Students at the Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center School have been busy reading lately, using books from local and national authors to ask important questions of themselves and the community.

Wisconsin needs history education now more than ever, and the new museum must serve the educational needs and bolster the cultural identities of current and future generations.

Authorities say the Atlanta shooting suspect, who is white, chose to go to Asian masseuses. That ties in with the stereotype of Asian women that labels us as hypersexual and submissive.

Politicians have created a broken system to undermine free and fair elections in Wisconsin — intentionally carving up our communities, drawing legislative maps so absurd and unequal that the leaders of our state Assembly, Senate and Congress are all but predetermined.

One thing is clear: Both parties are guilty of drawing the maps in favor of their political party rather than their constituents. We must do better.