Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In 2014, Eric Garner struggled to utter the words “I can’t breathe”, as a New York police officer held him in a chokehold. Accused of selling … [Read more...]
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Burlington Area School District (BASD) Mishandling Additional Reports of Racism In the Wake of Scathing DPI Ruling
The Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism (BCDR) Urges the District to Bring POC To the Table In Creating Their Corrective Action Plan (CAP), While Sharing Its Own Recommendations for the … [Read more...]
Racism Against the AAPI Community Isn’t New, But It is Rising
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Racism toward the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is nothing new. History shows that discrimination against this group has always existed, but in the past … [Read more...]
Should Americans Be Embarrassed By Our Racism?
After more than a decade of research, author Kathleen Brush, Ph.D. MBA confirms that the U.S. is the world’s least racist society By Media Relations, Inc How does the United States compare … [Read more...]
The Mental Health Toll of Current Events
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Mental health. Those two words carry a lot of weight. For many years, there was a stigma associated with them and while the stigma still exists, it has diminished over … [Read more...]
Black in Nature
A #BlackBirdersWeek Conversation By Alexus Roberts and Shaz Zamore For many nature lovers, a good day in the field means successful observations: spotting their favorite organism, or witnessing a … [Read more...]
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RACISM KILLS: The Real Mental Health Problem
By Kweku Ramel Akyirefi Smith, PhD The Black community did not need the novel coronavirus to shed light on how our community is continually, disproportionately and negatively affected by … [Read more...]
Mayor Tom Barrett says “This Virus Knows No Borders,” Condemns Hate
By Milwaukee Courier Staff Mayor Tom Barrett is condemning hate and encouraging us to come together and be of service to each other during this crisis. Using racist terms for the coronavirus … [Read more...]
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When Racism is the Root
By LaKeshia Myers Its stain is as old as America itself. It is imbued in the fabric of our society. While some thought it to be dead—it is a cancer that refuses to die. It hangs on for dear … [Read more...]
Chris Abele Declares Racism as a Public Health Crisis
By Nyesha Stone To fix the issues going on in Milwaukee we first have to admit that they exist and that’s what County Executive Chris Abele did. Recently, Abele declared racism as a public … [Read more...]