By Karen Stokes Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley has lofty goals for the county and for communities of color. He has bold ideas for reaching those goals but his number one priority is … [Read more...]
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Government, community and faith-based leaders join forces to champion the fight against COVID-19
By Darryl Sellers The new year has brought with it, more daunting challenges in the African American community’s fight against COVID-19. More transmissible variants of the coronavirus which have … [Read more...]
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A Task Force That Was Never Up to the Task
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor GOP Emails on Racial Disparities Group No Real Surprise We’ve all seen the gag before. In Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip and … [Read more...]
Dr. Susan Moore, An African American Physician, Chronicles the Racist Medical Care that Led to Her Death
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia (EDITOR’S NOTE: You can make a donation to the GoFundMe campaign [https://bit.ly/3pCAQI1] set up for Dr. Moore’s … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Police Department’s Stay-At-Home Arrests Reveal Deep Racial Disparities
By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
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OP-ED: Racial Divide of Coronavirus is Real, So are Innovations that Can Help
By Allyson Y. Schwartz and Martha A. Dawson News about the novel coronavirus, which has now claimed over 100,000 American lives, is all around us. A subtext told in this reporting is the … [Read more...]
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People of Color and the Pandemic
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall: This is “Law of the Land.” It was known as early as March, that there was a disproportionate impact, disparities, around race. We want to delve into what those … [Read more...]
International Conference Reports Racial Disparities in Risk for Dementia and Alzheimer’s
By Dylan Deprey Stressful early life experiences age the brain by four years, and African Americans are most at risk, according to studies presented at the 2017 Alzheimer’s Association … [Read more...]
Racial Disparities Prevalent in Ex-Prisoners Revocated for Technical Violations
By Dylan Deprey The truth can be hard to find. Some have searched for it for decades. Others have worked to cover it up. Whether it is the government, media, recent Facebook post or protestors … [Read more...]
New Report Shows Stark Lending Disparities in Milwaukee
Washington, DC – Today, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) released an analysis of home purchase lending in Milwaukee, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and the surrounding areas. The analysis … [Read more...]