Court records are among the most important public records we have. Clerks of court should not be making it harder or cost-prohibitive for members of the public to access them.
Opinion: Community Voices
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Opinion: Commutations highlight what crime survivors need from a better justice system
The current approach to victim inclusion needs to change and can be accomplished in a way that doesn’t deny people a meaningful chance at mercy and early
release.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Opinion: Milwaukee County’s replacement for the Public Safety Building prioritizes victim-witnesses
Jessica Strand says that victim-witnesses at the Milwaukee County Courthouse are victimized a second time by having to cross paths with their perpetrator. She supports a safer space for residents.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: Climate change and Wisconsin’s carceral cancer
Nate Gilliam says that Wisconsin can’t address the growing and disproportionate harm being caused by climate change to marginalized communities if it continues to invest in a carceral state.
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Opinion: Reasons for Hope supports 10 years of neighborhood healing, belonging
After 10 years, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Reasons for Hope Fund continues to award microgrants to support neighborhood programming with community input, Darlene C. Russell writes.
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Opinion: Your Right to Know: Campaign finance site a big improvement
The state of Wisconsin should be lauded for trying to make campaign finance information — famously a shadowy process with plenty of loopholes — more accessible to the public.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, Opinion: Community Voices
Flashback: Community members at the Sherman Phoenix remember unrest, recognize progress in 2019
in 2019, we visited the Sherman Phoenix to ask business owners and patrons what stood out most from their memories of those turbulent nights.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
We talked to Milwaukee residents and others about the police killing of Corey Durell Ruiz. Here’s what they said.
NNS asked Milwaukeeans and others how they felt about his shooting and also what they wanted to see happen next.
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Opinion: We must oppose and ban the use of Flock technology
Nickolas X. Doherty contends that mass surveillance technology used by Milwaukee police and other law enforcement entities is dangerous to the community.
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Opinion: My open letters to elected leaders on justice and public safety as Wisconsin weighs commutations
As Wisconsin embarks on a new commutation process, Shannon Ross calls on elected leaders to put data, accountability and public safety ahead of politics.