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The Brennan Center for Justice says Black voters were particularly disenfranchised when the city cut polling places during the pandemic.
Wisconsin has launched a new website to help residents get health insurance at a time when many have lost their employer-linked plans due to layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A public art project transformed the bleak scene left by looting and violent protests into one of color, dialogue, and Black experience. Wisconsin Watch photographer Will Cioci spoke with artists and community members about what the murals mean for Madison and what happens when the art comes down.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on Monday released 87 pages of guidance intended to aid districts in resuming some in-person instruction in the coming school year — as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
Help for jobless; back to work amid pandemic; MKE overdoses spike; no statewide covid spikes due to elections, protests; scrutinizing use of force
For college students living away from home, Wisconsin is one of the hardest places to cast a ballot; pending lawsuits seek to make it easier.
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, resilience and Black ancestry. It is also a time to reflect on how to push against ongoing injustice. Wisconsin Watch photographer Will Cioci spent the day in Milwaukee to capture images and voices of people participating in the holiday.
Over the past few weeks as furor over the killing of George Floyd spread around the country, rallies and protests took place in Wisconsin communities both large and small. Here are scenes from some of the peaceful protests that our photographers have captured.
Today we highlight a story by the Wisconsin State Journal that examines the sweeping disparities in how COVID-19 affects Wisconsin’s Black and Latino residents.Black Wisconsinites make up less than 7% of Wisconsin’s population but 18% of its COVID-19 cases and 24% of state deaths from the virus, David Wahlberg reports. Latinos also make up less than 7% of the population, and they account for 33% of Wisconsin’s COVID-19 cases and 11% of its deaths.
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating another public health crisis: addiction to drugs, particularly opioids. Drug overdose deaths in Milwaukee County are on pace to shatter last year’s record high as the COVID-19 pandemic leaves many people out of work and creates roadblocks for recovery.
The pandemic has left many who struggle with substance abuse out of work, creating roadblocks to recovery.
Wisconsin has denied federal pandemic aid to workers on federal disability who lost their jobs. But Caleb Frostman, Wisconsin’s secretary of Workforce Development, is now asking the federal government to allow the state to reverse that practice — potentially affecting thousands of workers with disabilities as the economy struggles to rebound during the pandemic — reports Bram Sable-Smith, a WPR fellow embedded in the Wisconsin Watch newsroom.