Last year, if you told me that I would go from being a full-time teaching artist to a life insurance agent, I would have surely laughed in your face!
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OPINION: ‘My proving ground was the cell’: How I found freedom as a reader and writer while incarcerated
Shannon Ross shares how he kept his mind sharp, developed his vocabulary and became a better citizen through reading and writing, all while serving 17 years in prison.
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OPINION: Now is the time to invest in Milwaukee youths. And we can do that by using American Rescue Plan Act funding.
We call on city leaders to act now on behalf of children and youths in our city with an immediate investment of $30 million of ARPA funding.
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OPINION: We don’t need to destroy Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center to offer a local alternative for Lincoln Hills
The Chaney center has long been considered by men who resided there to offer the best support for a successful return to Milwaukee in contrast to the state’s other facilities.
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OPINION: Voter suppression laws and abortion bans are just the beginning. But to what end?
Every single indicator of our poor health and access to care can be linked to racism, which is synonymous with control. Having our freedom and being able to control what happens to our bodies are one in the same.
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OPINION: ‘On-the-spot pivots’: How my church closed its doors but opened a new digital space for our members
Moving forward, a digital and online presence will be essential for the life and community of any congregation. Because the fact of the matter is that some people may never return to the building.
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OPINION: ‘We deserve to be citizens just like everyone else’: Why Congress needs to create a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients
It’s mentally and emotionally draining to have to educate people on our situation, to get people to understand that my family is American as any other. We deserve to be citizens just like everyone else.
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OPINION: The pandemic revealed the gulf between the have and have-nots in business. Yet resilience continues to win.
When grants were announced to keep businesses afloat, it was a relief, but made obvious the disparities between businesses that had established connections and documents, and those that did not.
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OPINION: Efforts to suppress voting are on the rise. Here’s how we got here. And here’s how we can stop them.
In 2021 alone, over 400 voter suppression bills have been proposed in state legislatures, most often Republican-led. How do we find ourselves here again?
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OPINION: The ‘starving artist’ was all too normal before the pandemic. Let’s not repeat that toxic trope.
We’re willing to consume the art without considering the creators. While ignoring the physical labor that creates that art. Yes, that includes our independent artists, too.