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  The Hypocrisy of American Rights: What Constitutional entitlement means in a nation created unequal
  
  Aug 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
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  Now that you are woke: Will White allies actually be willing to "get out of the bed?"
  
  Aug 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
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  A Matter of Survival: Time to rethink education instead of reopening schools
  
  Jul 28, 2020 | Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
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  We’re All In: WEDC officials join Milwaukee leaders to visit businesses keeping safe during COVID-19
  
  Aug 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
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  Viewaukee: Interactive program invites residents use street binoculars to see city's historic past
  
  Aug 10, 2020 | Featured, Photos |
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August

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 |
Juneteenth Flag: Historic symbol of Black liberation from slavery flown at City Hall Complex for first time

June 20, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos, Video |
Wisconsin Justices issue open letter confronting need to recognize racial injustices in our legal system

June 20, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Denying an African legacy: How the “New Negro” emerged out of the ruins of the Great War

June 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Life on Welfare: The inaccurate perceptions and false stereotypes about people on public assistance

June 20, 2020 | Syndicated |
Poisoned Philanthropy: The dangers of becoming the “white moderate” that MLK warned us about

June 20, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Police-Free Schools: LIT student activists help convince MPS to end contract with MPD and redirect funding

June 19, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
A “Black” New Deal: Racial equality is the great unfinished task of America

June 19, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Racist riots of 1919: Remembering the “Red Summer” that textbooks have conveniently forgotten

June 19, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Dreamers are Home: Young immigrants can stay after Supreme Court rejects Trump’s effort to end DACA

June 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
Economic Emancipation: Closing the racial wealth gap requires the same bold thinking that ended slavery

June 19, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
From Impossible to Inevitable: If any of us are treated as disposable, then we are all in danger

June 19, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Marching for CPAC: Youth group chalks messages around City Hall demanding police accountability

June 18, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
Siri shortcut helps Black drivers safely record their encounters with police during traffic stops

June 18, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Juneteenth flag to fly for first time over State Capitol and City of Milwaukee building on June 19

June 18, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
The Other Independence Day: Why Juneteenth should finally be celebrated as a National Holiday

June 18, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Why companies are ending hazard pay for essential workers even as the pandemic rages on

June 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Zeynab Ali: If you weren’t black, maybe you’d still be alive

June 17, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Milwaukee’s latest Civil Rights mural honors local leaders and community organizers

June 17, 2020 | BLM MKE, Photos |
Almost 2,000 images from 12 Milwaukee protest events used to make photo mosaic honoring George Floyd

June 17, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Beyond Casual Cruelty: Lawsuit accuses police of attacking journalists covering George Floyd Protests

June 17, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
River of Protest: 2020 uprisings join a long struggle against the disregard for Black life in America

June 17, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
America’s Cold Civil War: The Enduring Fight for Respect and Dignity by People of Color

June 16, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Commemorating Freedom: Juneteenth officially recognized as a holiday in Milwaukee County

June 16, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, COVID-19 |
Senator Tammy Baldwin: Our March for Racial Justice

June 16, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Supreme Court rules that existing federal laws protect LGBT people against job discrimination

June 16, 2020 | Syndicated |
Comeback Cuisine: Box lunch program encourages employers to support neighborhood eateries

June 16, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
The problem with White America’s enduring love affair of the Confederacy

June 15, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Urban Milwaukee: Local news outlet gets back to work after devastating office fire

June 15, 2020 | Syndicated |
Pandemic causes Underground Collaborative to permanently close community arts center

June 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee County’s housing initiative allocates $10M to prevent evictions and offer mortgage assistance

June 15, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, COVID-19 |
Economic history repeats itself: Black Americans are enduring the brunt of the coronavirus recession

June 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
911 is a Joke: How our emergency response system became a nosy-neighbor hotline for white people

June 14, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Brown People for Black Power: Latino group marches in solidarity with BLM across James Groppi Bridge

June 14, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Franklin students petition school district to improve insufficient education about racial injustices

June 14, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Lack of Accountability: Police unions are a formidable obstacle in the struggle to transform policing

June 14, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Instigation and Accelerationism: Why far-right extremists protest the deaths of black people

June 14, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Trump intentionally spits in the face of Black America just by selecting Juneteenth Day for Tulsa rally

June 13, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Demonstrators pause outside police headquarters to hold “Black Lives Matter” candlelight vigil

June 13, 2020 | BLM MKE, Photos |
Racism and Shorewood: Eric Lucas talks about being spit on during peaceful demonstration

June 13, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
When we divest resources from law enforcement we can finally invest them in community services

June 13, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Reopening the economy has become a partisan issue between the rule followers and rule breakers

June 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Inevitability of a White Backlash to the George Floyd Protests

June 12, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Black Lives Matter: Massive public demonstration makes peaceful march through Whitefish Bay

