By Karen Stokes After a year of progress on advancing environmental justice, on Monday the Biden-Harris Administration launched a Justice40 Week of Action to highlight additional steps that are delivering real benefits to communities across the country. “We are using the week to highlight some of the key areas of the Justice40 initiative,” said Brenda […]
Report Explores the Exploitation and Abuse of Native American Children
By Karen Stokes An initial investigation commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland explored the brutal conditions that Native American children endured at more than 400 boarding schools that the federal government forced them to attend between 1819 and 1969. Advocates have researched this for decades and have repeatedly called for official recognition and documentation. Last […]
Biden Says Inflation is His Top Domestic Priority
By Karen Stokes “I want every American to know that I am taking inflation very seriously,” Biden said from the podium in the South Court Auditorium. “It is my top domestic priority.” The United States is in a stronger economic position than any other major advanced economy in the world. At the same time, inflation […]
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Ron Johnson and Republicans Want to Push an Extreme Agenda
By Alex Lasry This week we saw how dangerous the Republican agenda is for the future of our country. After years of warnings that reproductive rights were under assault due to Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell’s packing of the United States Supreme Court with ultra-conservative judicial activists, the leaked draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade […]
Biden-Harris Administration Expands Second Chance Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated People
By Karen Stokes On Tuesday, during Second Chance Month, the Biden-Harris Administration granted pardons and sentence commutations to 78 Americans. Every year more than 600,000 people are released from incarceration—and for many, it’s an uphill battle to return and reintegrate into communities. James Morgan is one of those people. When Morgan was in his twenties, […]
Three Key Steps For First-Time Home Buyers
For those considering home ownership for the first time, it may seem as if there’s a long list of details to tackle once the search begins. However, before potential buyers even start looking at homes, there are three important steps to take. The first step is getting your finances in order. Checking your credit rating […]
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Where there is Weed, there is a Way: Why Marijuana Legalization Matters
By LaKeshia N. Myers If ever there was a state that was ‘tardy for the party’, it would be Wisconsin. Wisconsin is an island unto itself, surrounded by Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota—states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana. States that have generated over $1 billion in taxable revenue; states that understand marijuana to […]
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Gov. Tony Evers Is Setting A Positive Example
By Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley Every Wisconsinite deserves to be safe in their community. Violence is in our communities is a crisis that needs our attention and action, and like any public health issue, it starts with prevention. We have to focus on the root causes and invest in interventions and community-based solutions, and […]
Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson is making history. Jackson is the 116th justice and the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court nominee following the Senate’s confirmation of her. The Senate officially confirmed Jackson on Thursday, April 7 with a 53-47 vote. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and […]
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It’s Time to Take Action to Lower Gas Prices and End our Reliance on Big Oil
By Alex Lasry We have all seen gas prices rise as a result of Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Because of Putin’s actions, there is less oil getting into the market and prices have risen as a result. The simple truth is that right now, the actions of a dictator on the other […]
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