All eyes on today’s Georgia Senate runoff elections which could determine success of Biden’s presidency. It’s run-off election day in Georgia. The eyes of the nation, and every politician in Washington, will be focused on the state today as two hotly contested elections will ultimately determine which party controls the…
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Global Protests Continue as Jacob Blake Regains Consciousness
Updated August 28 Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot in the back seven times by police in Wisconsin, has regained consciousness, according to reports. Jacob Blake Sr., recalled the moment he could finally have a conversation with his son. “Why did they shoot me so many times?’…
Teenage Muslim Girl Opens Oshkosh Mosque to Students During School Shooting
Wisconsin teenager Duaa Ahmad, 17, helped around 100 of her fellow Oshkosh West High School students take shelter at the nearby mosque where she and her family worship after a school stabbing and shooting on Tuesday. The incident began when a 16-year-old student stabbed a law enforcement officer and the…
New Jersey Man Planned Racist Machete Attack Against Black Patrons at Menlo Park Mall
Black shoppers at Menlo Park Mall in Middlesex County, N.J., were spared from a savage machete attack, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Richard Tobin, 18, reportedly devised a plan and even sat in the mall’s parking lot obsessing over the violent idea to “let loose” on black patrons with a…
Black High School Security Guard Gets Job Back After Widespread Community Support
Marlon Anderson, a longtime Black security guard in the Madison Metropolitan School District, will be reinstated after being fired for telling a student not to call him the N-word, the district announced Monday in a press release. “I’m thankful. I’m blessed, and I’m so happy to be going back and…
Disabled Wisconsin Lawmaker State Rep. Jimmy Anderson Gets Snubbed by Legislature’s Leadership
Republican Assemblymen are playing hardball with Wisconsin State Rep. Jimmy Anderson (D), who is paralyzed and uses a wheelchair, over whether he should be allowed to call into committee meetings. Due to his caretakers’ schedules, it is easier to call into meetings rather than driving to the chambers. The feud…
Wisconsin Raises Rainbow Pride Flag at State Capitol for the First Time
Wisconsin bucked the trend of recent conservative victories by raising the LGBTQ pride flag this past weekend. Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order demanding that the flag be flown over the Capitol Building in Madison. In the order, Evers stated, “Publicly displaying the Rainbow Pride Flag sends a clear…
Disparities In Employment, Education, Incarceration: Racism Declared Public Health Crisis in Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele signed a resolution on Monday declaring racism and discrimination a public health crisis in the area. “Everybody has been reading and hearing about the same set of statistics in Milwaukee for decades,” Abele said. “We lead in an unfortunate way the racial disparities in employment,…
Wisconsin Teacher Asks Black Children to Research ‘Slave Games’
Lessons on racism have a whole new meaning in public schools, and they’re popular among white educators. A Shorewood Intermediate School teacher was instructing seventh-graders about games from around the world and separated the students by race. One of the Black students, MaHailey Stephens, said she and her Black classmates…
Wisconsin the First State to Implement Green Alert to Prevent Veteran Suicides
Concerns about privacy surface with this potentially life-saving bill. The Green Alert is issued in the same way Amber and Silver alerts are — on billboards or text messages. The criteria: a physical or mental health condition related to one’s service, whether veteran or active member of the armed forces,…