Podcast: Voices in Union – Episode 090320
Voices in Union: with Reggie Jackson and Maria Hamilton – is a weekly podcast that focuses on the African American Diaspora in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects local concerns to national trends on social justice, and educates the general population on the...
Dr. Jeanette Kowalik resigns as city’s Commissioner of Heath for job with national health policy group
Dr. Jeanette Kowalik announced on September 2 that she would resign her position as Commissioner of Health for the City of Milwaukee in order to return to Washington DC for a position with a respected health policy organization. Dr. Kowalik has been Commissioner since...
Fact checking a garden of lies: Trump uses a wounded Kenosha to fertilize his seeds of fear
“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now. Also, there would have been great death and injury. I want to thank Law Enforcement and the National Guard. I will see you on...
There are no Blue Lives: Being opposed to police brutality is not an attack on law enforcement
Support for peaceful protestors means being “against the police.” That is the lie I hear every single day in Trump’s America. It is a myth perpetuated by this President and his party and by people like them: white people who don’t want to address the...
Wisconsin’s GOP refuses to participate in special session on criminal justice reform called by Governor
Republicans refused to take action on the request by Governor Evers for criminal justice reform and police accountability and transparency during a special session on August 31. Within a day following the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake, Governor Evers issued...
“Will only hinder our healing,” Wisconsin officials ask Trump to cancel his planned visit to Kenosha
President Donald Trump announced that he would travel to Kenosha on September 1, amid fury over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in the back, which left the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed. On Sunday, August 30, Governor Tony Evers urged Trump to reconsider his...