June 12, 2020 | BLM MKE, Photos |
A Legacy of Lies: “Lost Cause” myth distorted Civil War history to infect America’s soul with White Supremacy

June 12, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Robin Vos under fire for racist comment blaming “immigrant culture” for COVID-19 outbreak in Racine

June 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Tear gas used on peaceful protesters is a chemical weapon banned by Geneva Convention during war

June 12, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 060920

June 12, 2020 | Podcasts |
Milwaukee Pride marches in solidarity with Black Lives Matter

June 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
COVID-19 disparities linked to broader toll of racism on African Americans in Wisconsin

June 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Syndicated |
ACLU issues stinging criticism of Milwaukee police for aggressive actions toward peaceful protestors

June 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
Milwaukee County Human Rights Commission denounces extrajudicial killings by police

June 11, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
George Floyd Memorial Mural: Artists unite to inspire change for communities of color in Milwaukee

June 10, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
Graffiti artists and muralists send messages of hope and despair with coronavirus public art

June 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Rise and Thrive: A “Lives in Landscape” Series – Summer of Empowerment

June 10, 2020 | Articles |
A Darkness Made Visible: Creating art to cope with the affects of mental illness

June 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Sterling Brown and Milwaukee Bucks lead thousands in peaceful protest march from Fiserv to Lakefront

June 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
Senator Baldwin joins Congressional resolution to abolish qualified immunity for law enforcement

June 9, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Weaponization of law enforcement against African Americans predates Declaration of Independence

June 9, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Protesting amid pandemic: How to stay safe from coronavirus while supporting “Black Lives Matter”

June 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
How COVID-19 could modify future hospital designs to accommodate the sudden surge of patients

June 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Cookie Math: Pint-sized protest gives Milwaukee’s youngest citizens a voice demanding equal justice

June 8, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
Proof is in the Pudding: The public should lower expectations about major changes in policing

June 8, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Reggie Jackson |
Jack Davidson: An open letter to Milwaukee law enforcement on the “kettling” of peaceful protesters

June 8, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Milwaukee small business owners experience financial hardships from slow federal response to COVID-19

June 8, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Pandemic Capitalism: Searching for an alternative to the cruel absurdity of status quo politics

June 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Keep Your Distance: Creative ways to socialize with boundaries in the pandemic era

June 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Peaceful protest for George Floyd marches into Wauwatosa as racial equality movement grows

June 7, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
I am a black life: What a Jesus of Color would say to white police

June 7, 2020 | BLM MKE, John Pavlovitz |
Killing Our Humanity: A 12 step guide for how not to make a pandemic worse

June 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Invisible Enemy: Inmates fear the COVID-19 pandemic in overcrowded Wisconsin prisons

June 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The proposal of a COVID-19 immunity passport raises legal and ethical concerns

June 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Common Council calls for investigation into use of knee by Milwaukee police to restrain protestor

June 6, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Milwaukee to create commission for examining police conduct and to reinforce community trust

June 6, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Jonathan Brostoff: A peaceful community means our neighbors are not seen as enemy combatants

June 6, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Entering a new Era: How the social impact from COVID-19 will shape the next generation

June 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Pandemic Diet: A hunger for comfort food magnifies already unhealthy eating behaviors

June 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
How Quickly We Forget: The Lost and Disrespected Victims of COVID-19

June 5, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Enemy Citizens: How militarization has altered police culture to target the public it serves

June 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Definition of Violence: A distinction between destroying people and inanimate objects matters

June 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Slave Patrols: America has yet to reckon with the racist roots of our criminal justice system

June 5, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
How white supremacist groups exploit governmental chaos to support their recruitment efforts

June 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 060220

June 5, 2020 | Podcasts |
Alt-Right group threatens to assassinate Milwaukee activist Frank Nitty in effort to stop peace marches

June 4, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
UPAF Ride for the Arts will allow participants to start from anywhere for 40th Anniversary fundraiser

June 4, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Sculpture Milwaukee’s “outdoor museum” returning for 2020 season with more world-class artworks

June 4, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Discovery World launches community challenge to fuel an increase of science literacy in Milwaukee

June 4, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver criticizes Robin Vos over in-person voting amid pandemic

June 4, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Making votes count: Other options for replacing the Electoral College

June 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Thousands march from Bay View to Downtown in “Justice for George Floyd Peaceful Protest”

June 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, Photos |
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them

June 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery deaths show how racism is a life-threatening conditions for black men

June 3, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Wisconsin Circuit Courts seek safe plan to resume jury trials and in-person hearings during pandemic

June 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Staying afloat during the pandemic: COVID-19 exposed fissures in our social safety net

June 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wake-up Milwaukee: If Ryan Clancy is not safe from authoritarianism as an elected official then who is?

