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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.

As we enter the final month of 2025, many of us are experiencing a wide range of emotions, from victory and hope to fear, confusion, and even defeat.

This year has tested us in countless ways, yet it has also offered moments of resilience and showcased the power of collective liberation.

Angela Davis reminds us that as we move into 2026, we must hold onto the belief that it is radically possible to transform the world, and to act on that belief every day.

Now is not the time to give up; it is the time to continue pushing forward, grounded in hope, courage, and collective strength as we head into 2026. We can do it! 💚✨

She grew up watching her Black father get pulled over again and again
while her white mother drove past police without a single glance.
Michelle Alexander noticed the pattern long before she knew the name for it.
Years later at the ACLU she saw the numbers that changed her life.
More Black men were in prison than had been enslaved in 1850.
Same country.
Different system.
Same purpose.
White teenager with co***ne was sent to treatment.
Black teenager with crack was sent to prison for years.
Same drug.
Different fate.
She wrote a paper showing that mass incarceration was the new Jim Crow.
Fifteen journals rejected it.
Too controversial.
Too uncomfortable.
Too true.
So she turned the rejected paper into a book.
The New Jim Crow arrived in 2010 and forced America to face the reality it tried to hide
that the justice system did not accidentally target Black communities
it was built that way.
One felony conviction meant no vote
no housing
no jobs
no second chance.
Legal discrimination that followed people for life.

Michelle Alexander revealed the design behind the numbers
that the United States did not end racial control
it simply redesigned it through prisons.
Her work became one of the most important civil rights books of the century
because she said clearly what no one wanted to hear
the system was not broken
it was functioning exactly as intended.

From the start, Black veterans had trouble securing the GI Bill’s benefits. Some could not access benefits because they had not been given an honorable discharge—and a much larger number of Black veterans were discharged dishonorably than their white counterparts.

Veterans who did qualify could not find facilities that delivered on the bill’s promise. Black veterans in a vocational training program at a segregated high school in Indianapolis were unable to participate in activities related to plumbing, electricity and printing because adequate equipment was only available to white students. Simple intimidation kept others from enjoying GI Bill benefits. In 1947, for example, a crowd hurled rocks at Black veterans as they moved into a Chicago housing development. Thousands of Black veterans were attacked in the years following World War II and some were singled out and l*nched.

SOURCE:
https://www.history.com/articles/gi-bill-black-wwii-veterans-benefits?source=history&platform=facebook&postid=sf104497811&sf104497811=1&fbclid=IwAR1FfQubdbWn4GdjJ3WsFx27_NwhzPhE2jl2zBhKnj_CtgfaeHeZOb-kXgU

Want to have a say in how Milwaukee spends your money? Here's how Milwaukee’s Common Council will soon finalize next year’s $2 billion city budget. But there is a smaller pot of money that Milwaukee residents will have a direct say on how it is spent.

Visit to read this OPT-ED, written by our Deputy Director & Lead Organizer, Melody McCurtis.

When poor Black neighborhoods sound the alarm, don’t just listen. Do something. | Opinion

🔉When poor Black communities sound the alarm, we must listen and act as if everyone else is next. The struggle for food justice is not just about groceries.

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Racially restrictive covenants contained language in property deeds preventing the sale of land or homes to Black people. UWM researchers mapped them across Milwaukee County. See link below ⬇️ bit.ly/4nMTtXp

The Creole Rebellion: One of the Most Successful Slave Revolts in History.
When it comes to how the United States of America portrays slavery it depicts that slaves were very docile and didn’t fight back. However, this was not the case and there were numerous slave rebellions, but they are not usually taught in school or displayed on TV/movies. Madison Washington an American slave who started a slave revolt in 1841 on board the brig Creole. The ship was transporting over 130 slaves from Virginia to New Orleans to sell.
The Creole was a domestic ship but the Black men and women on board still suffered conditions such as international slave ships i.e. indiscriminate cruelty, sexual abuse, physical deprivation etc.
Then on the night of November 7, 1841, Washington led over a dozen slaves into rebellion against the slave traders on board. The slaves were kept in a forward hold and when a grate was released Washington overtook the deck. They killed one of the slave traders and wounded the crew. The slaves led by Washington took control of the ship and commanded that it be sailed to Nassau, which at the time was under British control (slavery had been abolished in Great Britain since 1839).
When the Americans found out about the revolt they protested that the slaves should be returned, but the British declared the slaves were now free under their law and refused to return them. However, the British took Washington and his conspirators into custody, because they killed the slave trader. Therefore, the governor of the Bahamas could not let the men go free and Madison Washington and his comrades in the revolt were detained while the rest were allowed to live as free people.
Then in April of 1842, a special session of the Admiralty Court heard the case, ruled in favor of the men, and freed them.
The remaining 116 slaves were given their freedom immediately, however, five had chosen to remain on the ship and return to be slaves in the United States. 128 slaves were freed due to this rebellion and considered to be the most successful slave revolt in United States history.


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