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Acts of Hate: Local family faces lengthy legal battle with neighbors over alleged racial harassment
A heated lawsuit is underway in the quiet suburban neighborhood of Mount Pleasant as Carlos J. Amaya and Laura V. Amaya filed a lawsuit against their neighbors, James I. Coots and Cindy J. Coots on May 23. The lawsuit also includes ABC Insurance Company, alleging...
NAACP joins other civil rights groups with public warning to tourists about Florida’s hostile laws
The NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of...
CONNECT 1 Service: MCTS launches summer route changes along with new BRT line on June 4
Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) summer schedules go into effect on June 4, and include the launch of the new CONNECT 1. Wisconsin’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line, CONNECT 1, will deliver a premium level of transit service that improves mobility and...
Milwaukee Mile prepares for return of NASCAR series with safety training and track upgrades
Before the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series could return to the Milwaukee Mile for the Clean Harbors 175 race, after a 14-year absence, the racing association demanded some track repairs and retraining for the Fire and Safety crews. Even though the series is not...
Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers
By Carmen Reese Foster, Interim Online MSSW Program Director, Assistant Professor of Practice, Director of Alumni Affairs, University of Tennessee When George Floyd was brutally murdered in the summer of 2020, a wave of activism spread throughout the country. People...
Latino youth comprise nearly 30% of students in public schools but struggle with sense of belonging
By Sophia Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Urban Education and Policy, University of Maryland Latino youth in middle and high school have a lower sense of belonging at school and in the community overall when compared with white peers. That is a key finding from my...
Coming of age during a pandemic: Why more American youth choose to skip the crippling debt of college
When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good student at a good high school. He wanted to be an actor, or maybe a teacher. Growing up, he believed college was the only route to a good job, stability and a happy life. The...
Pandemic learning losses: Classrooms across the country race to catch up on students’ reading levels
Having missed most of first grade, the foundational year for learning to read, Michael Crowder stood nervously at the front of his third grade classroom holding a book. “Give us some vowels,” said his teacher, La’Neeka Gilbert-Jackson. His eyes...
How Jane Rosenberg’s courtroom sketch of Donald Trump created a viral sensation from a dying art
By Anita Lam, Associate Professor, York University, Canada For the first time in its history, “The New Yorker” featured a courtroom sketch on its cover. The image, which appears on its April 17, 2023, issue, gives viewers a glimpse of a historic court...
Ron DeSantis faces revelations about his military assignment in Guantanamo’s “Torture Machine”
Recently, there have been troubling revelations about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a leading 2024 GOP presidential aspirant, concerning his conduct as a Navy JAG officer at Guantanamo Bay. His responsibilities at the detention facility apparently included responding...
What it means now the Director-General of WHO declares emergency phase of COVID pandemic is over
The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on May 5, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first made on January 30, 2020, when the disease had not even been named...
Medical gaslighting continues for people with long COVID more than 3 years into the pandemic
By Simran Purewal, Research Associate, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University; Kaylee Byers, Regional Deputy Director, BC Node of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative; Senior Scientist, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser...
