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The three final candidates for Milwaukee police chief agreed that systemic racism is a large problem in not only Milwaukee but the entire United States, and that it will take a lot of change and listening.   On Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 the three final candidates for the position of Milwaukee police chief answered questions about various topics […]

MILWAUKEE- On Nov. 3, thousands of people around the U.S woke up early to set up machines and tables for the presidential election. Let me be more specific, I woke up early to set up machines and tables for the presidential election.   This year in Milwaukee, election inspectors were in high demand because 178-polling locations showed up in […]

BURLINGTON — A Burlington Area School Board meeting ended Monday night with chanting, arguments, School Board members walking away and a police presence. BASD held their meeting and one of the items on the agenda was adopting an anti-racism policy and curriculum. Such policies have been internally discussed since March. This also comes after a […]

Southern California residents have been evacuated as a new wildfire spreads through Orange County, California.  The fire was first detected on Oct. 28th and named the Silverado Fire.  High winds and a naturally dry environment have allowed the fire to spread dangerously fast while covering 28,000 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and […]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is hearing a case that is challenging the mask mandate by Gov. Tony Evers that requires people in Wisconsin to wear masks in public places. The lawsuit aims to overturn and end the current statewide mandate arguing that this mandate is unlawful. The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed on Oct. 28 that […]

As the conversation around mental health in athletics continues to evolve, a recent push to focus on mental health and mental health allyship from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee athletic department began in the form of a new initiative titled the Green Bandana Project. Anya Athan, a senior on the track and field team at UWM, spearheaded […]

Rappers such as Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Lil Pump and more have endorsed politician candidates for the upcoming 2020 elections. This has caused many rappers to trend on Twitter and cause controversy over Hip-Hop in politics. “In my opinion a lot of them(rappers) are doing this out of self-interest,” said Rapper Miesh during a phone […]

Election day goes on through hurricanes, fires, or even a pandemic. The precedent was set in the 1918 midterm during the Spanish Flu, where poll workers and voters alike wore face masks. This pandemic puts the older poll workers who are already at risk because of their weakened immune system at an even higher risk […]

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective. Over 43,000 people volunteered to participate in the company’s vaccine trial. Pfizer Inc. and their partner BioNTech SE gave each volunteer either two doses of the vaccine or a placebo. The study showed that less than 10% of those infected were […]

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech, announced that they’ve developed a Covid-19 vaccine candidate that is more than 90 percent effective at about seven days after the dose. According to their press release, they are expecting to produce around 50 million doses of the vaccine by the end of 2020 and 1.3 billion doses in 2021.  The press release said that the testing included people who were given the vaccine and people who […]

First-generation Nigerian Jessica Ikanih visits and talks to her family in Nigeria often. Conversations have become more serious. “My cousin told me this morning that four people were killed in front of her shop by SARS. Blood was everywhere,” said Ikanih.  Nigerian American Cynthia Maduka often communicates with her family back in Nigeria also. Similarly, Maduka’s cousin was robbed by SARS.  SARS or Special Anti-Robbery Squad is […]

In World War Two, a Japanese general supposedly said that it would be impossible to invade the United States because there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass. Although the statement may not have had much validity when it was originally said, in 2020, this estimation has almost become statistic.  In March of […]