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  • Housing Policies Related to Poverty and Segregation in Milwaukee

    Posted on May 13, 2016

    Wisconsin Public Radio recently published an article called “How Milwaukee’s Economic Social Disparities Correspond with Gun Violence: Measures of Poverty, Education, Housing […]

  • Eviction Made Easier in Wisconsin

    Posted on May 10, 2016

    In February, Laurel White, of Wisconsin Public Radio reported that the Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill that makes it easier for landlords […]

  • Evicted Book Trailer

    Posted on May 4, 2016

    Below is the book trailer for the new Go Big Read Book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. A book […]

  • Go Big Read Selects ‘Evicted’ for 2016-17

    Posted on April 27, 2016

    It’s the story of eight Milwaukee families faced with losing their homes. It’s also a powerful analysis of a little-known epidemic affecting […]

  • Shipping Inmates Out of State

    Posted on April 20, 2016

    A recent article from The Marshall Project discusses the hardships that families go through as states are shipping parts of their inmate […]

  • ASPIREist Features Clint Smith

    Posted on April 18, 2016

    ASPIREist is a new half-hour reality feature news show. Each episode has three features ranging a wide variety of topics. The purpose […]

  • Utah Abolishes Life without Parole Sentences for Children

    Posted on April 4, 2016

    Earlier this year, South Dakota abolished life without parole sentences for children. Last week Utah passed similar legislation. The new law does […]

  • Nixon’s “War on Drugs” was Founded on Racism

    Posted on March 28, 2016

    Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative have focused their work on the unequally high incarceration rates of African Americans. They argue […]

  • Criminal Justice Activist Shaka Senghor on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday

    Posted on March 18, 2016

    Oprah recently interviewed criminal justice activist Shaka Senghor as part of her SuperSoul Sunday series. Shaka spent nineteen years in prison for […]

  • Life After Thirty Years in Prison

    Posted on March 16, 2016

    A recent article from The Crime Report details one man’s experiences re-entering society after thirty years behind bars. The article is the […]

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