June 2, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, Featured |
Johnson, Crowley, and Obama: Three leaders respond to how people of color are being brutalized

June 2, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE |
Days of Outrage: ACLU of Wisconsin condemns excessive force by police against protesters

June 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Curated |
America nears its Tiananmen Square moment as Trump orders tear gas attack on peaceful citizens

June 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Police use George Floyd protests as pretext to escalate violence against Americans with impunity

June 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Patterns of Misconduct: Study finds police officers accused of abuse have a history of citizen complaints

June 2, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
When Silence Kills: What has your inaction done to stop the deaths of innocent black people?

June 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
Looting and unrest in some cities seen as acts of domestic terrorism by White Supremacist groups

June 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Mobile phone video of brutality against Black people should be considered sacred like lynching photos

June 1, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Redlining from past decades positioned communities for greater risk during coronavirus crisis

June 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 052120

June 1, 2020 | Podcasts |

May

We Can’t Breathe! The Never-Ending Battle Against Police Brutality

May 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Photos, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee residents hold peaceful rally seeking end to state-sponsored violence against people of color

May 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, COVID-19, Heather Richardson, Photos |
Pardeep Kaleka: The loss of George Floyd should make us more reverent

May 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Columns, Pardeep Kaleka |
How much is a Black Life worth to White America?

May 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Ellen M. Gilligan: Now is the time for racial justice in Milwaukee

May 31, 2020 | Articles, BLM MKE, COVID-19 |
When the oppressed have no acceptable way to fight back against their oppression

May 31, 2020 | BLM MKE, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee Independent reaches 30 awards since 2016 for excellence in journalism with 13 more MPC honors

May 30, 2020 | Awards, Featured |
Amtrak to restore Amtrak Hiawatha Service from Milwaukee to Chicago on June 1

May 30, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Fare collection will resume for all Milwaukee County Transit System buses on June 1

May 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Milwaukee Public Schools to honor 2020 graduates with a weeklong celebration of virtual ceremonies

May 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
A Class War: Why federal bailouts for fossil fuel industry is a priority over assisting regular people

May 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A Hero Lives Here: Reexamining the definition of Heroism during the Pandemic

May 29, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
You Matter: Uplifting solidarity campaign launches for Milwaukee’s communities of color

May 29, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Maria Hamilton: On George Floyd’s death, police accountability, and a call to action for change

May 29, 2020 | BLM MKE, Photos |
Black vs. White: Why authorities clash with black protesters while overlooking White Supremacists

May 29, 2020 | BLM MKE, Syndicated |
Wanted: A Vaccine to Cure White People’s Irrational Fear of Black People

May 28, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Milwaukee nonprofit included in Oprah Winfrey’s $12M coronavirus relief grants to “home” cities

May 28, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
“Pop-Up” Drive-in Theatre initiative offers Milwaukee families a safe entertainment experience

May 28, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Scam Alert: Robocalls target local residents with fake at-home COVID-19 testing kits

May 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
A Tale of Two Coopers: How White complicity fuels racism

May 27, 2020 | BLM MKE, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Disabled Wisconsin residents see their lives upended by a coronavirus-driven shortage of caregivers

May 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The first 100 days: Study shows delay of nationwide lockdown contributed to massive death toll

May 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Life vs. Money: Loss and recovery determined by reaction speed to COVID-19 crisis

May 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
An unearned privilege: Americans today are wasting their inherited freedom

May 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Mask Up: Wisconsin health officials urge individuals to wear face protection to slow spread of COVID-19

May 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
No wealth, poor health: COVID-19 has exposed the depth of inequity for marginalized communities

May 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Blaming victims of COVID-19: Racism twisted a health crisis into a culture war

May 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Online resource launches to help teach about Milwaukee’s historic Solders Home

May 25, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
An Unfathomable Scale: How do we grieve the loss of 100,000 American lives?

May 25, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
From the Vietnam War to COVID-19: How “death by numbers” altered the way we mourn

May 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
State leaders urge Trump to continue funding the Wisconsin National Guard’s COVID-19 assistance

May 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Lack of support for military families adds mental health struggles on top of the pandemic crisis

May 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
From WWII to Charlottesville: A brief history of African-Americans fighting fascism and racism

May 25, 2020 | Syndicated |
A response to questions about “The Myth of Anti-Whiteness”

May 24, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Reggie Jackson |
New state program offers relief grant to minority-owned businesses affected by COVID-19

May 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A COVID-19 Summer: Pools and aquatic facilities at Milwaukee County Parks to remain closed

May 24, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee’s park system drops four spots in national ranking amid pandemic

May 24, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Frederick Law Olmsted’s knowledge of contagious diseases informed his vision for urban parks

May 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Just like for the construction of the Panama Canal, non-white lives are expendable again

May 23, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin Elections Commission releases analysis of absentee ballots from spring election

May 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Milwaukee residents file lawsuit over Constitutional right to vote safely in Wisconsin’s next election

May 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Study shows Wisconsin’s April 7 in-person election resulted in explosion of new COVID-19 infections

