In Milwaukee, Black Voters Aren't On Board With Either Party
Briefly

"It's two devils," a resident of Parkview Apartments in Milwaukee's northwest side told me. "And I know a lot of people who feel the same way."... in recent years, both Democrats and Republicans have been vying for the attention of Wisconsin's Black residents...But even with Biden stepping down from the race Sunday and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, who could potentially become America's first Black and Asian woman president, the group has a rough road ahead as November looms closer.
Amid deindustrialization and especially after the 2008 financial meltdown, Black Milwaukeeans have been drowning in an economic crisis unlike almost anywhere else in the country...Study after study has shown that the city has ranked among the bottom on almost every economic and social metric-from employment to education to median income-for Black residents.
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