By Nyesha Stone TALGO—a Spanish manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high-speed passenger trains, announced that it won a contract to service 121 rail cars for the Southern California … Read Full Article
NFL’s Depression-Era Ban on Black Players Lingers on in the Owner’s Box
By Jesse Jackson The National Football League season opened last week with a full slate of games. On the field, extraordinary athletes of all races and backgrounds competed with the same set … Read Full Article
26th Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s® Sunday, September 15 at Henry Maier Festival Park
Former Governor Marty Schreiber and Olympic Speed Skating Legend Bonnie Blair will Attend the Celebration Milwaukee, WI – The 26th annual Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® in Milwaukee … Read Full Article
Is Foxconn Really Worth Risking a Great Lake?
By Anna Clark (c) 2019, Special to The Washington Post The Great Lakes – five inland seas holding one-fifth of all the fresh water on Earth – are vast, but they are not limitless. So, it is … Read Full Article
A Tale of Two Colleges
By Michael Dannenberg At the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UW-Milwaukee), college-move in day looks similar—filled with the same excited … Read Full Article
School Daze: It’s Time to Wake Up
Legislatively Speaking By State Senator Lena Taylor In Spike Lee’s early film School Daze, his central character, Dap Dunlap screams “wake-up” in an effort to get members of his community to … Read Full Article
Sen. Lena Taylor Tosses Her Bid into the Ring for 2020 Milwaukee Mayor
By Dylan Deprey As State Senator Lena Taylor stood on her block at 15th and Capitol, she reminisced about the Milwaukee she grew up in. She said it was a City of opportunity, a place where … Read Full Article
Carvd N Stone Inc. Announces Three Scholarships for this 2019 Fall Worth $1,000 Each to Wisconsin Students and Creatives
Deadline to apply is Sept. 30, 2019 By Carvd N Stone team MILWAUKEE—Carvd N Stone Inc., for the first time ever, will be giving away three scholarships valued at $1,000 each this 2019 Fall through … Read Full Article
Milwaukee County Announces 110 Computers Will Be Donated To The House Of Correction
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 494 contributed technology from former ITT Technical Institute Building Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and the International … Read Full Article
The Ballad of Emmett Till Continues
By LaKeshia Myers On August 28, 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Louis Till was roused from his slumber and escorted from the home of his uncle by a group of white men. The men put young Till in … Read Full Article
Shared Revenue aka “A Money Grab”
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The system of “Shared Revenue” in this state has been around for a long time. It was started in 1911, when a Ford Model T Town Car cost $1,200 … Read Full Article
An Open Letter from County Executive Chris Abele to ATU Leadership
The Milwaukee County Transit System is a powerful economic development force that provides a critical lifeline for tens of thousands of bus riders every day. Thanks to our drivers, operators, … Read Full Article
Violent White Supremacists Threaten Basic Civil Rights — and our Lives
By Jesse Jackson Every right we have fought for and won since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his monumental “I Have a Dream” speech 56 years ago this Wednesday is under unrelenting attack … Read Full Article
UWM Alum Organizes Block Party and Neighborhood Cleanup
By Kathy Quirk Schuyler Ramsey, who earned his bachelor’s degree in community engagement and education from UWM, is taking what he learned in the classroom back to his neighborhood. For the … Read Full Article
Storytelling Used to Educate Vulnerable Children and Families about Trafficking
By Shamim Sarif Around the world – and close to home – as many as four million people each year are trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation. Sadly, about 50% of those are children. … Read Full Article
Commemorating a 400 Year Journey
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College It was a commemoration worthy of the ancestors. This past weekend was filled nourishment for the spirit and the … Read Full Article
Butterfield Introduces ‘BRIDGE Act’ to Push STEM Education, Employment
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The United States will need an estimated 1 million more STEM professionals by 2022 to keep up with workforce demands, according … Read Full Article
Sen. Tammy Baldwin Met with the Water Council and Wisconsin Manufacturers in Milwaukee to Discuss Emerging Water Technology
By Nyesha Stone Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin sat down with the Water Council and Wisconsin manufactures to discuss innovative solutions pertaining to Wisconsin’s drinking … Read Full Article
1619-2019: Thank the Ancestors
By Gloria J. Browne-Marshall J.D./M.A. Professor John Jay College of Criminal Justice This week in August marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Africans in the Virginia Colony. It is … Read Full Article
Transit Union Demand to Arm Bus Drivers is Dangerous and Irresponsible
“The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun,” is the infamous motto of one of the country’s most conservative political organizations, the National Rifle Association. But … Read Full Article