By Jesse Jackson The big guns are out for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the charismatic first-term legislator from New York. In an apparent swipe at Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Trump used part of his rambling State of the Union address to say he was “alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country.” Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard […]
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A Rising Phoenix Shows Us What is Possible
By Ellen M. Gilligan I don’t have a crystal ball, but if I did, I expect it would show me how the Sherman Phoenix pioneered a model for economic inclusion and building community wealth that will be replicated in neighborhoods throughout Milwaukee. The new development is magnificent not only for what it is, but how […]
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Know Your History, Know Yourself
“The President’s Perspective” By Alderman Ashanti Hamilton Common Council President City of Milwaukee Black History Month is about many things, but above all it is about honoring and recognizing those who came before us: our ancestors. It is about looking at our ancestors, our elders and the generations to come who will radically change the […]
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How Healthy Is Your Heart?
By Representative LaKeshia N. Myers The month of February is notable for many things: President’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and Black History Month. But did you know it was also heart health awareness month? According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the number one killer for all Americans, and stroke is also a leading […]
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Stay Warm and Read
The President’s Perspective By Alderman Ashanti Hamilton Common Council President City of Milwaukee The extreme winter weather that has been the story of the past week, and many of us find ourselves dealing with school closings, days off of work and a general need to hunker down and stay warm and safe. While I am […]
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Trump Cranks up the Miseries of the People of Venezuela
By Jesse Jackson President Trump apparently has decided that intervention in Venezuela’s agonies can help repair an image scarred by the government shutdown debacle. In recent days, he recognized an obscure, right-wing opposition leader when he declared himself acting president. Trump has blustered that “I am not going to rule out a military option.” Mike […]
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A rising Phoenix shows us what is possible
By Ellen Gilligan I don’t have a crystal ball, but if I did, I expect it would show me how the Sherman Phoenix pioneered a model for economic inclusion and building community wealth that will be replicated in neighborhoods throughout Milwaukee. The new development is magnificent not only for what it is, but how it […]
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Foxconn Played Walker and Republican Leadership
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Deal’s Constant Changes Doesn’t Bode Well for Wisconsin Here we go again. In yet another disturbing twist of events, Wisconsin taxpayers are learning of the likelihood that Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics company given a $3.2 billion tax incentive deal to build a $10 billion plant in Wisconsin to […]
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The ABCs & 123s of College Remediation
By Representative LaKeshia N. Myers This week, the MacIver Institute reported that one hundred ninety-six students from Wisconsin high schools needed to take remedial courses during their first year in the University of Wisconsin system. While the UW system has roughly one hundred fifty thousand undergraduate students across fourteen campuses, one might think one hundred […]
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Poverty
“The President’s Perspective” By Alderman Ashanti Hamilton Common Council President City of Milwaukee When talking about how we move Milwaukee forward, poverty must be a primary topic of discussion. As we see downtown continue to develop and grow, it is easy to let that put a mask over the parts of our city that are […]
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