Diversity and Inclusion
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Wisconsin-based nonprofit Combat Blindness International turns 40
The Wisconsin-based organization has screened 5 million people and operated on 440,000 for cataracts since 1984.
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Dennis Biddle has fought to get former Negro league players acknowledged. It finally happened.
Major League Baseball decided this year to recognize statistics from Jim Crow baseball leagues and will give living Black players a pension. Former Negro league player, Dennis Biddle, and a UW-Milwaukee history student, Ken Bartelt, explain the importance of this on “Wisconsin Today.”
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Catching up on summer reading with Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library
This summer’s all-ages program with the Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library includes author talks and an appearance from the Librarian of Congress.
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Wisconsin author writes new book to bring hope to children of color
Through pictures and words, author Baptiste Paul of Green Bay speaks directly to Black and brown children about racial inequality and emotions that children of color might experience.
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Nadirah Simmons celebrates ‘Hip-Hop Ladies’ as trailblazing artists in pop culture history book
Nadirah Simmons talks to WPR’s “BETA” about her pop culture history book, “First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changes the Game.”
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State Bar reaches partial settlement in lawsuit targeting diversity program
The State Bar of Wisconsin will change its definition of “diversity” for a paid summer clerkship program for law students under a partial settlement of a lawsuit challenging how the organization spends mandatory dues paid by attorneys.
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Green Bay schools superintendent resigns
Green Bay’s school district superintendent resigned Saturday following controversy over statements caught on a hot mike during a radio interview. Superintendent Claude Tiller Jr. resigned Saturday. The Green Bay Area […]
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Author Bethonie Butler looks at 50 years of ‘Black TV’
Former Washington Post features reporter Bethonie Butler has released a comprehensive and perhaps definitive book, “Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond.”
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State superintendent says she would have voted against deal UW system struck with Vos
Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly said Wednesday she would have voted against the deal the Universites of Wisconsin struck with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Underly, who serves on the Board […]
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UW-Madison to cover full cost of college for Native students from Wisconsin tribes
Beginning in fall 2024, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will cover the full cost of an undergraduate degree for students who are members of one of the 11 federally recognized Indigenous […]