By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The presidential election is just over a week away. In Wisconsin, eligible voters were given the option of voting absentee by mail, voting early or voting on Election Day. Early voting officially began on Tuesday, Oct. 20. To kickoff the event, elected officials and Sen. Kamala Harris held a virtual rally. There […]
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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 sobering numbers. As Wisconsin activates a field hospital to manage the surge of cases and struggles to restock personal protective equipment, Donald Trump continues to downplay […]
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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 remain on perpetual hold until there is sweeping policy driven criminal justice reform throughout the United States. The longer we wait to […]
President Trump and First Lady Test COVID-19 Positive
By Mrinal Gokhale It has been confirmed that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for COVID-19 and are experiencing “mild symptoms.” Early in the morning of October 2nd, the president made the following Twitter post: “TONIGHT, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and […]
Poll Hero Project Recruits Young Americans to Help Get Out The Vote
The election to decide who will be the next president of the United States is in six weeks and this election may be the most important one in our lifetime. The election has already been hindered by the pandemic, questions of the U.S. Postal Service’s ability to deliver mail on time for mail-in voting and […]
‘Sister to Sister’ Brings Wisconsin Leaders Together To Encourage Voting
By Hayley Crandall Vote. The word and its importance have been the talk of the town since candidates started being announced, but now it’s crunch time. “If Black folks aren’t tired of hearing about voting, then that means you haven’t done the work,” Tiffany Henry, president of Milwaukee Urban League Young Professionals, said. Biden for […]
Kamala Harris Talks Small Business Recovery During Milwaukee Visit
By Mrinal Gokhale With the 2020 presidential election just a few months away, Democratic Vice President Candidate Kamala Harris visited Milwaukee on Labor Day, the same day Vice President Mike Pence visited La Crosse. While here, she first toured the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) training facility and then participated in a “Build Better […]
Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Visits Kenosha
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz It’s been over a week since Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man was shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha police officer. Since then, Wisconsin has seen a plethora of visitors – some with good intentions and some decidedly less so. Among those who came to the state was Democratic […]
Kenosha Police Officer Identified as Jacob Blake Shooter
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Seven. That is the number of times a police officer shot Jacob Blake while his children sat horrified in the car. The shooting occurred 40 miles away from Milwaukee in Kenosha on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 23. Four days later, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified the officer who shot Blake. […]
Joe Biden Accepts the Democratic Party Nomination for President
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz It’s been an eventful past week with the Democratic National Convention. The four-day convention came to a close on Thursday, Aug. 20 with former Vice President Joe Biden accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Biden’s political career began with the New Castle County Council, according to his bio. He later joined […]
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