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Tell our Lawmakers Enough is Enough: We Demand Action Now
Faced with yet another incident of police brutality leaving Jacob Blake paralyzed and his three children with unimaginable trauma and the subsequent murder of two protesters, we demand immediate change and accountability to policing in Wisconsin. We support the...
Black Women Have to Work 8 months into 2020 to be Paid the Same as White Men in 2019
This week marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which signifies how long a Black woman has to work into 2020 to bring her 2019-20 earnings to the same amount a White man made in 2019. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is months later than National Equal Pay Day, which falls...
Without Bipartisan Cooperation, Wisconsin Could Be One of the Hardest Hit States during the Next Covid-19 Surge
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll across America, and public health experts say a much larger surge in infections and deaths is likely this fall if people don’t take the threat more seriously. Considering that other developed nations have done a far better...
Undermining the Census Undermines America
If the Census Bureau proceeds with its plan to cut short efforts to count every person in the 2020 Census, the census won’t be a true portrait of America. And as a result, every community will have to live for the next decade under the harm of an incomplete count,...
We Should All Answer the Door for Census Takers
In a time when we don’t answer our phones if we don’t recognize the number and we don’t answer our doors if we aren’t expecting visitors, Census Takers are taking on a challenging but important job. Starting July 30, census takers will begin interviewing households in...
Following Federal Deregulation, 100,000 Wisconsinites Have Junk Insurance
A report from the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce found that enrollment in short-term health insurance plans increased about 27 percent from 2018 to 2019, and Wisconsin is among the ten states with the highest enrollment. Short-term plans do...
Trump Administration’s Latest ACA Sabotage Threatens Transgender Rights
Since its passage, opponents have tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act and failed. President Trump’s administration has taken many steps toward undermining the health law that brought access to health insurance for 22 million people. The ACA worked to reduce racial...
Investment is Needed for Wisconsin’s African American Children and Families to Thrive
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2020 CONTACT: Erica Nelson, Kids Count and Race to Equity Project Director enelson@kidsforward.org, (608) 284-0580 x-321Ken Taylor, Kids Forward Executive Director ktaylor@kidsforward.org, (608) 284-0580 x-302 PDF...
Working Towards an Anti-Racist Future
Kids Forward staff is angry, devastated, and distraught by the killing of George Floyd, another victim of brutality, in a long line of callous and violent disregard for Black lives in this country, in our state, and in our home city of Madison, Wisconsin. The...
Beyond Borders
A Series on the Diversity of Immigrants and Refugees in Wisconsin
Wisconsin has been shaped by successive waves of newcomers seeking refuge, opportunity, and a place to call home. Our immigration and refugee series explores the significance and diversity of the immigrant narrative in shaping the past, present, and future of Wisconsin.
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