By LaKeshia N. Myers As promised, I am sharing reviews of some of the books I’m reading this summer. As a historian, I took interest in a book called The Shattering. The Shattering chronicles the multilayered and multifaceted growing pains of modern America. Through humor, contextualization, and historical anecdotes, Kevin Boyle weaves the story of […]
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How One Man is Fighting Law that Lets Landlords Reject Tenants with Drug Distribution Records
Yusuf Dahl was convicted of dealing drugs when he was 18.. 25 years later that conviction is still blocking Dahl from housing opportunities.
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AI May Be the Future, But for Blacks It Continues Problems of the Past
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor It’s hard to miss all the stories discussing Artificial Intelligence or AI, as it’s called for short. Seemingly, the hottest new thing, the reality is that AI has been around for quite some time. In 1936, a mathematician, computer scientist, and theoretical biologist, by the name of Alan […]
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What You Don’t Know, Will Hurt You
By The Milwaukee Courier Editorial Staff A cow at the Wisconsin State Fair named after a racial slur for Black people led to the removal of the exhibitor from the fair. The award winning cow named Milgene Tatio Jigaboo was exhibited by Tianda Hildebrandt, 17. The Wisconsin State Fair apologized for the situation and apologies […]
Inside Waupun Correctional Institution’s ‘nightmare’ lockdown
Prisoners describe unsanitary conditions and a dearth of medical care. Experts say staffing shortages are contributing to lockdowns across the country. By Mario Koran The New York Times Prisoners locked in their cells for days on end report walls speckled with feces and blood. Birds have moved in, leaving droppings on the food trays and […]
Black Adults Living in Redlined Communities Face Elevated Heart Failure Risk, Study Finds
By Karen Stokes New findings from research suggest that Black adults living in communities historically affected by redlining could have a greater susceptibility to heart failure compared to those residing in unaffected neighborhoods. According to the American Heart Association, Redlining refers to a now-illegal practice that denied low-interest mortgage loans to Black, Asian, Hispanic and […]
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China Gets by With a Little Help From its Friends — on the Supreme Court
By Paul Michel Former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit China is overtaking America in a variety of high-tech industries — thanks to some inadvertent help from the U.S. Supreme Court. According to a brand-new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the communist nation has outstripped America in […]
MATC Welding Program Teaches Incarcerated Students How to Learn-and-Earn
By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Generally, the unemployment rate for people who have been incarcerated is sky high. An analysis by the Prison Policy Initiative, for example, found formerly incarcerated people are […]
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Student Loan Debt Solutions Still Exist
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor For those hoping to see the Biden/Harris administration’s student loan forgiveness initiatives survive legal challenges, you are likely feeling pretty anxious right now. Private for-profit colleges and trade schools, in Texas, are the latest to challenge new administration rules that would forgive the loans of those defrauded by […]
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Local Students Receive Scholarships to Attend Historically Black Colleges or Universities From Northwestern Mutual
By Alexis Flores Northwestern Mutual is empowering Milwaukee youth through their HBCU Connection Scholarship. The scholarship, for students pursuing their secondary education at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) awards $7,500 annually in both their freshman and sophomore years, followed by paid corporate internship opportunities the summer before their junior year and senior years respectively. […]
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