Author: Guest

Street art is about community, and freedom of expression. It is one of the brightest spots in the arts sector right now, bringing joy and valuable commissions to artists during this bleak pandemic which has crippled so many other corners of our economy and our nation. Here in Milwaukee, mural artists like Fred Kaems, Mauricio Ramirez, Chacho Lopez, Dan Duffy and others have braved the cold springtime weather to bring us messages of joy and peace to help get us through these challenging times. Three years ago, Milwaukee-based artist Tia Richardson – who was later awarded the coveted title...

As much as the denial of science is a hallmark of the Trump administration and the Republican Party, Wisconsin Republicans took things to a new level with their cynical decision to hold in-person voting in the midst of a deadly pandemic. State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos epitomized the sickening hypocrisy by showing up at his voting station in Burlington Wisconsin—a town of 10,000 people in southeastern part of the state—with his body draped in full protective gear as if he were ready to perform surgery. As my scientist wife, Dr. Michelle Holmes, an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of...

Voters in Wisconsin will face a choice on April 7 of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from public health officials to stay away from large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic. Hours after Democratic Governor Tony Evers issued an order postponing the election for two months, the conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 6 sided with Republicans who said he did not have the authority to reschedule the race on his own. Conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court quickly followed with a ruling blocking Democratic efforts to extend absentee voting. “There are few things we...