By Nyesha Stone Most people can recall exactly where they were and what they were doing sixteen years ago. The terror America experienced on September 11, 2001 will never be forgotten. The … [Read more...]
Feingold and Johnson Go Head-to-Head in Final Debate
By Dylan Deprey Supporters for Russ Feingold and incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson wielded signs and shouted chants, separated outside of Marquette Law School’s Eckstein Hall. In a similar fashion, … [Read more...]
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125 Day Delay on Supreme Court Nominee Prompts Citizens to Act
Editorial Last week marked 125 days since President Obama nominated Chief Judge Merrick Garland to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. This is the longest-ever in the history of the United … [Read more...]
Senator Ron Johnson Comments After the Tragedy in Dallas
By Karen Stokes “The gunman himself talked about who he was inspired by, the groups that are going around. I’ve seen the video of thugs walking through alleys chanting, ‘What do we want?’ … [Read more...]
The Effects of Mass Incarceration in America is examined at College Forum
By Karen Stokes The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. That includes Russia, China and Cuba. More African Americans are incarcerated in Wisconsin … [Read more...]
Local Organization Puts the Pressure on Senator Ron Johnson
By Dylan Deprey At 19 years old, Mark Rice was looking at 100 years in a Wisconsin state prison. He was charged with two counts of armed burglary and three counts of possession of firearms … [Read more...]
Ban the Box Gains Bipartisan Support in Wisconsin
By Mrinal Gokhale Every year, about 8,000 people leave Wisconsin state prisons, with even more being released from the county, according to David Liners, executive director at WISDOM, a … [Read more...]
We cannot afford the wealthy businessman going to Washington experiment
In a time when there is little room for error in handling our economy, our education system, and health care structure we cannot afford an experiment of a first time candidate running for the United … [Read more...]
Ron Johnson, Republican Senate candidate, paid for an extremist education “expert” to promote divisive race-based education theories
As Election Day nears, multimillionaire Republican candidate Ron Johnson is taking heat for leading an effort to bring Charles Murray, an extremist education “expert,” to speak to education and … [Read more...]
Republicans dismiss African American voters
By Cassandra Lans With the November 2, general election less than two weeks away, it is more than evident that Wisconsin Republican candidates are not interested in receiving the African American … [Read more...]