May 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Reopening Milwaukee will only be successful if we work together to keep our community safe

May 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
A Tragic American Fable: The Pied Piper of Coronavirus

May 22, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
Poverty, Misery, and Death: What the new American exceptionalism means during a pandemic

May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Gated against coronavirus: The “Third Places” that once created our social fabric

May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A President’s Crusade: Remembering when FDR made the eradication of polio his personal business

May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Next financial crisis: A tsunami of bankruptcies expected as people go broke from COVID-19 shutdown

May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Joe Biden holds virtual rally for Milwaukee voters and blames Trump for dreadful pandemic response

May 21, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Harvey Milk Day: The history of “coming out” from a secret gay code to a powerful political movement

May 21, 2020 | Syndicated |
Gay bars were already closing their doors before the coronavirus hit

May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A dirty history of soap: The rather gross ingredients used to make things clean

May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Political Bullies: Wisconsin “Reopen” supporters follow misogynist playbook of beating up on women

May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Governor Tony Evers directs $1 billion in CARES Act funding to fight COVID-19 in Wisconsin

May 20, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Milwaukee’s Interfaith community members consider cautious strategies for preparing in-person worship

May 20, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Legislators have turned Wisconsin into a failed state over their political greed

May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Us vs. Them: The pandemic has transitioned from public health crisis to partisan quarrel

May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Money in, money out: Understanding the financial relationship of states with the federal government

May 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
An Economic Civil War: Age-old racial wounds are exposed in effort to relax COVID-19 protections

May 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Some of you will have to die: The push to reopen the economy has been about votes, not saving lives

May 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
How American lives are being sold out to ensure economic profits and political interests

May 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Evaluating the risks: Ways to stay safe now that states are reopening

May 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Some legal protections exist for employees pressured to return to work in unsafe environments

May 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Myth of Anti-Whiteness: When telling the truth is mischaracterized as attacking whites

May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Identifying symptoms of trauma: First-responders and front-line healthcare workers at risk of PTSD

May 18, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Finding Balance: Milwaukee’s response to pandemic serves as a possible roadmap for other communities

May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Scientific evidence repeatedly confirms that public mask-wearing helps stop the spread of COVID-19

May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Plandemic Hoax: Debunking coronavirus myths and fighting political misinformation

May 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Droneography, zoomography, and the art of capturing distant images in isolation

May 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Amabie the Yōkai: Mythical spirit from Japanese culture re-emerges as uplifting mascot to drive away COVID-19

May 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Skyrocketing rate of unemployment claims in Wisconsin could deplete state fund by autumn

May 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Essential workers in America lack sick leave benefits that are taken for granted in other countries

May 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Generations Under Pressure: Coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating effect on mental health

May 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
An open letter from the Novel Coronavirus to Humanity: Thank You!

May 16, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Reggie Jackson |
No concern for others: White Wisconsin residents unable to act responsibly as state is forced open

May 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Local businesses face a minefield of lawsuits over safety as they rush to reopen during a pandemic

May 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Adjusting to the pandemic: DNC advances contingency options for 2020 National Convention in Milwaukee

May 16, 2020 | 2020 DNC, COVID-19, Syndicated |
Coronavirus-related health care costs could escalate as more Americans become infected

May 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Lessons on Resilience, Empathy, and Magic from “Life is Beautiful” and Roberto Benigni in the COVID-19 Era

May 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Jewish Museum Milwaukee expands public reach during pandemic shutdown with virtual exhibits

May 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
From Yellow Peril to Chinese Virus: The long history of racism against Asian Americans

May 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Moving Milwaukee Forward: Health officials prioritize safety measures for reopening city

May 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Fiscal Crisis: COVID-19 costs and lost revenue has a $450M impact on Milwaukee County’s budget

May 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Panoramic mural stretching the length of MacArthur Square to join map of downtown art locations

May 15, 2020 | Articles |
Reggie Jackson: From “Service workers” to “Essential workers” and the sad irony for poorly paid Americans

May 14, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Mayor Tom Barrett says Milwaukee’s Stay at Home order remains in place to keep public safe

May 14, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
SCOWIS delivers de facto death sentence for state residents by blocking “Safer at Home” order

May 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Wisconsin hair salon owner claimed “Safer at Home” order violated her freedom of religion

May 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Marquette Poll finds strong majority of Wisconsinites remain supportive of “Stay at Home” policy

May 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Expendable Workers: Being called “essential” only describes the work and not the people doing it

May 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Human rights defenders fight to protect immigrants in detention amid COVID-19 pandemic

May 13, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Reshaping Personalities: How the coronavirus pandemic will be imprinted on the soul of our nation

May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Next phase of pandemic woes: Anti-vaxxers plan to refuse a COVID-19 vaccine

May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
New simulation projects a massive loss of American lives if “Reopen” fanatics have their way

May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Tyranny Tantrums: Reopen protests fail to understand how the balance of power works in a democracy

