The institution Bauman cited as his primary motivation for introducing this ordinance had its most significant financial benefactor — a man with a building named after him on their campus — testify in support of the same ordinance. That benefactor is also a restaurant owner whose testimony at the hearing explicitly referenced restaurant patronage. And he identified himself in a way that concealed every one of those financial interests.

Most candidates invoked Tiffany’s name as they made clear that they were the ones best equipped to face this existential threat…Trust me, he isn't that interesting - it is plain to see that Tom Tiffany isn’t some terrifying giant coming down from the mountains to thwart a Democratic hopeful, he is just a guy. Furthermore he doesn't have the best support network backing him up.

Parents and community members are raising serious concerns about a potential conflict of interest involving Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, and her continued leadership of a private consulting business, LeaderProof LLC.

Simply knowing how much of a piece of shit a landlord is can be an invaluable tool. There are a couple of great, user-friendly databases you can use to have a better grasp of the shittiness of a given landlord. It goes without saying that our public institutions should be the ones holding these landlords accountable on a systemic level, however we still need to survive until they catch up.

On March 26th, the Milwaukee City Attorney Office sued Highgrove Holdings, one of Milwaukee’s most notorious out of state slumlords.  The legal complaint, surprisingly does not mince words which is a pleasant surprise to see this language coming from the city accompanying concrete actions as well. 

While schools are told to tighten belts and standardize staffing, the district maintains some of the highest-paid central office administrators in the country. Cabinet-level staff sit comfortably far from classrooms. Which is fine – until “tightening resources” only seems to apply in one direction.

Chris Taylor was not running as a Democrat, she was running as a liberal. Just like the 5 successful liberal SCOWI justices before her. Liberals have been winning landslides in Wisconsin since 2015, while Democrats keep losing, or barely eking out a win.

The community organizers who are showing up for MPS are dedicated to building a better world, and they need all of our help. I hope to help frame them as an active part of the struggle against the same forces behind this recent military escalation. I also want us to look at engaging in local advocacy efforts as an avenue for hope.

I listened to dozens of hours of conservative talk radio over the past few weeks – at 1.5x speed, because I am not a total masochist. In their world, everyone from Chuck Schumer to Tony Evers is a far-left radical… Any regular person who is not a dyed-in-the-wool conservative is a blue-haired they/them, or a Black Lives Matter activist, or a Karen, and we are all so, so mad at how much Trump is winning.