WisContext

• Why Some Counties Have Fewer Cases

  Feb 7th, 2021 by Will Cushman

  Dane and St. Croix counties are well below other counties in per-capita COVID-19 numbers.

• False Claims Frustrate Efforts to Fight Pandemic

  Oct 25th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  Conspiracy theories, misinformation, attacks on health officials could make us sicker.

• The Battle Over Face Masks

  Sep 7th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  The limits of persuasion in a polarized state. Can science save lives and prevent threats?

• The Reality of COVID-19 ‘Recovery’

  Aug 22nd, 2020 by Mark Riechers

  For some it’s a long painful journey to recovery.

• How Does Police Accountability Work in Wisconsin?

  Jul 25th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  Union contracts and oversight boards makeup the infrastructure for oversight.

• How Many Police Live Where They Work?

  Jul 11th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  In Milwaukee, it's about half, in some places it's far less.

• State Was a Leader in Handling AIDS

  Jun 28th, 2020 by Andy Soth

  Wisconsin less partisan and leaders had broad authority under law state Supreme Court recently overruled.

• 31 Cities in Wisconsin Saw Protests

  Jun 6th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  From Manitowoc to Marinette, Sun Prairie to Superior, demands of justice for George Floyd, police reform.

• Lessons Learned from Past Public Health Battles

  May 31st, 2020 by Andy Soth

  UW-Madison Historian Judith Walzer Leavitt discusses historical lessons for the current pandemic.

• Will Northwoods Vacations Spread COVID-19?

  May 23rd, 2020 by Ryan Weichelt and Ezra Zeitler

  Many owners of cabins come from hot spots like Milwaukee, Chicago, Twin Cities.

• City’s Smallpox Quarantine Created a Furor

  May 12th, 2020 by Andy Soth

  Back in the 1890s, Milwaukee’s clampdown on smallpox outbreak caused fear and fury.

• Wisconsinites Starting To Ignore Stay-At-Home Order

  Apr 30th, 2020 by Will Cushman

  State residents starting to experience “quarantine fatigue.”