May 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Why Black America does not trust that justice will prevail in the Ahmaud Arbery murder

May 12, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Favoring the Rich: Wisconsin parents speak out about the harmful results of Trump’s economic policies

May 12, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Who is the We? If Black Lives “did” matter “we” would all be in this together

May 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin chefs say pandemic has only exacerbated an already beleaguered restaurant industry

May 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
WisDOT offers online license renewals and waves road tests for teen drivers during pandemic

May 12, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Reggie Jackson: The lost generation of our elders who fell victim to COVID-19 at their place of care

May 11, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
The Coronavirus Dead: How forensic pathologists handle overloaded morgues and infectious remains

May 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s 115th Fighter Wing team assists state medical examiners with mortuary operations

May 11, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
National Guard teams continue supporting mobile COVID-19 testing sites across Wisconsin

May 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Quarantine Fatigue: Wisconsin health experts warn against the rush to end social distancing

May 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Historical project seeks journals that document everyday life in Wisconsin during COVID-19 pandemic

May 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Demand for national vote-by-mail program fueled by infections related to Wisconsin’s election

May 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Municipal clerks scramble to ensure public safety as Wisconsin prepares for next election during pandemic

May 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
False comfort from misplaced faith: The COVID-19 pandemic is not part of God’s spiritual plan

May 10, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
Too afraid to touch: What gets lost in the void created by social distancing

May 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Impact of Mass Unemployment: 1 in 4 Americans were out of work during the Great Depression

May 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A demographic timebomb: Ominous economic trends were around long before COVID-19

May 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
“Active Streets” to provide more safe recreational spaces for Milwaukee residents during pandemic

May 9, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Japanese American National Museum says Justice Bradley’s reference to Korematsu case is offensive

May 9, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Army veteran Arvin McCray goes home after a 50-day ordeal fighting COVID-19 to stay alive

May 9, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Kenneth Cole: Am I Suspicious to You?

May 8, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
Death in Suburbia: The killing of Ahmaud Arbery highlights the danger of jogging while black

May 8, 2020 | Syndicated |
White Society must condemn White Racism: Ahmaud Arbery is dead because he was a black man

May 8, 2020 | John Pavlovitz |
Milwaukee County passes ordinance to improve public health by advancing racial equity

May 8, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Detailed federal guide from CDC for reopening country suppressed as national death toll climbs

May 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Reggie Jackson: Message Received, All Lives Don’t Matter!

May 7, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
No going “back to normal” for Milwaukee’s black community after COVID-19

May 7, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Human Lives vs. The Economy: History shows financial interests have won out over moral concerns

May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Exploiting an opportunity: How white supremacist groups took advantage of the “Reopen” protests

May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Justice Bradley’s ignorance of history: “Safer at Home” order is not like the internment of Japanese Americans

May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Rise and Thrive: A “Lives in Landscape” Series – Journeying Through Forgiveness

May 6, 2020 | Articles, Featured |
Why We Stay Home: A free book on coronavirus for children of color

May 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin school children to get temporary food benefits under student lunch program extension

May 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Study finds that decision-making algorithms do not improve the lives of youth in Child Welfare System

May 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Curbside book pickup now available at Milwaukee Public Library’s Central Branch

May 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Reggie Jackson: Lessons from when San Francisco reopened too soon after the 1918 Flu Pandemic

May 5, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Clues to Wisconsin’s coronavirus future can be found by revisiting a past pandemic

May 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
West Allis shop works to repair its relationship with Latino community after social media uproar

May 5, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
From Heilongjiang with Love: Wisconsin welcomes PPE donation from sister province in China

May 5, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Cyber Codependency: Coronavirus exposed our society’s need for the internet

May 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Law and Disorder: Non-Violent Civil Rights Campaigns “Then” vs. Armed Protestors “Now”

May 4, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
This is MAGA America: The White Privilege to Terrorize

May 4, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
The screaming “American Patriot” is a portrait of how the individualist movement has failed

May 4, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
An Incentive for Fear: The truth is losing out as lies proliferate under corporate media system

May 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The ability to inspire: Leadership lessons from how Abraham Lincoln managed a national crisis

May 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
If getting back to normal is not an option, then we need to embrace the new abnormal together

May 3, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
An Outbreak of Silence: Common Council members troubled by lack of safety at Smithfield Foods

May 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Is food safe to eat? Understanding the coronavirus outbreaks at Wisconsin meatpacking plants

May 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Alcohol-related health woes could follow pandemic as more people binge drink in order to cope

May 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Titans of Capitalism reap profits amid pandemic while working people make sacrifices for the common good

May 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Love for Jayla: Terminally ill girl gets special birthday parade led by Milwaukee Fire Department

May 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
Lake Michigan’s water level expected to remain high well into spring

May 2, 2020 | Articles |
Low-income riders are paying the price for mass transit systems impacted by the coronavirus

