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Better Together – December 2020
Be Merry! Be Happy! by Karen Nelson2020 has been quite a year of extraordinary happenings: COVID-19 followed by the summer of social unrest after the brutal killing of George Floyd and many others. As I write this article, 2,649 souls are not with us since January in the state of Wisconsin due to the pandemic. Despite a year of grief and loss,...
Better Together – November 2020
VOTE: IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! by Karen Nelson America’s wealthiest are doing well, but what about the rest of us? America is the richest country in the world! Before we celebrate, consider in 2020, the black-white wage gap is as wide as it was in 1950! Recent research shows black men made 51 cents for every dollar white men made in 1950 and...
Better Together – October 2020
Racism is a Crisis! by Karen NelsonThe shooting of yet another Black man, Jacob Blake in Kenosha, was horrific and outrageous. During a peaceful protest, a vigilante killed two allies, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. A third ally, Gaige Grosskreutz, survived. These senseless acts of violence are an agonizing reminder of the life and death at...
Better Together – September 2020
Everybody Counts! by Karen NelsonFive years ago, I marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with U. S. Congressman John Lewis for the 50th Anniversary of the March on Selma, Alabama. Today, amidst a lot of pain and suffering, we must do everything possible for the protection of the unfortunate and weak in our community giving voice and power to...
Better Together – August 2020
Her Voice. Her Vote. Our History. by Karen NelsonThis month marks the 100th year of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. It’s hard to this as controversial. Yet, when the women’s suffrage movement began, that was the case. In the mid-1800s, women were considered property! They had no right to...