The Bad Apples: How qualified immunity protects police officers accused of wrongdoing
By Ronnie R. Gipson Jr., Assistant Professor of Law, University of Memphis When police officers kill people without apparent justification, those officers may face both criminal charges, as in the case of Derek Chauvin who was convicted of murdering George Floyd in...
Second-Class Citizens: The Myth of Racial Integration in America
“By the 1960s, black poverty was deeply entrenched, but more importantly, it was marked by its stark contrast to the white middle class’s prosperity. Not only had the majority of blacks not ridden the postwar economic boom; conditions in the ghetto had actually...
Digital wellness space launched to serve local LGBTQ+ community after a second year without PrideFest
The parent organization of PrideFest, Wisconsin’s largest LGBTQ+ event, went live with a digital Health & Wellness space on May 3, in an effort to serve the community despite no physical June festival. Milwaukee Pride’s Health & Wellness area is a large...
Disparities in access to hormone treatments is leaving transgender kids divided into two classes
By Travers, Professor of Sociology, Simon Fraser University For people who have never thought about it before, it might sound reasonable to require trans kids to wait until they are adults before they can receive certain forms of care known as gender-affirming...
A strategy of fear: Anti-transgender bills are latest effort to rally political support at expense of youths
By Alison Gash, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon On April 6, 2021, despite Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson’s veto, Arkansas became the first state to prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming medical care like hormone...
Chris Meza: Wisconsin National Guard officer builds partnerships in Papua New Guinea during pandemic
An Army National Guard officer from Wisconsin spent the better part of the last year forging the foundation for the Wisconsin National Guard’s new state partnership with Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea and the Wisconsin National Guard are no strangers in...
Gaza tower that served as home to international media organizations was destroyed by Israeli air strike
The Israeli air force has destroyed a tower block in Gaza City housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera in what has widely been decried as an attack on press freedom. The airstrikes on May 15 – the sixth consecutive day of hostilities between Israel...
Israel has its own “Black Lives Matter” reckoning as Palestinian minority protests against Anti-Arab Racism
By James L. Gelvin, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also surprising to those who thought the 2020 Abraham Accords and...
How We Bounce Back: Wisconsin will see real impact on real lives with Medicaid expansion
Wisconsin’s budget committee recently voted – yet again – to turn down the opportunity to expand the state’s Medicaid program, thereby eliminating the opportunity to provide health care and long-term care services for more Wisconsinites and declining more than $1.6...
CDC announces that masks are no longer required indoors or outside for fully vaccinated people
Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear a mask in most situations, indoors and outdoors, federal health officials said in an updated set of recommendations on May 13 that marks a major turning point in the pandemic. The announcement is a shift...
Revised COVID-19 health guidelines allows sports teams in Milwaukee to expand fan capacity up to 50%
The Bucks and the Brewers will expand fan capacity to 50% based on updated COVID-19 guidelines from the Milwaukee Health Department. At Fiserv Forum, the Bucks were hosting about 3,300 spectators per game. That number will increase to about 9,000 when the NBA playoffs...
Royal Capital breaks ground on 53206 housing project to redevelop the former Phillis Wheatley School
Royal Capital celebrated the start of its $22 million redevelopment of the former Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, located at 2442 N. 20th Street in Milwaukee on May 13. Closed in 2005, the school was named for Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), who, despite being enslaved, was one of the best-known poets in pre-19th century America.
