As our nation begins to transition in to the next phase of our pandemic response, which includes planning for reopening states and our larger economy, we must center the well-being and basic needs of those essential frontline workers that have continued to be overworked, underpaid, and left out of the healing process – our immigrant...
Coronavirus Response
Republican Litigation Seeks a Slower Process for Pandemic Planning, Concentrating Power in a Handful of Legislators
Wisconsin Is Second-to-Last State to Adjust Medicaid for the Pandemic On April 20, Wisconsin became the 49th state to get federal approval for adjustments in Medicaid that strengthen the program’s role in combating the Coronavirus pandemic. By contrast, almost four-fifths of states had gotten similar federal authorization by the end of...
Lesson from a Pandemic: Everyone Needs Health Insurance
The coronavirus pandemic is causing widespread unemployment throughout the world, and many in the US are losing more than their job and income. They are also losing their health insurance at a time when coverage is critical. In the last few weeks, the US has seen unprecedented spikes in joblessness with more than 20 million people...
Both Essential and Expendable
Folks of Color on the Front Lines of Our Collective Survival and Our Losses PDF Version The coronavirus has and will forever change our communities and our nation. It has taken tens of thousands of lives in the United States and our collective losses continue to grow. The only thing that is preventing a far greater and grimmer tragedy...
In the Fight for the Environment We Need to Center Communities of Color
Today, April 22nd 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day; founded in Wisconsin in 1970 by Sen. Gaylord Nelson. Nelson was one of many treasured environmentalists in Wisconsin’s history including some of the nation’s premier conservation advocates: Increase Lapham, whose advocacy in Wisconsin influenced the likes of Henry David...
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