Stories tagged: "George Floyd"
Despite immense pressure for change, political leaders have done little. Activists have stepped up.
Evers says he’ll sign the bills, but he, legislative Democrats, and organizers say the state needs deeper reforms.
Critical race theory is barely taught outside of graduate school. Republicans’ intention, a leading theorist says, seems to be scaring teachers away from any talk of race.
The new bill package offers an alternative to mild reforms proposed by the bipartisan racial disparities task force.
On the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, one lawmaker says moderate change is “not appropriate for this moment in history.”
Efforts to adopt measures endorsing inclusion spark opposition in Marathon County, other Wisconsin communities.
More bills await a vote in both the Senate and Assembly as the state inches toward reforms. The Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday passed four police reform bills, the first legislative action to change law enforcement policy since last year’s mass protests began after the murder of George Floyd by a then-Minneapolis police officer. The bipartisan...