By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When it comes to COVID-19 or coronavirus, one could argue that there has been an onslaught of information. Every day brings more news and statistics, and coupled with the internet, information can quickly become widespread. To help cope with the increasing amount of information, UW-Madison launched an app, COVID-19 Wisconsin Connect, on […]
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Home is Where the Heart Is: Why Fostering Youths Matter
By LaKeshia Myers Family is one of the most important aspects of my life. Both of my parents come from large families and special occasions are always filled with lots of great food, laughs and catching up with all of my cousins. Trust, it would probably take me hours to count all of my cousins! […]
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African American Health Disparities and COVID-19
By Gloria Browne-Marshall Gloria Browne-Marshall: Like it or not, wear a mask. A hundred years ago, the Spanish Flu was a global pandemic. An epidemic involving more than one continent is a pandemic. I am joined by Dr. Johnson, a brilliant nurse and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing. What did you think […]
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RACISM KILLS: The Real Mental Health Problem
By Kweku Ramel Akyirefi Smith, PhD The Black community did not need the novel coronavirus to shed light on how our community is continually, disproportionately and negatively affected by historical emotional and medical trauma. African descendants of slavery in the United States have been shown for centuries that we must work twice as hard to […]
MKE Fellows and The Links, Inc. Develop Virtual Learning Program for MPS Students
By Karen Stokes Schools across the country are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Education Week’s website, four U.S. territories, 43 states and the District of Columbia have ordered or recommended school building closures for the rest of the academic year, affecting approximately 45.1 million public school students. The MKE Fellows and the […]
Hospice Employees Receive “Self-Care” Tools and Modify Patient Care Model for Pandemic
By Mrinal Gokhale The proverb “take care of yourself before helping others” rings true in many aspects of life. With the explosion of the coronavirus pandemic, many healthcare workers fear contracting and spreading the disease in addition to facing more logistical challenges on the job. “COVID-19 has impacted the healthcare community unlike most of us […]
She Started Jumping Rope For Laughs. Now She Has A Facebook Group With Nearly 30,000 Members.
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. While scrolling through Facebook in late March, LaDonna Telford saw a post of a friend jumping rope. It reminded Telford of her childhood […]
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What About the Children?
By LaKeshia Myers While states debate the probability of shuttering their “safer at home” policies, one key constituency is yet again left behind, school children. With the 2019-20 academic year abruptly interrupted—many teachers and students were left to fend for themselves. Lack of disaster planning forced schools into a frenzy, hurriedly switching modalities from the […]
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Practicing Law in a Pandemic
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Gloria J. Browne-Marshall: The U.S. Supreme Court’s building will be closed to the public. Under the Sixth Amendment, “in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial.” These are unprecedented times for the practice of law. People in jail, accused of a crime, with […]
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PPP Loans Allow Some to Hang On During Pandemic
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Under the CARES Act, the federal government allocated $349 billion dollars to assist small businesses struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many folks assumed that millions of businesses could be helped with that kind of money. We quickly found out that we were wrong. The Paycheck […]
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