Diversity and Inclusion

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that a state program that distributes grants to minority college students is unconstitutional. 

The state organization that oversees most Wisconsin high school athletic programs updated a policy Wednesday to say only athletes “designated as females at birth” would be allowed to compete in girls sports.

Several government web sites serving Wisconsin went offline this week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday that seeks to dismantle federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

An internal review found “concerns about financial operations and fiscal judgements,” according to the school. 

Milwaukee Area Technical College’s former chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer filed a federal lawsuit against the college alleginging she was fired after speaking out against race and disability discrimination at the school.

The ACRE program nurtures professionals of color in the commercial real estate market. A recent Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis finds that its efforts are working.

Years of school bullying in Mercer, Wisconsin, culminated in an assault, prompting a Lac du Flambeau Band family to move for their safety.

The Wisconsin-based organization has screened 5 million people and operated on 440,000 for cataracts since 1984.

Major League Baseball decided this year to recognize statistics from Jim Crow baseball leagues and will give living Black players a pension. Former Negro league player, Dennis Biddle, and a UW-Milwaukee history student, Ken Bartelt, explain the importance of this on “Wisconsin Today.”

This summer’s all-ages program with the Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library includes author talks and an appearance from the Librarian of Congress.