Rick Deines, a conversation facilitator with The Zeidler Center for Public Discussion and a Milwaukee resident for 33 years, asks what Milwaukee can learn from the recently released Ferguson Commission report.
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Donald Trump, Dred Scott, and black and brown lives matter
Margaret Rozga, poet, civil rights activist and professor emerita of English at UW-Waukesha, blasts Donald Trump for his stance against birthright citizenship, guaranteed in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
What is Milwaukee’s new story?
Rick Deines, a conversation facilitator with The Zeidler Center for Public Discussion and a Milwaukee resident for 33 years, hopes to change the “dominant story” about Milwaukee.
Voting rights need to be the first priority
Margaret Rozga, poet, civil rights activist and professor emerita of English at UW-Waukesha, recounts her experience fighting for voting rights in 1965, and urges action to support voting rights today.
A conversation—a missed opportunity
Rick Deines, a conversation facilitator with The Zeidler Center for Public Discussion and a Milwaukee resident for 33 years, imagines what a meaningful conversation with Gov. Scott Walker and other politicians would look like.
Milwaukee does not need “plantation politics”
Della Wells, an artist and community activist, writes that a Republican plan to take over Milwaukee’s failing schools sidesteps Milwaukee residents and their elected officials.
The Wisconsin budget and Shakespearean tragedy
Peggy Rozga, poet, civil rights activist and professor emerita of English at UW-Waukesha, warns that provisions hastily inserted into the state budget could result in a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.
Dire effects of poor education system
Della Wells, an artist and community activist, argues that as a society we must invest in our children’s education.
Addressing infant mortality in Milwaukee
Raina J. Johnson, a freelance writer, discusses the need to improve birth outcomes for black babies in Milwaukee.
The importance of BIDs to the city’s economy
Keith Stanley, executive director of Avenues West Association/BID #10, explains the importance of business improvement districts (BIDs) to the city’s growth and development.