Act 12 chose to punish its way out of financial problems. The solution was not only anti-Black, it was outdated and misanthropic. Wisconsinites who are united in seeing a better quality of life for themselves need to work on repealing Act 12, and to create legislation that is life affirming.
Nate Gilliam
Posted inNews, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: We must stop prioritizing business interests over people’s lives during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated the deep structural inequities experienced by Black people every single day. Current elected and appointed officials continue to exacerbate these issues by prioritizing business interests over people’s lives.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices
OPINION: The fight against ‘medical red-lining’ on the North Side
The lived experience of African Americans in Milwaukee is one of great inequity and lack of access to appropriate health care services. We simply cannot allow Ascension, the largest non-profit health system in the U.S., to let St. Joseph Hospital die a slow death.