Food is political, and therefore community gardens are a political action. We need to grasp at every opportunity to operate beyond our capitalist structure and recognize the power we have to affect our current reality. 

We do not need more press conferences or town halls. We need meaningful legislation. None of the proposed measures will do much to stop ICE. City officials should stop pretending it will and instead warn residents that we will be on our own to defend ourselves. 

Honest information is not costly. It is morally imperative and necessary for living up to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act’s public right-to-know principle

The dismantling of the multicultural office was completed after the initial request from the Trump administration was declared unconstitutional in court. An administration unwilling to stand behind the diversity initiatives it championed in the times that are good is straightforward cowardice. In many ways “coward” is much too gracious.

It is very early in the year and there are dozens of candidates between the 8 races, so for now we’re just giving first-glimpse looks. We hope to get more in-depth later. 

Organizers in Metcalfe Park's neighborhood see the potential of the structures that still stand. The project of Reclaim and Restore is a community-driven effort to buy up abandoned homes, and renovate them. When the restoration is complete they are given to resident families who have paid rent in the neighborhood for years through an affordable lease-to-own program.

We look forward to seeing Seawright’s story but it is also important that everyone stand up to bullies, and that we do so collectively. If she was pushed out, and the people doing the pushing do not lose political or social capital, then they will do it again, to other good, unique, passionate candidates.

It has been said that “In the game of White Supremacy people of color aren’t the other team, they are the ball.“ We can’t flip-flop on ICE when “our guy” is in charge. Tammy Baldwin has given us every reason to doubt her commitment to human rights.