May 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Staff at the Milwaukee Rep pitch in to produce masks and face shields for local medical workers

May 2, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
IMPACT 211 Crisis Contact Center receives grant to expand staff and services during pandemic

May 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Pre-Pandemic Life: When the month of May meant being outside in the festive crush of humanity

May 1, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Wisconsin Counties face budget crunch due to health services strained by coronavirus response

May 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
No One-Size-Fits-All Plan: The dilemma for States to reopen without triggering a new COVID-19 surge

May 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Community Health Centers in Milwaukee expand access to underserved residents for COVID-19 testing

May 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
In search of immunity: The road from surviving COVID-19 to being officially recovered

May 1, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |

April

Problems Beyond Pandemic: A wounded soul and the moral injury from two decades of war

April 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The COVID-19 crisis is exposing elderly veterans to more health and economic threats

April 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
VA health care facilities grapple with responding to coronavirus challenges

April 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin’s Citizen Soldiers continue lending assistance at Milwaukee County alternate care facility

April 30, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Citizen Mobilization: The need for applying Cold War-style preparedness to fight future pandemics

April 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Stacey Williams-Ng: Milwaukee Murals Speak for Themselves

April 29, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Rebel Converting to donate 3.5 million face mask kits for local MaskUpMKE campaign

April 29, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Shopping during Pandemic: Customers at Pete’s Fruit Market get surprise gift of free groceries

April 29, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
More Summer Festivities Fizzle: Pandemic concerns cancel Lakefront Fireworks and July 4th celebrations

April 29, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Saving Lives: Evers Administration asks court to toss lawsuit that seeks to block “Safer at Home” order

April 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Reggie Jackson: With coronavirus in our prisons and jails, do All Lives still matter?

April 28, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
COVID-19 cases rise at Wisconsin Corrections Facilities as health experts warn about nationwide impact

April 28, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Black people are 4.2 times more likely to face prosecution for Marijuana possession in Wisconsin

April 28, 2020 | Articles |
States are putting incarcerated populations to work manufacturing pandemic provisions

April 28, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee Police Department to begin enforcement of “Safer at Home” ordinance

April 28, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Trump supporters stage rally in Madison to promote their right to die and get everyone sick with COVID-19

April 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, John Pavlovitz |
Unemployment benefits need expansion to help Wisconsin’s skyrocketing rate of jobless workers

April 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Economic slump from coronavirus is driving increased demand for food assistance in Wisconsin

April 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Worry grows over second wave of COVID-19 triggered by pressure to ease lockdowns

April 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A wave of black leadership continues with Marcelia Nicholson as Chairwoman of County Supervisors

April 27, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
School network provides safe education with online program for Milwaukee’s Latino students

April 26, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
One month of digital classrooms: How Wisconsin schools contend with the limits of distance learning

April 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Essential and Vulnerable: Advocates share concern for the safety of migrant farm laborers amid COVID-19

April 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin clergy group joins with workers in support of State’s “Safer at Home” extension

April 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
As churches face steep declines religious leaders struggle to build congregations online

April 26, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Dominic Inouye: The positive things happening in our bodies during the COVID-19 crisis

April 25, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Dominic Inouye, Featured |
Lacking out-of-state political support, Milwaukee’s fake grassroots “Reopen” protest fizzles

April 25, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
A Viral Ideology: “Reopen” protest movement created by Tea Party tactics and boosted by racism

April 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Virtual health care options do not exist for rural communities already lacking medical access

April 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The impact from COVID-19 on healthy lungs can range from no symptoms to severe pneumonia

April 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: A COVID-19 Timeline and the President’s Accelerated Velocity of Terminological Inexactitude

April 24, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
COVID-19 has exposed the “Myth of Choice” in American’s Healthcare system

April 24, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Windfall for rich investors: Medical staffing firms cut doctor pay and now want bailout money

April 24, 2020 | Syndicated |
Corporate Payoffs: No accountability for the coronavirus bailout repeats the mistakes of 2008

April 24, 2020 | Syndicated |
PSA: Please do not follow Trump’s suggestion to inject bleach as a cure for coronavirus

April 24, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
All registered voters in Milwaukee to be mailed absentee ballot applications for fall election

April 23, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Only a handful of states have vote-by-mail policies that can keep elections safe and secure

April 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Ruling by Supreme Court on Wisconsin’s election shows judiciary is unwilling to protect voting rights

April 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin residents continue to die as GOP lawmakers ask court to block “Safer at Home” extension

April 23, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee Health Department confirms several cases of COVID-19 tied to April 7 in-person election activities

April 23, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
JoCasta Zamarripa makes history by becoming Milwaukee’s first Latina Alderwoman

April 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
City of Milwaukee leaders take oath of office for next four year term during coronavirus crisis

April 22, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Reggie Jackson: When white privilege comes up against a pandemic

