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.

Despite what some loud voices in the Wisconsin Democratic Party would have you believe, the people in the party stand united with Palestine. Zionists in our movements are operating from a compromised position; if they are willing to overlook genocide then what other atrocities are they willing to stomach?

If every Wisconsin donor was a voter in the party primary, Francesca Hong won nearly half (49.5%) of them! She also has Tom Tiffany beat single handedly, and all Democrats combined are whooping the Republicans combined.