Stories tagged: "opinion"

Culture Immigration-Nation
Culture Shocking New Docuseries Highlights ICE’s Many Abuses. Will It Be Enough to Wake People Up?

Will the docuseries 'Immigration Nation' spur the U.S. to end ICE's human rights abuses and demand immigration policy change?

Yehudit Mam Yehudit Mam August 12, 2020 12:05 pm EDT
Opinion Black-Lives-Matters
Opinion Should I Be More Scared of COVID or the Cops?

If COVID-19 doesn’t get me, maybe the evil policing by the black body will, and it doesn’t matter if I’m a “good” or “bad” black. Before I open my mouth, my skin has already spoken for me.

Rev. Kevin Vandiver Rev. Kevin Vandiver June 2, 2020 5:04 pm EDT
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Coronavirus ER Doc: How Wisconsin Needs to Prepare for the Next Pandemic

The clash of public health, politics and human frailty

Chris Kapsner, MD Chris Kapsner, MD April 9, 2020 8:52 am EDT
Coronavirus Graphic via Tania Lili for Courier
Coronavirus Racism Is A Virus

And Latinos are not immune. Racism is a human condition. It may get better, but it doesn’t go away.

Yehudit Mam Yehudit Mam March 19, 2020 3:00 am EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
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