April 22, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Reggie Jackson |
Ethics for difficult times: One person’s stockpiling can mean another person’s shortage

April 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Nixon and Earth Day: Looking back 50 years ago at a President who cared about the environment

April 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Fighting the Coronavirus: Overlooked heroes on the frontline of the health emergency

April 21, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Political operatives designed Anti-Stay-at-Home rallies to divert attention and keep public divided

April 21, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
“Badger Bounce Back” plan outlines criteria for Wisconsin to safely reopen its economy in phases

April 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Wisconsin takes steps to dramatically increase capacity for COVID-19 testing

April 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Health care providers in Milwaukee area ask for community help to keep caregivers safe from COVID-19

April 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Reggie Jackson: Re-evaluating patriotism and the definition of being a hero during the pandemic

April 20, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
COVID-19 Never Happened: How Gaslighting will convince the public that life has returned to normal

April 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Tackling the Infodemic: Social media companies must do more to stem coronavirus misinformation

April 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
How the deadly polio epidemic changed American life for decades before a vaccine was found

April 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
We’re NOT all in this together: Reckless protest flaunts Brookfield’s white privilege during pandemic

April 19, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Under the threat of death: The April 7 election was a tragic day for Wisconsin

April 19, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
The American Parasite: Coronavirus crisis highlights the dysfunction by design of Red States

April 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Shipwrecked by the Coronavirus: How social isolation can produce a spiritual transformation

April 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Federal effort to cutback SNAP benefits is latest punishment of low income people for being poor

April 19, 2020 | Syndicated |
The insistence to prematurely “Open America” is a slap in the face to healthcare workers

April 18, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
West Allis shop triggers firestorm of online outrage with xenophobic social media post aimed at Latinos

April 18, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin targeted as latest “Domino” of States where Trump seeks to “foment a domestic rebellion”

April 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Criminal liability over COVID-19: Will Americans hold Trump accountable for creating mortal danger?

April 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee startup Washbnb launches wash-and-fold laundry service for those at risk during pandemic

April 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
The Battle to Be Me: How internalized racism impacts People of Color in America

April 17, 2020 | Columns, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home” order extended one month until May 26 with some easing of restrictions

April 17, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
“Safer at Home” is working: Wisconsinites are making a difference and beginning to flatten the curve

April 17, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee County’s criminal justice leadership collaborates on response to public health emergency

April 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
COVID-19 will kill thousands of prisoners, turning mass incarceration into mass murder

April 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A shutdown of U.S. Postal Services threatens November elections and ability to vote-by-mail

April 17, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
“Key to Change” donations critical for Milwaukee’s homeless population amid COVID-19 crisis

April 16, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Uncertainty remains after Wisconsin’s imperfect COVID-19 relief legislation signed into law

April 16, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Understanding the long-term trauma on doctors making life-and-death choices for COVID-19 patients

April 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
A shortage of everything: Wisconsin is racing to roll out more COVID-19 Tests

April 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Lack of international cooperation to fight COVID-19 risks repeating mistakes of the Great Depression

April 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Searching for a Scapegoat: Attack on World Health Organization jeopardizes more American lives

April 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Second Life Revisited: Using a virtual world to escape the isolation of social distancing

April 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Editorial, Featured |
Governor Tony Evers indicates it could be another month before “Safer at Home” orders are lifted

April 15, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin State Assembly approves bill lacking help for many economic problems caused by pandemic

April 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee County could see $165M of funding from the Federal coronavirus stimulus package

April 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Bailouts and eviction freezes will not be enough to stop the oncoming pandemic-triggered housing crisis

April 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Foxconn’s promise for ventilator production is unbelievable in view of still empty Wisconsin offices

April 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Exploiting a crisis: The travesty of Wisconsin’s election is a harbinger for the nation in November

April 14, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Voter suppression by Republicans may have backfired as Jill Karofsky wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat

April 14, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
David Crowley claims victory to become first African American elected as Milwaukee County Executive

April 14, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Wisconsin residents file Federal lawsuit over dangers and disorder during controversial April 7 election

April 14, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
ACLU seeks release of vulnerable people from Wisconsin prisons amid coronavirus health crisis

April 14, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Trump campaign sues Wisconsin TV station for broadcasting ad critical of his COVID-19 rhetoric

April 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Wisconsin lawmakers float partisan extortion scheme by holding COVID-19 relief funds hostage

April 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
State lawmaker calls for removal of Speaker Robin Vos as NCSL president after pandemic election disaster

April 13, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Slowing the Spread: Social distancing is working even as coronavirus case counts continue increasing

April 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Ideological Blinders: Capitalism has failed in fighting coronavirus

April 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Cycling in the footsteps of black history: A father-daughter journey from Selma to Montgomery

April 12, 2020 | Articles |
Around the Condo: TV host John McGivern adapts social distancing to his popular community show

April 12, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Six feet of separation: Mixed messages fuel the debate over mandatory wearing of masks

