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No Charges in Tony Robinson’s Death

May 16, 2015

What’s Next for His Family, the Community and Police By Steven Potter Nothing can bring Tony Robinson back. Protesters have said it. The family has said it. Even Dane County District … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Andrea Irwin, Black Lives Matter, Brandi Grayson, Jon Loevy, Madison, Matt Kenney, Protests, Steven Potter, Tony Robinson, Tony Terrell Robinson Jr.

Battered NY Mayor Calls for Temporary Protest Halt

December 27, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) via Yahoo News — As the New York Police Department mourns two of its own, Mayor Bill de Blasio pleaded for a pause in protests and rancor amid a widening rift with those in a grieving … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bill de Blasio, Edward Mullins, Eric Garner, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, Protests, Rafael Ramos, Reverend Al Sharpton, Wenjian Liu

2 Storied Black Sororities—AKA and Delta—Won’t Let Their Members Protest While Wearing Greek Letters

December 13, 2014

They might mean well, but these two legendary organizations could wind up on the wrong side of history. By Kirsten West Savali Via its website, the national organization of Delta Sigma Theta … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Kirsten West Savali, Protests

Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council Representatives Attend People’s Climate March

September 26, 2014

By Eelisa Jones NEW YORK CITY - Six representatives of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Milwaukee Youth Council traveled to New York City last week to … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Climate Change, Marches, NAACP Youth Council, New York City, Protests

Protest

August 16, 2014

Ferguson shows there is still power in protest. In Ferguson, Missouri, hundreds marched after the shooting of Michael Brown, 18, Black, and unarmed, by a White officer. Standing face-to-face with … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Michael Brown, Non Violent Civil Disobedience, Protests

The “Give America a Raise” bus tour comes to Milwaukee

April 5, 2014

Washington DC – Americans agree: No one who works should live in poverty. Yet that’s exactly what’s happening to workers around the country earning minimum wage. The federal minimum wage has stayed … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bus Tour, Give America A Raise, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Protests

Hundreds rally to urge BMO Harris to support good jobs

July 27, 2013

Despite BMO’s $4 B in profits last year, Milwaukee janitors at BMO live in poverty 150 Janitors and supporters from labor, community and faith groups came to BMO Harris Bank to call on BMO to … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: BMO Harris, CleanPower, Janitorial Workers, Protests, Raise Up MKE

Thousands of protesters travelled to Madison for the anniversary of Scott Walker’s attack on Wisconsin workers

March 17, 2012

Thousands of protesters travelled to Madison on Saturday for the anniversary of Governor Scott Walker’s attack on Wisconsin workers by stripping collective bargaining rights. Members of The Milwaukee … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Collective Bargaining Rights, Milwaukee NAACP, Protests, Robert Bell Photography, Scott Walker

“Walkerville” Tent City erected in protest of budget that steamrolls kids, families and seniors

June 11, 2011

Hundreds of Wisconsinites gathered outside the capitol building in a makeshift tent city with the purpose of bearing witness to Republican’s reckless action to crush education, health care and … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Budget Repair Bill, Dian Palmer, Harriet Rowan, Peter Rickman, Protests, Scott Walker, Tent Cities, Walkerville, Wisconsin State Budget

The ‘Fab 14’ return and recall efforts kick into high gear for GOP Senators

March 19, 2011

By Lynda L. Jones They have been dubbed the ‘Fab 14’, the Democratic Senators that left the state and forced the GOP, and Governor Scott Walker to slow down their efforts to push through the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Budget Repair Bill, Chris Larsen, Fab 14, Joel Ramirez, Lena Taylor, Lynda Jones, Protests, Rallies, Recall the Republican 8, Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr, Robert Bell Photography, Sachin Chheda, Scott Walker, Shelia Cochran, Spencer Coggs

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