Civil Rights

Kym Young, known as one of the strongest voices for racial equality in the Twin Ports, has recently been admitted to hospice care due to complications from a rare form of Crohn’s disease. She spoke from hospice to WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition” about her varied career and its impact.

A newly introduced state bill would make Feb. 18 — the birthday of iconic civil rights activist Vel Phillips — a special observance day at public schools across Wisconsin. 

In an exceedingly rare move, a Kenosha judge has ordered a new trial for a Kenosha teen convicted of sexual assault after several jurors stepped forward to express misgivings about returning a guilty verdict. 

Four hotel employees charged with felony murder in death of D’Vontaye Mitchell. Mitchell died outside a downtown Milwaukee hotel after behind restrained on the sidewalk.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner is calling D’Vontaye Miller’s death a homicide. He was held face-down on the sidewalk by security guards outside a downtown Milwaukee hotel .

Milwaukee plans to address racism and health equity over the next five years by focusing on challenges like housing, maternal and child health and public safety. Those steps and others […]

For a few days next July, Milwaukee will be the center of the 2024 presidential race as the Republican Party hosts its national convention. Many political scientists and commentators question […]

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In […]

More than 12,000 Afghan refugees escaped Taliban forces in 2021 during the withdrawal of American troops and were evacuated to Fort McCoy in Monroe County, according to the U.S. Department […]

Two Milwaukee women have been charged with hate crimes after police said they attacked a group of Muslim women in a park late last month. Miracle Reed, 34, and Payton […]