How We Bounce Back: Wisconsin will see real impact on real lives with Medicaid expansion
Wisconsin’s budget committee recently voted – yet again – to turn down the opportunity to expand the state’s Medicaid program, thereby eliminating the opportunity to provide health care and long-term care services for more Wisconsinites and declining more than $1.6...
Milwaukee awarded $20M from HUD grant to increase affordable housing and address homelessness
Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced the allocation of nearly $5 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to help communities across the country create affordable housing and services for people experiencing...
What Might Have Been: The inexplicable path that kept me from ending up as another angry White man
I am a person of profound privilege. As a white, cisgender-heterosexual Christian man raised in America, I have had nearly every benefit and buffer afforded human beings, and this has made my path exponentially easier than those not carrying these qualifiers. Simply...
Milwaukee-area community organizations to receive part of $500,000 in emergency grants for racial equity
In early May, 24 organizations began receiving emergency grants that will total nearly $500,000, on behalf of the UW Credit Union Fund for Racial Equity. The Emergency funds were part of a larger $1.5 million investment in economic mobility. As a result of additional...
“No Menthol Sunday” campaign kicks off in Wisconsin as Federal government mulls action on tobacco
Faith leaders, elected officials, youths, and others joined local and national health advocates to kick off No Menthol Sunday activities in Wisconsin in grand fashion recently. “The FDA has made flavored vapor products illegal, but they have made an exception for...
Sculpture Milwaukee invites the public to explore contemporary social issues through art in 2021 exhibit
Sculpture Milwaukee will return to the streets of downtown Milwaukee this summer for its fifth annual exhibition. Features for 2021 will include a dynamic roster of international artworks guest curated by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates — described by the Tate...
