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Pardeep Kaleka: Interfaith service kicks off 2020 DNC with celebration of unity and hope

Pardeep Kaleka: Interfaith service kicks off 2020 DNC with celebration of unity and hope

Posted by | Aug 17, 2020 |

Democrats came together ahead of the 2020 Democratic National Convention for an interfaith service, where they celebrated our nation’s collective strength, diversity, and humanity, and prepared to unite around Joe Biden’s vision for a kinder and stronger country. The August 16 service was be led by religious leaders and performers from Milwaukee and all across the nation, representing the unique backgrounds and communities that together will help Joe Biden restore the soul of America. “The world will see what Joe Biden’s America will look like: a nation united, not divided, by our differences,” said Josh Dickson, National Faith Engagement...

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Uniting America: Democrats offer multiple streaming platforms to watch national convention each night

Uniting America: Democrats offer multiple streaming platforms to watch national convention each night

Posted by | Aug 17, 2020 |

The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced on August 7 that there would be more than a dozen options for the public to watch the 2020 Democratic National Convention, ensuring that this year’s convention could reach viewers where they are, however they prefer to watch, across the entire nation. With an unprecedented number of ways to tune in, the 2020 convention will engage voters in innovative ways and unite the country around America’s shared values. The convention will take place over four nights from August 17 to 20. Convention programming will air live from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. Central...

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Inspirational banners feature work by Milwaukee artists to celebrate our nation’s “Road of Democracy”

Inspirational banners feature work by Milwaukee artists to celebrate our nation’s “Road of Democracy”

Posted by | Aug 16, 2020 |

A new public art project in downtown Milwaukee is spreading messages of hope and encouragement. Nearly 60 street pole banners were installed along Water Street and Kilbourn Avenue to celebrate the virtues of democracy, as well as the public spaces and city streets that have hosted demonstrations of our First Amendment Right over the course of our nation’s history. Curated by Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, “Road of Democracy” is a collaborative project among three Milwaukee artists – Milwaukee’s Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton, previous Artist of the Year Della Wells and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Brad Pruitt. The street pole...

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Milwaukee-Based leaders will still speak in-person for Wisconsin’s part of National Nominating Convention

Milwaukee-Based leaders will still speak in-person for Wisconsin’s part of National Nominating Convention

Posted by | Aug 16, 2020 |

The Democratic National Convention will still technically be held in Milwaukee when it kicks off on August 17. But with the majority of the event now taking place virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, the speakers featured at the city’s downtown convention center will be Democrats that Wisconsinites are used to hearing from, including Governor Tony Evers, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. The Democratic National Convention Committee unveiled its list of speakers for the four-day national nominating convention, which will culminate with former Vice President Joe Biden accepting the party’s presidential nomination. The party announced...

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No Secret Plan: Governor rejects false claims circulated by lawmakers to prohibit in-person classes

No Secret Plan: Governor rejects false claims circulated by lawmakers to prohibit in-person classes

Posted by | Aug 15, 2020 |

Governor Tony Evers reiterated recently that he has no plans to issue a statewide order forbidding schools from holding in-person classes this fall, despite statements to the contrary from Republican lawmakers. Asked at a media briefing about a statement from Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) voicing suspicion that Governor Evers would “flip-flop” on the issue, the governor replied: “I have no secret plan as he suggested.” Governor Evers said he had been in touch regularly with the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) as well as leaders of school districts around the state about their plans for the...

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Challenges to the 10th Amendment and the guarantee of a state’s sovereign right to police its citizens

Challenges to the 10th Amendment and the guarantee of a state’s sovereign right to police its citizens

Posted by | Aug 13, 2020 |

By Frank V. Zerunyan, Professor of the Practice of Governance, University of Southern California The vast majority of anti-racism protests over the past two months in Portland, Oregon have reportedly been peaceful, and any damage was due to a small minority of rioters who fought police and federal agents around federal property. I recently visited the city and saw the destruction around the federal courthouse – walls defaced with graffiti, fences vandalized, and the remains of garbage fires that had been set. President Donald Trump sent in federal agents, falsely claiming that Portland was no longer able to maintain...

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