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Searching for a Scapegoat: Attack on World Health Organization jeopardizes more American lives

Searching for a Scapegoat: Attack on World Health Organization jeopardizes more American lives

Posted by | Apr 16, 2020 |

By Adam Kamradt-Scott, Associate professor, University of Sydney President Donald Trump has announced the US is cutting its funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) – a decision that will have major implications for the global health response to the coronavirus pandemic. The United States contributes more than $400 million to the WHO per year, though it is already $200 million in arrears. It is the organization’s largest donor and gives about 10 times what China does per year. Trump has accused the organization of mishandling and covering up the initial spread of COVID-19 in China, and of generally...

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A Political Plan B: DNC organizers prepare contingency options for Milwaukee’s July Convention

A Political Plan B: DNC organizers prepare contingency options for Milwaukee’s July Convention

Posted by | Mar 30, 2020 |

With the Democratic National Convention less than four months away, committee officials say they are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and exploring a range of contingency options. Joe Solmonese heads the 2020 Democratic National Convention Committee in Milwaukee where the event is expected to be hosted July 13 through 16. Solmonese said the committee will follow the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and local health officials in the days and weeks ahead. On March 23, Governor Tony Evers announced he would issue a “stay-at-home” order in an effort to slow the spread of...

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Kevin Abing: Milwaukee mobilized every resource possible in 1918 to combat the Spanish Flu epidemic

Kevin Abing: Milwaukee mobilized every resource possible in 1918 to combat the Spanish Flu epidemic

Posted by | Mar 25, 2020 |

Milwaukee’s current struggles to stem the growth of COVID-19 Coronavirus eerily parallels efforts to combat another pandemic over a century ago. In 1918, the Spanish Flu killed more than 50 million people — some estimate nearly 100 million — worldwide. It was the worst public health disaster in American history, but its place in our collective memory has been overshadowed by World War I, with its senseless carnage, crusading energy, despicable villains and brave heroes. No one who lived then could have imagined a crisis of such epic scale could be repeated, but one of history’s hard lessons is...

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We Need Each Other: Downtown Milwaukee buildings illuminate the darkness with beacons of hope

We Need Each Other: Downtown Milwaukee buildings illuminate the darkness with beacons of hope

Posted by | Mar 25, 2020 |

Amid the health and financial challenges that face communities near and far, Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 is trying to encourage buildings and landmarks throughout the city to illuminate their facades with red, white, and blue lighting. Beginning the evening of March 24, U.S. Bank Center, Northwestern Mutual, The Gas Light Building, 833 East Michigan, The Pfister Hotel, and the M-K-E letters at General Mitchell International Airport were be lit in red, white, and blue in tribute to the resiliency of the nation. The Milwaukee County Historical Society will be lit starting March 27, and other locations are expected to...

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Wisconsin professor uncovers evidence showing Russia’s 2020 election interference is more brazen

Wisconsin professor uncovers evidence showing Russia’s 2020 election interference is more brazen

Posted by | Mar 21, 2020 |

Four years after Russia-linked groups stoked divisions in the U.S. presidential election on social media platforms, a new report shows that Moscow’s campaign has not let up and has become harder to detect. The report New Evidence Shows How Russia’s Election Interference Has Gotten More Brazen from University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Young Mie Kim found that Russia-linked social media accounts are posting about the same divisive issues — race relations, gun laws and immigration — as they did in 2016, when the Kremlin polluted American voters’ feeds with messages about the presidential election. Facebook has since removed the accounts....

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Reggie Jackson: The responsibility of understanding what White Supremacy really is

Reggie Jackson: The responsibility of understanding what White Supremacy really is

Posted by | Mar 7, 2020 |

“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.” – James Baldwin My journey of learning about America has taken me in many different directions. As a young boy I was always inquisitive. My favorite books were encyclopedias. I loved reading about everything. I loved to learn new things. History was always one of my favorite topics. History allowed me to see everything. I could study the history of anything. I can recall while in fourth or maybe fifth grade learning about the races of humans. The memory...

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