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LaKeshia Myers
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What You Won’t Do, Do for Love
Bobby Caldwell was the epitome of a “blue eyed soul brother”–a nickname given to white singers who create rhythm and blues music. His 1978 classic “What you won’t do for…
Disabled Doesn’t Mean Disadvantaged: Ensuring Equity for Differently Abled Americans
Montel Medley was one of my favorite students. He was a typical teenager—he enjoyed spending time with friends, was a member of the National Honor Society, and he was great…
School Resource Officers Are Not a Panacea
Would you child’s school be safer if they had a police officer? Assembly Republicans seem to think so. This week in the legislature, we had a public hearing on mandating…
Dishing Secrets, One Slice at a Time
I don’t remember my maternal grandmother; “Big Mama”, as she was affectionately called, passed when I was about a year old. My relationship to her has been largely derived through…
Style Transcends Race, Class, and Time: Remembering Andre Leon Talley
To know me is to know I adore a good auction or estate sale. Ever the historian, I like rare items, signed pieces, and sentimental oddities that can claim space…
When the Gates Swing Open
A minister once said, “Remember, everyone has two dates on their tombstone, what really counts is what you did with the dash in between. It’s the dash that’s most important.”…
Red Light Camera Enforcement Deserves the Green Light
Street racing, “red light roulette”, and driving on sidewalks—all of these things are reckless driving realities across the state of Wisconsin and especially in the city of Milwaukee. These are…
As The Noose Tightens: The Academic Erasure of Black Americans
There are some days when I grow weary. I tire of the constant strategizing, over analyzing, out-thinking and, negotiation associated with being Black in America. It is a daily dance…
Yes, Rebecca, The Patriarchy is Real
“This is a man’s world”—James Brown’s lyrics seemed to have resonated with former Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch this week. In an interview with Wisconsin Eye, Kleefisch touted her desire to…
Judge Everett Mitchell: Too Legit to Quit
To know me, is to know that I have an opinion. I am thankful that I chose a career that values opining on issues, as it allows me to truly…