wide ordinance would enforce mandatory mask policy in public spaces

July 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Targeted by Police: How law enforcement tries to criminalize Milwaukee’s Black Activists

July 6, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured |
An Inappropriate Arrest: Questions remain over why community activist Vaun Mayes was detained

July 6, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
First Steps of Change: Three ways that protestors could actually drive policy shifts on racist policing

July 6, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Coronavirus and the Surge: Developing resilience is an important tool for coping with stressful times

July 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Dear America: Your Heroes are Not Necessarily My Heroes

July 5, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
“Leader of a Culture War” stands on stolen Lakota land to deliver a message of hate on Independence Day

July 5, 2020 | Heather Richardson |
Petition seeks termination of UW-Milwaukee Lecturer over social media remarks on Vanessa Guillen’s death

July 5, 2020 | Syndicated |
Database of advertisements for fugitive slaves reveals the roots of Black Resistance in America

July 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
State-sanctioned brutality: Report finds many police fail to comply with basic human rights laws

July 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
An Uncomfortable Guilt: The excuse of politics is not why people avoid talking about systemic racism

July 4, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Love of country and each other: Wearing a mask during a pandemic is an expression of Patriotism

July 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Truth Commissions: A nationwide healing process is needed to overturn systemic racism

July 4, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
How Capitalism solved its instability problem by using racism as an essential tool for maintaining order

July 4, 2020 | Syndicated |
Confederate Flags and Nooses: Holding on to Symbols of American Racism

July 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Life of a Slave Girl: The tarnished Southern pride of a history based on sexual violence

July 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Peonage Explained: The system of convict labor was Slavery by another name

July 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
A Black Lives Matter Anthem: Hip-hop is the latest soundtrack in the history of racial equality protests

July 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 063020

July 3, 2020 | Podcasts |
Empty Seats: The reckless need for something as meaningless as sports during a pandemic

July 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
New study confirms that Black voters were heavily disenfranchised in April 7 election over COVID-19 fears

July 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A False Immunity: Rural communities are showing their vulnerability to COVID-19

July 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee residents fall under increasing police surveillance in effort to choke Black activism

July 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
S/V Denis Sullivan stays docked for 20th anniversary due to COVID-19 and needs funding to remain afloat

July 1, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Oriental Theatre to complete extensive renovations over summer and remain closed into Fall of 2020

July 1, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Ready for Summer Travel? Mitchell Airport implements enhanced health procedures as COVID-19 rebounds

July 1, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Tammy Belton-Davis joins Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s leadership team as Chief Diversity Officer

July 1, 2020 | Articles |

June

Not Under Siege: Dispelling the myth that Black Lives Matter protesters have targeted police

June 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Unheard Black Voices: Milwaukee’s Sex Trafficking problem is another area of police neglect

June 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Black Americans have always been essential workers but continue to see little economic reward

June 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Police staffing levels remain flat even as Wisconsin law enforcement budgets skyrocket 60% in 30 years

June 30, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
A Radical Black Voice: William Monroe Trotter and his effort to hold a mirror up to nature

June 29, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Historical Society reopens to the public with new exhibit covering 150 years of Milwaukee politics

June 29, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles |
Defunding White Racism: How to end a system that sees social order as obedience to armed authority

June 29, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
More likely to hurt than help: Police have proven they are not allies of women’s rights

June 29, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Bad Data: A pandemic and privacy fears threaten the very purpose of the 2020 census

June 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Those who declare the value of “All Lives Matter” seem to have little regard for so much of it

June 28, 2020 | BLM MKE, John Pavlovitz |
A Lost Decade: Where the trajectory of today will take us by 2030 if we fail to alter course

June 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Sinful Debt: Reparations were never paid for the wealth extracted from stolen land by stolen labor

June 28, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Trying to reach “herd immunity” without a COVID-19 vaccine is a disastrous pandemic response strategy

June 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Literature as a coping tool: How Science fiction helps young readers build mental resiliency

June 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
COVID-19 crisis dims Milwaukee’s DNC spotlight as plans confirmed for nearly all-virtual convention

June 27, 2020 | 2020 DNC, Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin’s Asian American Pacific Islander Coalition condemns Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobic Attacks

June 27, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Trump suggests that Wisconsin was awarded $5.5B Naval Frigate contract to influence his reelection

June 27, 2020 | Syndicated |
When fiction and real life collide: Defining a dystopia by the state of politics

June 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
How toxic Conservatism focuses on increasing wealth for elitists at the expense of democracy

June 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Black Lives Matter: Teens Grow Greens nurtures more than just plants

June 26, 2020 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
When the applause ends: Essential workers deserve to be valued in a post-coronavirus economy

June 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
Intangible benefits: Why Americans have quickly tired of hand-washing and social distancing

June 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Staying Safe Outdoors: Lyme disease symptoms and other summer illnesses could be mistaken for COVID-19

June 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 062320

June 26, 2020 | Podcasts |
Protestors demand justice as Milwaukee Police officer charged for killing Joel Acevedo has first court date

June 25, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
“We Care Crew” initiative uses parks for distribution of vital resources to Milwaukee’s Communities of Color

June 25, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Truth and Reparations: A cultural shift is needed to eradicate manifestations of violence against Blacks

June 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
A Message of Hate: Racial agitators use nooses to hang photos of murdered Black people in Milwaukee park

June 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
The New Normal: Prolonged uprisings against injustice will continue

June 25, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Systemic Racism 101: Dear America, I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do

June 24, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Protests can encourage imperiled people for a day, votes can save them for a lifetime

June 24, 2020 | BLM MKE, John Pavlovitz |
The Great Coronavirus Depression: Four key factors provide a roadmap for historical context

June 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee’s Harbor District awarded first-ever “Trash Free Waters” grant for Kinnickinnic River clean up

June 24, 2020 | Articles |
American soldiers have a moral obligation to disobey an unlawful order to occupy of America

June 24, 2020 | Syndicated |
Thousands ride in unity across Milwaukee to affirm the message “Black is Beautiful”

June 23, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Video |
Focus Finder: Milwaukee Film awarded grant for accelerator program to elevate diverse voices in film

June 23, 2020 | Articles |
Wisconsin considers a package of legislation on police reforms that include use of force standards

June 23, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Fear and Racism: How the public is manipulated by the politics of tribalism

June 23, 2020 | Syndicated |
Working while sick: Wisconsin employees fear being fired if absent due to an illness

June 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Spiritual Journey: Milwaukee women celebrate Black freedom on Juneteenth Day with Emancipation protest

June 22, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
The Metaphor of War: When this pandemic is over the problems of inequality will remain

June 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
No More War: New book equates humanitarian intervention with philanthropic child abuse

June 22, 2020 | Syndicated |
Remembering the day that Muhammad Ali was wrongly convicted for refusing the Vietnam Draft

June 22, 2020 | Syndicated |
From Dragnet to Cops: The media industry reckons with a long history of glorifying law enforcement

June 22, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Black Lives Matter street mural suffers rain damage following installation at Harambee intersection

June 21, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
Ongoing COVID-19 crisis moves Milwaukee’s “Storm the Bastille” run into a virtual space for 2020

June 21, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
The world is what we made: Finding hope in humanity after the emptiness of our shared existence

June 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Dear White People: If you have ever said any of these things then you are part of the problem

June 21, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Ten names of American heroes that should replace Army bases named after Confederates

June 21, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |