Civil Rights
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Milwaukee Health Department plan targets racism as public health crisis
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 […]
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How a young Midwest mayor’s political convention speech changed American politics
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 […]
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Northwoods tribal leader reflects on 40th anniversary of court protecting treaty rights
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 […]
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Housing, transportation among top challenges facing Afghan refugees in Dane County
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 […]
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2 charged with hate crimes in attack of Muslim women in Milwaukee park
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 […]
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People behind bars in Wisconsin may again access taxpayer-funded education grants
For the first time in nearly three decades, people who are incarcerated in Wisconsin may receive federal student aid to help pay for higher education. Their eligibility to receive Pell […]
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American poverty can be abolished, Pulitzer winner Matthew Desmond argues in new book
After netting a Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction for writing a book about evictions in Milwaukee, Princeton University sociologist Matthew Desmond sought to tackle a broader lens: Why is there […]
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Nonbinary student in Rhinelander faced sex-based harassment, investigation finds
A student in the Rhinelander School District may have their grades adjusted after missing part of the 2021-22 academic year while facing harassment for their nonbinary gender identity. The U.S. […]
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Judge declines to appoint special prosecutor in police killing of Tony Robinson
A Dane County judge will not appoint a special prosecutor in the killing of Anthony Robinson, an unarmed Black 19-year-old who was shot by a white Madison police officer in […]
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Voting has gotten harder in Wisconsin. Organizers have found ways to help
Around noon on an overcast April Election Day, dozens of canvassers returned to a second-floor conference room of the Greater Spring Hill Missionary Baptist Church on Milwaukee’s North Side. They […]