Slavery was present in pre-statehood Wisconsin, and the institution writ large shaped attitudes that would impede efforts by African Americans in the state to secure their right to vote.
As consumer interest in knowing where their food comes from continues to rise, livestock farmers are juggling the most effective ways to raise their animals that also satisfies demand for specialty products.
A group of law students from Wisconsin is heading to Texas to provide legal assistance for those detained along the border with Mexico. UW Law School Immigrant Justice Clinic director Erin Barbato discusses what they'll be doing there.
Franco Ferreyra overstayed his entry into the United States when his 90 days were up under the visa waiver program. That was in 2001. Now he awaits deportation in an ICE detention facility in Dodge County.
Certain Wisconsin's FoodShare recipients must participated in work and training programs to qualify for assistance. Dee Hall of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism discusses changes to the states requirements.
Wisconsin has made headlines in recent years as a state where entrepreneurship struggles and startup activity lags behind the United States as a whole.
The term "excited delirium" describes a physical and mental state that has been cited as a cause of death in dozens of officer-involved deaths across the United States in recent decades.
Immigrant families are being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, but Mario Garcia Sierra of Voces de la Fronter, says that the this practice is occurring in Wisconsin as pressure from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased.
