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Mayor Tom Barrett vetoes proposed Aldermanic map over concerns by Latinx community leaders
After carefully considering the reapportionment of aldermanic districts, Mayor Tom Barrett vetoed...
David Crowley: A Day in Photos during the Pandemic with the County Executive
With a love of community and lifelong determination for helping people, David Crowley is part of a...
A weaponization of the Eucharist: When the Church authority rejects your access to unconditional love
Conservative Roman Catholic Bishops in the United States have voted on a new guidance for the...
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Taking a Deep Breath: Reggie Jackson on being totally off the grid for eight days
I took a strange, but satisfying journey off the grid over the past eight days. I confused my wife...
Your discomfort with talking about racism is making me very uncomfortable
I keep hearing people say that they are tired of talking about race and racism all the time. They...
America’s vitriol after 9/11: Remembering the innocent victims of our misguided patriotism
It can be said that it is one thing to remember, but yet another thing entirely to understand and...
We Need Imagination: A glance at my 2020 bookshelf
In the early days of the stay-at-home orders, I woke up and immediately – as if guided by...
Reopening Schools in Wisconsin: The dilemma of returning to normal during abnormal times
This is an opinion piece. No more and no less. Just an opinion shared in an online publication,...
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Wisconsin ranks poorly in new report that maps disparities in health by race and ethnicity nationwide
A new report maps deep disparities in health by race and ethnicity nationwide, and Wisconsin fairs...
Milwaukee nonprofits get $1.6M investment to strengthen the local food and nutrition ecosystem
The Dohmen Company Foundation announced on November 30 that it was investing more than $1.6...
A Fear of Legitimacy: When the only political agenda is to deny Democracy by igniting culture wars
Senate Republicans will not issue any sort of a platform before next year’s midterm elections. At...
A Green Light for Armed Vigilantes: White America has been on trial along with Kyle Rittenhouse
While Rittenhouse escaped justice, the institutions of White Supremacy will not be so fortunate....
Death as a political strategy: Why the latest unhinged rant against Dr. Fauci perpetuates Republican lies
Republicans are doubling down on death as a political strategy, a process Trump began the week of...
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Honoring Alonzo Robinson: Milwaukee Fire Dept. building named for Wisconsin’s first Black architect
State and local officials joined with the family of Alonzo Robinson to rename the Milwaukee Fire Department’s administration headquarters in honor of the building's designer and Wisconsin’s first African American architect. The building was commissioned in 1962 at a cost of $507K, a price today of a new emergency vehicle.
