Wisconsin Activists Call Police Response to Capitol Riot ‘Ridiculous’
Look no further than law enforcement preparations in Kenosha last week or BLM protests.
Jan
2021
12
CIVIL RIGHTS
Dec
2020
21
Looking Back on 2020: The Racial Justice Movement Hits Home in Wisconsin
Jacob Blake shooting shows why you can’t brush police brutality and systemic racism off as someone else’s problem.
Dec
2020
18
BLM and Indigenous Groups Are Getting Racist Team Names Torn Down. What Is Taking Wisconsin So Long?
State has 28 schools that still haven’t caught up to Washington’s football team and now Cleveland’s baseball team.
Dec
2020
15
Milwaukee Group Marks 200 Days of Marching for Justice
Started after George Floyd’s killing, The Peoples Revolution reaches a historic milestone as the group gets official recognition from Milwaukee County.
Oct
2020
28
Vos Admits, ‘Obviously, What We’re Doing Now as a State Isn’t Working’
State Assembly Speaker indicates the Legislature could meet for the first time in more than six months, could support a COVID-19 relief bill.
Oct
2020
27
The Racial Disparities Task Force Created After Jacob Blake Shooting Is Finally Meeting This Week
Task force created as alternative to GOP-led Legislature meeting to pass Governor’s package of police reform bills.
Oct
2020
7
Cities Across Wisconsin Attempt Police Reform. Here’s How They’re Doing.
Where the march for social justice confronts the hurdles of forming new policy.
Sep
2020
28
Major WI Healthcare Provider: Racism Is a Public Health Crisis
Advocate Aurora calls it unconscionable, joins a growing trend of recognizing historic injustices and poor health outcomes.
Sep
2020
14
Kenosha Mayor Announces Listening Sessions to Address Black Residents’ Quality of Life
Mayor says Kenosha can’t “pretend like this is going to go away” on its own.
Sep
2020
14
Blake Shooting Amplifies What Kenosha’s Black Residents Have Long Known: Inequality Is Alive and Well
How decades of divestment, deindustrialization, and segregation have made Kenosha one of the worst places in the country for Black people to live.
