Mark your calendar for April 16 and be at the Library Mall at 3:00 to support the National March to Victory, Relay Across America caravan, a 40-state tour organized in Wisconsin by Voces de la Frontera. Organizer Luis Velasquez and Ricardo talk about the demands for legalization for all 11 million undocumented people in the […]
Outside Biden’s Milwaukee Town Hall
WORT 89.9FM Madison · As Biden addressed nation, protesters gathered in Milwaukee (MILWAUKEE) — On Tuesday night, President Biden delivered a town hall from Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre. There, he took questions on pressing issues facing the nation, making the case for a nearly two trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package and promising to make COVID-19 […]
As Supreme Court Reinstates DACA, Advocates Push For More Action
Photo by McBeth on Flickr. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, allows undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States before they were fifteen years old to stay in the country. Recipients are given a permit, which must be renewed every two years, that allows them to work in the United States. […]
Republican leadership condemns Evers’ recording of private call
On May 14th, the state’s Republican leadership met via phone with Governor Evers to discuss future steps for the state’s reopening plan. But, unbeknownst to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who were on the call, the discussion was recorded by Governor Evers’ staff. Evers has since stated that he was […]
Food processing plants with worker organizer Mario Ramirez
“They don’t really care that much about their workers. They don’t care if they die, or if they infect their families. They’re basically saying that workers are something they can just throw to the side, and the most important thing is production.” Many cases of COVID-19 in Brown County, and across the country, have […]
Officially English?
In 2013, then-Representatives André Jacque and Dave Craig introduced a bill that would have made English the official language of Wisconsin. The Republicans controlled the legislature at the time, but the bill didn’t receive a hearing. Now the bill’s authors are reviving the bill in the state senate. Their stated motives? To encourage non-English speakers […]
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