By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The fight Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin began three and a half years ago and on the night of Monday, April 13, the team’s hard work came to fruition. Earlier this week, the results for the Spring General Election were released. Marsy’s Law was a referendum on the ballot with the voters having […]
How the Alzheimer’s Association Responded to COVID-19
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In 2016, Karen Squiers began noticing that her husband, Larry, was having trouble remembering. Three years later, in July 2019, he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and early onset Alzheimer’s. Since then, their lives began to take on a new definition of normal. Every week, Squiers would write a schedule on the […]
David Crowley Reacts to Being Elected Milwaukee County Executive
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The night of an election either leaves most candidates in a state of disbelief and euphoria or in a state of shock and misery. But for State Rep. David Crowley, that wasn’t the case. For Crowley, the night of Tuesday, April 7 was the start of six days filled with anticipation and […]
Community Heroes: ‘Sometimes People Need Help’: How One Woman Stepped Up to Help Feed The Community During The Coronavirus
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. Editor’s note: At the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, we intentionally celebrate ordinary people who do extraordinary things. We are especially interested in our […]
Medical College of Wisconsin Holds Town Hall on COVID-19
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Almost every day it seems that there’s a change regarding COVID-19 or coronavirus. With so much information being given, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) recognized that the influx of information wasn’t necessarily helping people, so it decided to do something about it. Earlier this week, MCW […]
Match Day 2020 Marisa Román’s Journey to Residency
By Hayley Crandall For many of those out there pursing higher education, figuring out what they want to spend the rest of their life doing can be pretty daunting. The number of paths and topics one person can pursue is seemingly never ending. In the case of Marisa Román, she had the topic down but […]
Democratic National Convention Pushed Back to August
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world to adapt to its agenda. Since quarantine began, organizations began cancelling and rescheduling events. Summerfest was pushed back to September, the Milwaukee Public Library went virtual, even the Tokyo Olympics were cancelled, it was only a matter of time before the Democratic National […]
Progressive Women Bond to Build Power of Women at the Voting Booth
By Karen Stokes Supermajority is a group of women dedicated to achieving true gender equality and providing information, tools and training for women of all ages, races and backgrounds to help make real change in their communities. The organization was co-founded by Ai-jen Poo, Cecile Richards, Katherine Grainger, Jess Morales Rocketto, Dierdre Schifeling and Alicia […]
New Immigration Law Makes American Dream Difficult
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Gloria J. Browne-Marshall: For centuries, poor people have come to America. We’re going to discuss the public charge rule and U.S Supreme Court case of Wolf v Cook County, Illinois. With me is Alan Wernick, director of the CUNY Citizenship Now. Alan Wernick: Thank you for having me. It’s an honor […]
In Case You Missed It: Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz This upcoming general election is a big one, both on a national scale and a local one. The election, which is still scheduled for Tuesday, April 7 will ask voters to pick a candidate for president, a new county executive, a circuit court judge and more. But beyond that, it also includes […]
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