April 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Seeking God in times of pain: A collection of Interfaith prayers for enduring the COVID-19 struggle

April 12, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Athletic Idolatry: A world without sports deprives America of its religion

April 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Road America: Camping at the starting line of Elkhart Lake’s racing track since 1973

April 11, 2020 | Articles |
Vintage racers from yesteryear unlikely to rev up at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway this summer

April 11, 2020 | Articles |
Essential Labor: America’s food supply depends on the foreign-born workers marginalized by Trump

April 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Economically Vulnerable: Rural people with disabilities face detrimental cuts in federal benefits

April 11, 2020 | Syndicated |
A Flawed Medical System: COVID-19 victimizes the uninsured across Wisconsin

April 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: Using a pandemic is just the latest weapon to disenfranchise voters in Wisconsin

April 10, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Wisconsin DNR closes state parks indefinitely due to overcrowding and vandalism during pandemic

April 10, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
The food supply chain is still healthy, so please stop panic shopping during the coronavirus outbreak

April 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Help Thy Neighbor: How Wisconsinites can ensure their community gets through the pandemic

April 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
COVID-19 Infographic: A virus that has shaken the foundations of our world

April 10, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The Ballot or the Bullet: Honoring each resident of Milwaukee who faced martyrdom for Democracy

April 9, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Kenneth Cole |
Interfaith leaders push back on effort by state legislators to lift “Safer At Home” order for holy days

April 9, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Main Street Over Wall Street: Community groups and displaced workers call on Congress to help people

April 9, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Vote by Mail Fail: Substantial number of Wisconsin absentee ballots were never delivered

April 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Marquette poll finds strong public support for local COVID-19 restrictions in spite of economic impact

April 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Curated |
Coronavirus chaos on historic election day creates challenges for Milwaukee voters

April 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Photos |
Passenger overcrowding forces MCTS to limit 10 riders per bus for health safety beginning April 9

April 8, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Rise and Thrive: A “Lives in Landscape” Series – Huckleberry & Pine

April 8, 2020 | Articles |
“Moment at the Museum” video series provides online tour of historic exhibit for Milwaukee public

April 8, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Sofa Cinema: Milwaukee Film launches virtual movie portal for home theaters

April 8, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee Rep brings its creative performances and activities “From Our Home to Your Home”

April 8, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Democracy or Death: State GOP forces a smash-and-grab election with in-person voting during a pandemic

April 7, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Entitlement to Govern: How the fog of pandemic offers one more chance for a power grab

April 7, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Heather Richardson |
Institutional Betrayal: The lasting trauma from playing down the threat of COVID-19 and failing to act

April 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Officials ask Milwaukee consumers to report fraudulent claims related to coronavirus crisis

April 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
President Thanos: Trump’s genocidal intentions were foreshadowed in his re-election campaign video

April 7, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Citizen solders and airmen from Wisconsin National Guard assist with state’s COVID-19 response

April 6, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19, Featured |
Unfounded conspiracy theories force Wisconsin National Guard to debunk enforcement rumors

April 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
State National Guard units are taking the lead in the military’s response to the coronavirus

April 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
U.S. Navy fires captain of aircraft carrier who sought help for his sailors stricken with COVID-19

April 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Featured, Syndicated |
News outlets warned for months about the coronavirus but few listened

April 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
The death of journalism: Why public funds are required to help the institution survive

April 6, 2020 | Syndicated |
Life goes on even when it doesn’t: Streaming a funeral “watch party” in the age of coronavirus

April 5, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
A Lifelike Death: How the embalming of President Abraham Lincoln started the funeral industry

April 5, 2020 | Syndicated |
Fear of The Walking Dumb: The health of our nation is being decimated by willful ignorance

April 5, 2020 | COVID-19, John Pavlovitz |
By The Numbers: Tracking the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic sweeping across Wisconsin

April 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Politics over Humanity: Wisconsin GOP seeks to rig latest election through attrition of urban voters

April 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee leaders explore using Wisconsin State Fair grounds as overflow facility for COVID-19 patients

April 5, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Milwaukee COVID-19 survivor shares personal medical experience via social media to educate others

April 4, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Regional banks and city leadership plan cooperative efforts to address Milwaukee’s economic challenges

April 4, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19 |
Governor Tony Evers calls for special session to delay primary but Lawmakers insist election proceed

April 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Milwaukee faces poll worker shortage for April 7 election amid pandemic complications

April 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Protecting the Democracy: How to ensure safe elections amid the coronavirus pandemic

April 4, 2020 | COVID-19, Syndicated |
Horserace Coverage: Too many election polls have a negative effect on journalism and voters

April 4, 2020 | Syndicated |
Reggie Jackson: The next challenge of the COVID-19 fight in Milwaukee

April 3, 2020 | Columns, COVID-19, Featured, Reggie Jackson |
Already a community infected by racial h