It is hard for people who do not suffer from mental illness to understand people who do
If you don’t suffer from mental illness, there’s something you need to know about those of us who do, because it may be impossible for us to tell you — and we really want to tell you. There is a disheartening pattern that begins on many of our days. We wake up fully...
Why the public rarely hears about suicide as the leading cause of death for young Asian Americans
By Amelia Noor-Oshiro, Ph.D. Candidate, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Racially motivated violence looks like the mass shootings that killed Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Chung Park, Hyun Grant and Suncha Kim in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. Racially motivated...
An invisible community: When the struggles of Milwaukee’s Burmese Rohingya immigrants go unseen
More than 25% of all Rohingya living in the United States reside in 53221, 53204, 53215, and 53207. The Burmese Rohingya Community of Wisconsin (BRCW) has for the last 5 years attempted to address many of the needs of this recently arrived refugee group. The nonprofit...
Reparations 101: Repairing the damage from generations of concentrated disadvantage
“At long last, let America contemplate the scope of its enduring human-rights wrong against a whole people. Let the vision of blacks not become so blighted from a sunless eternity that we fail to see the staggering breadth of America’s crime against us. Solutions must...
$15 minimum wage increase would substantially lift economic hardships for 3 in 10 Wisconsin workers
Doubling Wisconsin’s current minimum wage by 2025 would benefit nearly one-third of the state’s workforce without leading to job losses, according to a Wisconsin policy research group. A minimum wage hike would be especially timely because of the impact that the...
A life entwined with slavery: Why Alexander Hamilton is being used to make the case for reparations
By Nicole S. Maskiell, Assistant Professor of History Peter and Bonnie McCausland Fellow of History, University of South Carolina Alexander Hamilton has received a resurgence of interest in recent years on the back of the smash Broadway musical bearing his name. But...
Dontre Day 2021: Milwaukee honors the memory of Dontre Hamilton on seventh anniversary of his death
Family, friends, faith leaders, activists, and members of the community gathered on the seventh anniversary of his fatal shooting to remember the tragedy that affected the social fabric of Milwaukee. Every year on April 30, known as “Dontre Day” since 2018, the community comes together for a vigil in Red Arrow Park.
Wisconsin will keep its Congressional seats after U.S. Census Bureau reports state population up 4%
Wisconsin’s population remained mostly steady over the past 10 years, so it will not lose any seats in Congress during the upcoming redistricting process, the U.S. Census Bureau announced on April 26. The state’s population increased about 4 percent between 2010...
Population Realignment: Census results will impact upcoming elections with a shift of political power
By Dudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University New data from the 2020 U.S. census released April 26, 2021, indicates that starting in 2023, after the next congressional elections, seven states will have fewer seats in Congress than they do...
Stop using White discomfort to silence the truth: An open letter to Brett Favre and Tommy Tubberville
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...
Gender Dysphoria: How social support and affirming medical care can improve lives of transgender youth
By Mandy Coles, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and co-director of the Child and Adolescent Trans/Gender Center for Health, Boston University When Charlie, a 10-year-old boy, came in for his first visit, he did not look at me or my colleague. Angry and...
A May Day 2021 Message from Milwaukee: It is time for leaders to deliver on promised immigration reforms
By Christine Neumann-Ortiz • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service May Day, observed on May 1, is recognized around the world as a day to honor the dignity and struggles of working people. The tradition has its roots in 1886, when the day was chosen to commemorate the...
