Seeking Justice: History shows that civility is an ineffective tool to end racism
During his inauguration address on Jan. 21, 2021, Joe Biden pledged to end the country’s “uncivil war,” which had been raging during the four years of Trump’s presidency. Especially when it came to race, the theme of Biden’s winning campaign, “Redeem the Soul of the...
Awareness campaign highlights domestic violence programs designed to help vulnerable communities
By Edgar Mendez • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Domestic violence incidents in Milwaukee and elsewhere have spiked during the pandemic, spurred in part by increased stress levels and by lockdown measures that trapped victims at home with their abusers. Some seek...
Leaving despair behind: Why holding on to hope is hard even with the end of the pandemic in sight
By Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University – Newark As we begin to glimpse what might be the beginning of the end of the pandemic, what does hope mean? It’s hard not to sense the presence of hope, but how do we think of it? Hope is fragile but...
Lady Justice: Fifty years of women in the Milwaukee Judiciary and the impact of their inclusion
During Women’s History Month the achievements and the impact of women are recounted, and assessments of the trajectory of inclusion are reviewed. This year marks not only a milestone for women in the law in Milwaukee, but also reveals the slow but steady equitable...
Food Apartheid: How urban planning helped create institutionalized food insecurity for people of color
By Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University Hunger is not evenly spread across the U.S., nor within its cities. Even in the the richest parts of urban America there are pockets of deep food insecurity, and more often...
Abuse of Power: Why corporate domination of the U.S. food system is creating widespread hunger
By Philip H. Howard, Associate Professor of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University; and Mary Hendrickson, Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia Agribusiness executives and government policymakers often praise the U.S....
Review of Trump-era coronavirus guidance confirms extensive political manipulation of pandemic response
A top-to-bottom review of Trump-era coronavirus guidance has identified public health recommendations issued under the banner of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that were “not primarily authored” by agency staff or backed by the best...
Capitol Coup: Fact checking Senator Ron Johnson’s effort to divert blame from White Supremacists
Senator Ron Johnson, as he predicted, got himself in trouble for saying he “never felt threatened” by those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, but he “might have been a little concerned” if they were “tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and antifa protesters....
Stop Making Excuses for Racists: What the news coverage of the spa killings in Atlanta can teach us
“He was pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope. Yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did.” – Captain Jay Baker, Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office After a gunman in the Atlanta region went on a murderous rampage killing eight...
Racism is still the cause of anti-Asian American violence even when not legally defined as hate crimes
By Pawan Dhingra, Professor of Sociology and American Studies, Amherst College Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the previous year, including the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian American women, in...
Milwaukee residents hold vigil by City Hall to demand an end of the violence targeting Asian Americans
Milwaukee residents gathered with community and religious leaders outside City Hall on March 18 to mourn the women killed during the mass shootings at several Atlanta-area spas, and demand an end to violence and hatred against Asian Americans. The “Standing Up Against Anti-Asian Violence” vigil was organized by the AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin.
White people need not be White Supremacists to benefit from how racism still shapes American society
By Ursula Moffitt, Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology, Northwestern University “Stop pretending your racism is patriotism.” – Internet Meme Among the Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 were members of right-wing groups, including...
