COVID-19 cases rise at Wisconsin Corrections Facilities as health experts warn about nationwide impact
Following the disclosure by officials that the number of confirmed cases at Milwaukee County House of Correction rose to 103 and in the Dane County Jail to 21, a new data model showed that COVID-19 could claim the lives of approximately 100,000 more people nationwide...
Black people are 4.2 times more likely to face prosecution for Marijuana possession in Wisconsin
The American Civil Liberties Union released a new report on April 20 that showed Black people are 4.2 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in Wisconsin, despite comparable national marijuana usage rates. Wisconsin ranked 14th in...
Milwaukee Police Department to begin enforcement of “Safer at Home” ordinance
The Common Council passed an ordinance on April 21 to allow Milwaukee Police and the Health Department to issue a citation up to $500, in rare instances where individuals were deliberately violating the Safer at Home order that has been place in the city to help...
A wave of black leadership continues with Marcelia Nicholson as Chairwoman of County Supervisors
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors elected Supervisor Marcelia Nicholson to lead the body as Chairwoman for the 2020-2022 term on a vote of 11 to 7 over Supervisor Willie Johnson Jr. on April 24. Supervisor Nicholson’s father is African-American and her mother...
School network provides safe education with online program for Milwaukee’s Latino students
Carmen Schools of Science and Technology is ensuring their 2000 students have ongoing access to a quality education by providing technology, mailing instructional packets, taking learning online, and ensuring educators remain available for student and family...
Lacking out-of-state political support, Milwaukee’s fake grassroots “Reopen” protest fizzles
Following the “Reopen Wisconsin” rally in Brookfield on April 18, a Milwaukee event was scheduled for April 24 at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, ahead of a similar protest in Madison. A total of 8 individuals took part in the Milwaukee rally, protesting the...
PSA: Please do not follow Trump’s suggestion to inject bleach as a cure for coronavirus
Following his obsessive push with hydroxychloroquine as an unsubstantiated treatment for the coronavirus, President Donald Trump pitched new cures involving sunlight and injecting disinfects on April 23, to the alarm of medical professionals. The daily White House...
All registered voters in Milwaukee to be mailed absentee ballot applications for fall election
Registered voters in the City of Milwaukee can expect to receive an absentee ballot application by mail along with a postage-paid return envelope to participate in the 2020 general election this November, after the Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved a new...
Wisconsin residents continue to die as GOP lawmakers ask court to block “Safer at Home” extension
After forcing the public to vote during a pandemic on April 7, Republican lawmakers are again putting lives in danger by seeking to have the state Supreme Court block the order extending Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home” restrictions. GOP leaders in control the state...
Milwaukee Health Department confirms several cases of COVID-19 tied to April 7 in-person election activities
The Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) confirmed on April 22 that 15 people who either voted in-person or worked at a polling location during Wisconsin’s state elections have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Five...
City of Milwaukee leaders take oath of office for next four year term during coronavirus crisis
Tom Barrett took his oath of office on April 21 to officially start his fifth term as Mayor of Milwaukee, shortly after Milwaukee Alderman Cavalier “Chevy” Johnson became the fifth African American Common Council President. After 15 members of the...
Fighting the Coronavirus: Overlooked heroes on the frontline of the health emergency
First recorded by Roger Boyle, the Earl of Orrery, in his 1677 writing A Treatise of the Art of War, the phrase “front line” referred to the forward most part of an army, at which point it might be engaged by the enemy. The term was made gruesomely popular by the...
