by Dylan Deprey There is nothing more unpleasing to the eye then half of a demolished building. The jagged wooden boards of what used to be a thriving business hang, moving with sudden gusts of wind. Cigarette butts, syringes, and makeshift beds cover the ground as a new layer of carpet. Criminal acts ranging from […]
President Obama Commends Milwaukee for Winning Healthy Communities Challenge
Citizens Mobilized Over 38,000 People to Sign Up for Obamacare by Mrinal Gokhale The Milwaukee Courier Last Thursday, President Barack Obama congratulated Milwaukee for winning his Healthy Communities Challenge at the Bruce Guadalupe Community School. The White House Healthy Communities Challenge was designed to help communities lacking health insurance sign up for Obamacare. Milwaukee defeated […]
Wisconsin Senate Approves Arena Deal for the Bucks – with Changes

By Srijan Sen July 31, 2015 A rendering of the new arena, by Populous Architecture. The Wisconsin state senate passed a bill 21-10 that proposed public funding for the new Bucks arena. The bill, now traveling to the state assembly, is expected to pass without many hurdles. The plan would preserve the NBA franchise in […]
Recent Documentary – Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams is Relevant to the Racial Tensions of Today

By Lindsey Gapen & Elizabeth Stephens March 27, 2015 Vel Phillips Airing for the first time last February, Director and Producer Robert Trondson’s Wisconsin Public Television documentary “Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams” tells the incredible life story of one of the most iconic civil rights leaders in Wisconsin’s history. Velvalia “Vel” […]
Message to the Black Community “We Must Take One Step At A Time”
Jesse Jackson Joins Hamilton Family in Fight for Justice

By Karen Stokes January 9, 2015 Hundreds of Milwaukee area residents and protesters gathered on a cold, wintry, Friday afternoon in downtown Milwaukee to rally in support of a fight for justice lead by the family of Dontre Hamilton, and to hear inspiring words from the family and civil rights leader, Reverend […]