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Mar 18, 2022

Blog: "The April 5 Election is Coming Up, Here’s What You Need to Know"

Voting Rights

Wisconsin’s next election is on Tuesday, April 5, and we want to make sure you have the most up-to-date information so that you feel empowered to cast your vote. 

Wisconsin’s next election is on Tuesday, April 5, and we want to make sure you have the most up-to-date information so that you feel empowered to cast your vote. 

VRD post unbranded
VRD post unbranded
Mar 15, 2022

Blog: Calling 911 Shouldn’t Lead to an Eviction

The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act will help ensure that people who report emergencies don’t get evicted as a result.
The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act will help ensure that people who report emergencies don’t get evicted as a result.
A stock photo of an eviction noticed, placed in an open door.
A stock photo of an eviction noticed, placed in an open door.
Mar 10, 2022

Blog: Defending Our Right to Learn

What you need to know about the new string of classroom censorship and book ban attacks impacting students and teachers across the country.
What you need to know about the new string of classroom censorship and book ban attacks impacting students and teachers across the country.
An image depicting a classroom, lightbulbs, thought bubbles, and a child with a backpack.
An image depicting a classroom, lightbulbs, thought bubbles, and a child with a backpack.
Mar 1, 2022

Answers to Voter ID Questions

Voting Rights

Voter ID is in effect in Wisconsin. Most voters need a photo ID to vote in person on Election Day, to vote early in person at the clerk’s office, and to vote absentee by mail. (Voter ID is...

Voter ID is in effect in Wisconsin. Most voters need a photo ID to vote in person on Election Day, to vote early in person at the clerk’s office, and to vote absentee by mail. (Voter ID is...

Acceptable Photo IDs
Acceptable Photo IDs
Feb 11, 2022

Blog: An Anti-Protest Bill is Headed to Gov. Evers’ Desk. We Must Push Him to Reject It

Freedom of Speech and Association
The Wisconsin legislature just passed Senate Bill 296, a piece of anti-protest legislation, through both chambers. Masquerading as legislation aiming to stop so-called “riots,” SB296 contains broad and...
The Wisconsin legislature just passed Senate Bill 296, a piece of anti-protest legislation, through both chambers. Masquerading as legislation aiming to stop so-called “riots,” SB296 contains broad and...
PROTECT THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
PROTECT THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
Jan 21, 2022

Blog: ACLU Supports DOC's Authority to Ban Pepper Spray and Opposes AB826

Police, Prisons, and Criminal Law Reform
Placing a blanket ban on pepper spray prohibitions will only create more avenues for unchecked abuse and increased excessive force. Incarcerated youth are long-owed a focus on actual rehabilitation practices...
Placing a blanket ban on pepper spray prohibitions will only create more avenues for unchecked abuse and increased excessive force. Incarcerated youth are long-owed a focus on actual rehabilitation practices...
Photo of a canister of pepper spray on a police officer's belt.
Photo of a canister of pepper spray on a police officer's belt.