Why Access to Education is Key to Systemic Equality

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.

Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap

From homeownership to income, systemic inequities perpetuate disparities in wealth.

Celebrate Black Business Month in August

This August, support Black-owned businesses in your community.

By Alyssa Meinecke, Director of Communications, Program & Strategy

When Will Biden Stop Giving Immigration Powers to Racist, Corrupt Sheriffs?

Despite records of civil rights violations, the Biden administration has chosen to continue partnering with sheriffs through an immigration enforcement program known as 287(g).

Shot of sheriff (wearing a bulletproof vest) from behind walking towards the open door of police car.

Op-ed in The Capital Times: Ruling gives Wisconsin police too much leeway to conduct searches

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that police have a right to search a person after a traffic stop if they believe the vehicle smells like cannabis.

By Amanda Merkwae, Advocacy Director

The Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A stipulation of Act 12, the newly signed shared revenue law which provides Milwaukee with much-needed funding, curtails Milwaukee city and county diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in hiring and awarding contracts. Black Wisconsin Legislator Rep. Kalan Haywood said, “Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts exist to equalize and remedy that past as we move into the future… There is strength in diversity, and we must invest in and foster that strength.”

By Jon McCray Jones, Policy Analyst

Wisconsinites Delivered a Pivotal Win for Abortion Access and Democracy

A pivotal state supreme court election made clear that we won’t tolerate attacks on our reproductive freedom.

By Dr. Melinda Q. Brennan, Executive Director

Pride Has Always Been About Ending Mass Incarceration

Bail reform and LGBTQ liberation go hand in hand.

LGBTQ flag with police in the background.

Racist Attacks on Local Control in Milwaukee and Elsewhere

The shared revenue bill just signed into law in Wisconsin follows a scary trend of state governments undermining the authority and independence of local governments across the country.

By Jon McCray Jones, Policy Analyst