Mr. Peabody Mr. Peabody

Brittany Kinser Must be Stopped

Do not be fooled. Kinser is anything but a moderate and will surely implement her donor’s radical agenda to defund public education and direct more unaccountable dollars to charter schools. All you need to do is follow the money. The current state of the Superintendent race becomes even more concerning looking at recent polling which shows that Kinser generally is viewed positively but is also the candidate those polled know the least about. We must get the message out of Kinser’s true intentions.

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Press Release: Lead-Safe Schools MKE

Milwaukee, WI - Lead-Safe Schools MKE, an MPS parent-led organization demanding answers and solutions to the current lead-in-schools crisis, wants the public to be aware of a new EPA rule that would change the interpretation of the Milwaukee Health Department’s lead risk assessments recently completed on MPS schools. 

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Eight Fake Highlights from Tony Evers’ 2025-27 Budget

Budget season means it’s time for Governor Evers to propose a bunch of things that sound good, wait for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to laugh and say “nah,” then shrug and dump more public resources into voucher schools and charter schools, rounding it up to a progressive win in Evers’ press release.

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Tony Evers’ Prison Charade

In 2018, Governor Evers ran on reducing the prison population by 50%, but the population is now climbing fastest it has since before 2000. Instead of taking concrete and decisive action, he he’s choosing to float a reform plan to a legislature long determined to sink everything he does.

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Mr. Peabody Mr. Peabody

Common council District 3 Update!

Whatever happens on Tuesday,  if either Brower or Kostal make it out of the primary, we need to all be laser focused on the real battle here, beating back the establishment and winning a seat on the Common Council for the left.

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How did Milwaukee end up under Republican leadership?

In addition to overtly Republican projects, the core of Cavalier Johnson’s day-to-day politics is simply aligned with Republican values: pro-business, pro-police, pro-oligarchy. You can’t pursue those interests without acting to harm many of the people living in Milwaukee.

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What the Hell is Going on With Milwaukee’s Public Housing?

There has been an onslaught of news lately about the dire situation of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) but it can be easy to miss. While this gross mismanagement is nothing new, it was not until residents and organizations like Common Ground began to advocate for themselves that anything began to change.

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