News & Commentary
Jan 24, 2025
Resources for Wisconsin Immigrants and their Allies
As Trump reactivates his aggressive anti-immigrant agenda, we share Know Your Rights resources and how to oppose ICE in your local community.
Dec 16, 2024
The Importance of Legal Mail for Communicating about Conditions in the Wisconsin Carceral System
Paralegal Nour Kalbouneh describes our legal intake process and how the policy of photocopying incarcerated individuals’ legal mail affects their rights.
By Tina Itson, Development Director
Dec 13, 2024
Act 10 and the Constitutional Right to Unionize
This past week, a Dane County Circuit Judge overturned key aspects of Act 10, restoring the constitutional right to collective bargaining for many Wisconsin public sector employees.
Dec 09, 2024
The Importance of Physical Mail for Incarcerated People in Wisconsin
Coalition and Relations Advocate Melissa Ludin describes the importance of receiving physical mail from loved ones while incarcerated.
By Melissa Ludin, Coalition and Relations Advocate
Dec 03, 2024
The Power of Words: Stop Seeking Votes by Dehumanizing the Disenfranchised
Using the word "felon" to disparage a public figure perpetuates a narrative that those with felony records are dangerous when, in reality, many of us are simply fighting to reclaim our freedom and autonomy.
By Melissa Ludin, Coalition and Relations Advocate
Nov 27, 2024
We Can Have It All: We Don't Have To Choose Between Social and Economic Issues
The fundamental tension is not between you and your neighbor – it’s between all of us and those in power who manufacture divisions to distract from their hoarding of wealth.
By Alyssa Meinecke, Director of Communications, Program & Strategy, Jon McCray Jones, Policy Analyst
Oct 16, 2024
Vote No in November
This fall, Vote "No" on the statewide referendum to preserve the right of "every" citizen to vote.
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