White Society must condemn White Racism: Ahmaud Arbery is dead because he was a black man
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested Gregory McMichael, age 64, and Travis McMichael, age 34, for the death of Ahmaud Arbery on May 7. They were both charged with murder and aggravated assault. Ahmaud Arbery is dead because he was a black man. He was...
Detailed federal guide from CDC for reopening country suppressed as national death toll climbs
The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak. The 17-page...
Justice Bradley’s ignorance of history: “Safer at Home” order is not like the internment of Japanese Americans
An Open Letter to Justice Rebecca Bradley of the Wisconsin Supreme Court No, the “Safer at Home” order currently in effect across the state of Wisconsin is not like Japanese internment camps of WW2, and there is no chance that it will be. Being asked to...
This is MAGA America: The White Privilege to Terrorize
As a white man watching the Michigan protests of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders, all I could think was: Black people don’t get to do this. Muslims don’t get to do this. Latinos don’t get to do this. People who look different in any way don’t get to do...
If getting back to normal is not an option, then we need to embrace the new abnormal together
Ever since the restrictions and cancellations and changes in response to COVID-19 began a few weeks ago – back before we regularly used terms like social distancing, self-isolation, and flattening the curve, we’ve all been asking the same question: “When will...
An Outbreak of Silence: Common Council members troubled by lack of safety at Smithfield Foods
Members of the Milwaukee Common Council, Alderman José G. Pérez, Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa, and Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic, released a joint public statement on April 30 about cases of COVID-19 linked to Smithfield Foods in Cudahy. There are no walls that...
