The clock is now ticking for a partial recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties. Last night, the state’s Elections Commission outlined a timeline and procedures for that recount. In a long and sometimes heated meeting, the bipartisan commission ultimately left issues of public health and the state of absentee ballots up in the air. The […]
Artist Tom Jones on a recent mural collab with Shephard Fairey
Acclaimed artist Shephard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Hope campaign print and poster for Barack Obama, has just completed a voting-themed mural titled Voting Rights are Human Rights in downtown Milwaukee, on the side of the Colby Abbot Building. Fairey and his Obey Giant team partnered on the large mural with four Wisconsin artists. […]
City of Madison introducing secure absentee ballot boxes
Earlier this week, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett announced that the city would be installing more than a dozen drop boxes for absentee ballots. At a press briefing earlier today, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said that Madison will be implementing a similar plan in the coming months. “We will be installing secure drop boxes to facilitate […]
As DNC enters Day Three, Trump counter-programming continues
The Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee was originally going to host around 50,000 attendants. According to American Public Media, the city spent ten million dollars to prepare for the event, which was initially predicted to infuse about 200 million dollars into the city’s economy. But, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced in June that […]
Radio Chipstone: The 1967 Milwaukee Riot
Born in 1951, Matt Mixon and spent his formative years living in Central Milwaukee. As a teen, his family moved to the Northside. Change is hard especially when it comes without warning. But what happens when the demand for change is ignored for too long. During the Long Hot Summer of 1967 African American people […]
Latinx Milwaukee Update
Last time we spoke with Sergio Gonzalez was in April of 2018, about the future of sanctuary cities. At the time, Sergio was finishing up his dissertation at the University of Wisconsin here in Madison. Since then, he has received his doctorate, and has now relocated to Milwaukee, where he is teaching Latinx history at […]
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