Legislatively Speaking Wisconsin Republicans Unprepared to Lead As Death Toll Rises Wisconsin’s Republican controlled state Legislature has pretty much been missing in action, when it comes to … Read Full Article
Miller Park Is Up and Running as a COVID-19 Testing Site
By Karen Stokes As Milwaukee continues to navigate the COVID-19 virus, there’s been a transition in the National Guard drive-up testing sites. The new COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites … Read Full Article
Joe Biden’s Health Care Plan Puts People Over Politics
By Dr. Lyah Holmes Nurse practitioner and public health advocate in Milwaukee This week, Wisconsin surpassed 150,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,500 lives lost to the virus–– shocking and … Read Full Article
Congresswoman Gwen Moore Votes and Discusses What’s at Stake in the 2020 Election
By Karen Stokes It’s been said that the 2020 election will be the most important election of our lifetime. Wisconsin is a pivotal battleground state with key state elections also on the ballot. … Read Full Article
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Hosts Fourth Annual On the Table
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz It’s been an unprecedented year. The pandemic has brought devastation to the economy, people’s lives and more. It also uncovered the racial and health disparities that … Read Full Article
SCOTUS Pick: Receiver of Stolen Goods
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor By the time you read this, Judge Amy Coney Barrett will be picking out drapes for her new office at One First Street, NE, in Washington, D.C. … Read Full Article
A Nod to New School Revolutionaries
By LaKeshia N. Myers “Revolution is about the need to revolve political, economic, and social justice and power back into the hands of the people, preferably through legislation and policies that … Read Full Article
The MacCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary is Seeking Donations for a New Entrance
Please help meet the goal of $80K for this to be built. This entrance will be a light at the end of a tunnel. It will evolve into how countless Milwaukeeans stuck in passages of poverty and … Read Full Article
Crime Prevention Starts with Economic Opportunity
By Dr. Carl Wesley I have dedicated my life to fighting for Milwaukee families to gain equitable access to the American dream. For many Black and brown families of Milwaukee this dream will … Read Full Article
No Justice, No Peace
By LaKeshia N. Myers As a teacher of American history, I teach my students that protest is an American concept. In fact, the power of protest is embedded in the fabric of our culture, so much … Read Full Article
Wisconsin Voting Deadlines and Facts for November 2020
MADISON, WI – Wisconsin voters and election officials have plans in place for the Presidential Election on November 3, 2020. “We want to make sure every voter who is eligible to vote this fall can … Read Full Article
Milwaukee Election Commission Director Speaks on Election Safety, Preparations, and More
By Hayley Crandall Executive Director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, Claire Woodall-Vogg, discussed the upcoming general election, from safety to early voting changes, during the … Read Full Article