by George Mitchell | Jul 14, 2019 | Features
A new Milwaukee Journal Sentinel assessment of urban violence bodes ill for many Black residents in Milwaukee. If reporter Ashley Luthern is correct — an assessment worth examining — merely living in a segregated neighborhood exposes one to significantly higher rates...
by George Mitchell | Jul 7, 2019 | Features
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) will need a strong turnout by Milwaukee’s (and Wisconsin’s) Black voters to prevail in next year’s Wisconsin’s presidential primary election. In advance of a visit to the state, she might read up on Milwaukee’s disastrous experience with...
by George Mitchell | Jul 1, 2019 | Features
The forthcoming retirement of Justice Shirley Abrahamson brings to a close a major period in Wisconsin political and judicial history. Abrahamson was the first woman to serve on the state’s supreme court and as its chief justice. Her 1976 appointment to the bench...
by George Mitchell | Jun 24, 2019 | Features
Credit Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson for knowing how to keep a secret. We learned Friday that Abrahamson has watched quietly throughout her decades-long tenure as Wisconsin legislators acted, time and again in her opinion, outside the limits of...
by George Mitchell | Jun 9, 2019 | Features
Eleven of twelve Republican members of the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted last week to support a key element of Governor Tony Evers’ transportation budget. This map explains the vote. It highlights projects in the four corners of the state that...
