Civil Rights
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Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake Identified as Protesters Call for Justice for Fourth Night
Demonstrators remember the lives of two Kenosha-area men shot and killed by vigilante teenager from Illinois.
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Milwaukee Bucks Refuse to Take the Court Over Racial Injustice, NBA Cancels Day’s Other Games
Decision made in the wake of the Jacob Blake police shooting and the white vigilante killing of two people last night.
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‘This Is Wisconsin?’: Community in Disbelief Over Kenosha Shooting
Many see too many similarities between death of George Floyd and shooting of Jacob Blake.
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City Takes Action on Police Violence—By Restricting Those Protesting Police Violence
Wauwatosa mayor announces changes a week after one protest escalated, with its cause in dispute.
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Racists May Feel Emboldened, But This Wisconsin Town Showed the Power of Love
One wildly racist gesture has energized a town to show support for tolerance, inclusiveness, and education.
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This Is the Racism Asian Americans Are Facing in Wisconsin in the Age of COVID
More than 1,700 negative acts against Asian Americans have been reported nationally between March and June, according to a state advocacy group.
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Meat Company Fired Over 20 Workers for Demanding COVID Protections, Activists Say
Voces de la Frontera demands the workers be reinstated.
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Bipartisan Effort to Rebuke the Confederacy? These 3 WI Republicans Say No Thanks.
Tiffany and Grothman vote against Confederate statue removal while Johnson holds up a Juneteenth holiday bill.
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Young Black Artists Harassed by White Businessman in Madison
Local executive terminated Monday, one day later.
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Thousands of Workers Are Going on Strike for Black Lives Today. Here Are Their Demands.
Tens of thousands of frontline workers across the country are going on strike Monday to protest systemic racism and police brutality and to demand that corporations and the government take action to address white supremacy, end economic exploitation of Black workers, and allow all workers to unionize.
