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The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors elected Supervisor Marcelia Nicholson to lead the body as Chairwoman for the 2020-2022 term on a vote of 11 to 7 over Supervisor Willie Johnson Jr. on April 24. Supervisor Nicholson’s father is African-American and her mother is Puerto Rican, and with the election she becomes the first Afro-Latina to become Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors. It also follows a trend of sweeping political victories for African American representation in Milwaukee, after David Crowley won his race as Milwaukee County Executive and Alderman Cavalier “Chevy” Johnson became Milwaukee Common Council President. Supervisor...

Carmen Schools of Science and Technology is ensuring their 2000 students have ongoing access to a quality education by providing technology, mailing instructional packets, taking learning online, and ensuring educators remain available for student and family communication during school closures. The Milwaukee-based public charter school network provided more than 860 students in need of computers with Chromebooks and mailed instructional packets to the homes of over 500 families without internet access. “It’s important for us to respond to the individual needs of our families during this time of crisis. We can provide a source of consistency through learning and...

Following the “Reopen Wisconsin” rally in Brookfield on April 18, a Milwaukee event was scheduled for April 24 at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, ahead of a similar protest in Madison. A total of 8 individuals took part in the Milwaukee rally, protesting the State’s “Safer at Home” order. The number of participants was under the 10 person limit prohibited to gather in public under the social distancing restrictions, which were implemented in reaction to the deadly COVID-19 crisis that has infected a million Americans and killed more than 150 in Milwaukee. The low turn out, just days...

Following his obsessive push with hydroxychloroquine as an unsubstantiated treatment for the coronavirus, President Donald Trump pitched new cures involving sunlight and injecting disinfects on April 23, to the alarm of medical professionals. The daily White House briefings about COVID-19 have become contentious propaganda rallies, and a public health menace. Trump has used the prolonged sessions to spread misinformation and push unproven medical treatments, at a time when the nation is in desperate need of honesty and leadership. Trump brought up his latest farfetched medical theories in the context of a presentation given by William Bryan, a scientist at...

After forcing the public to vote during a pandemic on April 7, Republican lawmakers are again putting lives in danger by seeking to have the state Supreme Court block the order extending Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home” restrictions. GOP leaders in control the state Legislature filed the complaint just before the second stay-at-home order was scheduled to take effect. Governor Tony Evers sharply condemned the partisan effort, charging Republicans with putting their own quest for political power ahead the public’s health. Republicans are exploiting a global pandemic to further their attempts to undermine the will of the people. But what’s...