Tag: Wisconsin

  • Wisconsin chief treading carefully after fatal shooting The Washington Post 2015-03-08 The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Within hours of a white officer shooting an unarmed black man, the police chief of Wisconsin’s capital city was praying with the man’s grandmother, hoping to strike a conciliatory tone and avoid the riots that last year rocked…

  • Man Shot Dead by Police After Scuffle in Wisconsin The New York Times 2015-03-07 Ashley Southall A 19-year-old Wisconsin man was shot and killed Friday by a police officer during a scuffle inside an apartment in Madison, police officials said. The shooting prompted protests that continued on Saturday and led officials to call for restraint…

  • Multi-Racial In Wisconsin…And The “What Are You?” Question Wisconsin Public Radio Central Time 2014-06-02 Rob Ferrett, Host Jennifer Patrice Sims Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison A sociology researcher looks at multi-racial identity in Wisconsin–and how people deal with the questions “what are you?” and “where are you from?” Listen to the interview here.…

  • The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that 2010 Census population totals and demographic characteristics have been released for communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These data have provided the first look at population counts for small areas and race, Hispanic origin, voting age and housing unit data released from…