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Colleges and universities can no longer consider race when admitting prospective students following a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the use of race-conscious admissions. In Wisconsin, the decision was applauded by conservative activists and left the University of Wisconsin System reviewing potential effects from the ruling. The court ruled in favor of…

Hmong and Lao veterans will march in Memorial Day parades this weekend, but not everyone will understand why. Many people are taught about the Vietnam War in school. But few are taught about the “secret war” in Laos, where the United States dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on the country to destroy…

A Wausau teacher accused of using anti-Asian racial slurs is the subject of an investigation by the state Department of Public Instruction. DPI lists the teaching license of Wausau East High School band director Rob Perkins as “under investigation.” A DPI spokesperson confirmed the investigation and said there is no set timeline for its completion.…

Yia Vang grew up eating and cooking Hmong dishes with his family in Port Edwards, Wisconsin. Now, he is a James Beard semifinalist for “Best Chef in the Midwest.” Vang is known for using bold flavors from Southeast Asian countries. He owns and operates one restaurant in Minneapolis called Union Hmong Kitchen. He is set…

Two recently unemployed Chinese nationals weigh their options in a cramped Park Falls, Wisconsin, motel room, not far from where they worked in a former paper mill now being used to mine cryptocurrency. One of them continues to nurse a stitched-up laceration across his left wrist from an on-the-job injury after he tripped while carrying…

In 2019, Long Vue was part of a group of Hmong professionals who started getting together in northeast Wisconsin for various networking, career development and leadership opportunities. But a suspected murder-suicide later that year “shook the whole community,” he said. It shifted his framing of what the group could — and should — accomplish. “We…

Rent prices are up in the Milwaukee metro area, according to a recent report. A researcher says it’s worsening issues of inequality. A report from the financial app Stessa found median rents in the Milwaukee-Waukesha area have gone up by around $100 since 2019. And in an area like Milwaukee County, which is renter-majority, that…

When asked to think about the history of racism in the United States, many people think first about slavery and segregation in the South. There’s often less focus on the racism that existed, and continues to exist, in places like the Midwest. That racism often took on different forms, including what were known as “sundown…

Milwaukee activists shined a spotlight on the struggles some of the city’s marginalized residents face in achieving homeownership when they met on Tuesday afternoon with a U.S. House of Representatives committee visiting the city and focusing on the topic. Milwaukee continues to be one of the most segregated cities in the United States. Systemic racism…

A new mental health emergency facility is set to provide crisis care to people in Milwaukee County when it opens later this year. Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin visited Milwaukee on Friday to tour the recently-constructed center at 1525 N. 12th St. She said the new building is “so needed” as a national mental…