By The Milwaukee Courier MILWAUKEE — Every year, Milwaukee communities commemorate Juneteenth Day, the date federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to announce the end of the Civil War and enforce the end of slavery. Last week marked Milwaukee’s 43rd annual Juneteenth Day celebration.Community members celebrated with a parade and festival on the […]

By The Milwaukee Courier Each year the federal government kicks off National Home ownership Month in the summer, and this year the theme is “Preserving the Dream.”“Home ownership Month is a time to reaffirm the important role that ‘home’ plays for our families and the neighborhoods where they live,” said Housing and Urban Development Secretary […]

By Taki S. Raton Life has presented our YG&B feature this week with a long unyielding series of personal challenges. But when these personal obstacles get in your way, as quoted in the Inquisitor, our series profile stands firm and positions, “you go right through it.”“She is young, gifted and Black. Rashema Melson asserts in […]

MILWAUKEE —Now in its 29th year, the annual Black & White Ball proved to be a huge financial success, raising nearly $307,000 in net proceeds to support the work and the programs of the Milwaukee Urban League.The ball is the organization’s signature fundraiser, having generated more than $4.8 million over nearly three decades. The Milwaukee […]

MILWAUKEE — Health and wellness website, Brain Brawn & Body (www.brainbrawnbody.com) presents two “New Faces” in the June issue of the online website. Darryl Davidson, Men’s Health Manager, City of Milwaukee Health Department and Aaron Perry, a former police officer and an accomplished triathlete are featured on the website’s Personal Profile page.As the Men’s Health […]

By Congresswoman Gwen Moore MILWAUKEE — As the school year winds down, millions of children across our nation are thinking about their summers and eagerly anticipating the last bell.Yet, for many low-income families, the end of the school year also means the end of access to school lunch and breakfast programs. In a nation where […]

By The Milwaukee Courier MILWAUKEE — Lynda L Jones-Reyes, age 52, of Milwaukee, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Mrs. Jones-Reyes was the oldest daughter of Jerrel and Earnestine Jones.A native of Milwaukee, Mrs. Jones-Reyes was a graduate of the University School of Milwaukee.She also participated in the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism’s […]

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Alderman Ashanti Hamilton takes part in the SDC Youth and Poverty Public Forum at Hillside Family Resource CenterMilwaukee Alderman Ashanti Hamilton takes part in the SDC Youth and Poverty Public Forum at Hillside Family Resource CenterResidents provided feedback on a troubling trend in Milwaukee County… the tie between youth and poverty.The local […]

By Sen. Nikiya Harris Without a doubt, becoming a homeowner is imbedded in every family’s American dream.Home ownership has become a symbol of success and economic security in our society, but lately, it’s gotten harder and harder to turn that dream into reality.The economic downturn in 2008 put many families into holes too deep to […]

Housing experts identify Milwaukee as one Of America’s Worst “Hot-Spots” where homeowners & communities are still at-risk MILWAUKEE — A new report by UC Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, “Underwater America: How the So-Called Housing ‘Recovery’ is Bypassing Many Communities,” identifies Milwaukee as one of the US cities where the most […]