By Hallie Claflin Wisconsin Watch On Nov. 5, Wisconsin voters approved nearly 78% of the 138 school district referendums across the state. That’s higher than the 60% passage rate this past spring, but the percentage of K-12 referendums approved statewide has been declining since 2018, according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The 70% approval rate […]
Kamala Harris Energizes a Packed Crowd at Milwaukee Rally, Urging Voter Participation Ahead of Election
By Karen Stokes The “When We Vote We Win” concert and rally on Friday night, likely the final event for Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, drew a crowd at State Fair Park, with over 12,000 attendees, according to the Harris/Walz campaign. Milwaukee’s own DJ Gemini Gilly kicked off the night, energizing the […]
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Milwaukee Courier Political Endorsements
With the 2024 Presidential election approaching next week, now is the time to let your voice be heard. This election season has been the most polarizing and consequential race in history with the possibility of electing the first woman president. This is not a traditional race. The Milwaukee Courier endorses the following 2024 candidates for […]
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Clean Air, Clean Water, and Clean Energy Jobs are My Reasons for Voting for Kamala Harris for President of the United States
By Warren Kirby I’m a lifelong Milwaukee resident, a clean energy union worker, and a father to two girls, ages one and three. This election is important to me because I want to provide my daughters with the best future. I want my little girls to grow up with air that’s safe to breathe, water […]
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Looks are Deceiving: Why you Should Vote “NO” for Both Constitutional Amendments on August 13th
By State Senator-Elect Dora Drake Time and time again, we ask for more resources to fund resources to address racial and economic disparities, public safety, housing, and education. Even though the GOP-controlled state legislature has yet to allocate the resources we need to have safe and healthy communities, one way our state legislature’s power is […]
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Chaos or Community ?: The Decision is Ours
By LaKeshia N. Myers We have decisions to make. Important decisions. Life-altering decisions. Decisions that will impact our community for generations to come. While most defer to focusing on who should be our next president, we must realize that our choices in state and local elections often impact us in far greater ways than the […]
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Does One Vote Really Matter
Milwaukee Courier Editorial The spring election season is upon us and your social media accounts, news feeds, and mailboxes have likely been flooded with reminders to vote for good reason, there’s a lot at stake this year. The upcoming elections will determine Milwaukee’s next mayor, county executive, comptroller, and city attorney. Additionally, there’s an MPS […]
Voting has Gotten Harder in Wisconsin. Organizers Have Found Ways to Help
Two different research initiatives have documented the ways it’s now more difficult to vote in Wisconsin, from disparities in access to added barriers. by Matt Mencarini Wisconsin Watch Around noon on an overcast April Election Day, dozens of canvassers returned to a second-floor conference room of the Greater Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Milwaukee’s […]
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Why do we Need to Vote
African Americans and women have always fought to vote. There’s been a long history of preventing people of color from voting. African Americans knew that the inability to vote resulted in economic, political, and social harm to themselves, their families, and their communities. Originally under the Constitution, only white male citizens over the age of […]
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Vote Like Your Life Depends on It (Because it really Matters)
By LaKeshia N. Myers At age thirty-eight, I am among the first generation in my family who was born with unencumbered voting rights. My parents, both born in the 1950s, to waited patiently to vote until they were twenty-one, which was at that time, the age of majority. My grandparents voted much later in life […]
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