By The Milwaukee Courier His resolution would create a “Voter Registration Program” in Social Services Departments Milwaukee County Supervisor Khalif Rainey introduced a resolution today that would create a “Voter Registration Program” that allows Milwaukee County residents to register to vote when they apply for, renew or update information for social services in Milwaukee County.The […]

MILWAUKEE — St. Mark AME Church, located at 1616 W. Atkinson Ave., will celebrate 145 years of ministry and service on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at 10:00 am.Bishop Reginald Jackson, former pastor of St. Mathew AME Church in Orange, New Jersey will deliver the celebratory message.During Bishop Jackson’s pastorate more than 2800 persons accepted Christ […]

By David Bowen “Yesterday, wealthy special interests won a bad poll of public perception at the expense of our democratic principles.The referendum that passed tilts the balance of power in Milwaukee County, diminishing legislative oversight and local control while granting bloated executive powers.“I do not believe this referendum speaks for everyone in Milwaukee County.This referendum […]

By The Milwaukee Courier  Ogechi Chidebell says, “One thing the Student Startup Challenge did was open my eyes that I really could do something that would change the lives of people.”Universities are known as places for learning, but they also are places for discovering new knowledge.The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (UWM) focuses on doing both, […]

By Taki S. Raton The Gates Millennium Scholarship is awarded annually to 1,000 high school students nationally. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, this offering covers a full ride to any college or university in the country, all the way through a doctoral degree.She is young, gifted and Black. Alex Dunlap is one […]

By The Milwaukee Courier For the third consecutive year in a row, 100 percent of HOPE Christian High School’s graduating seniors have been accepted to college.The class of 34 students has received 200 letters of acceptance and more than $2,000,000 in academic scholarship offers.“Time and time again, our scholars amaze us with their grit and […]

By The Milwaukee Courier Democratic legislators are reacting to the passage of a bill that will end the early voting on weekends for Milwaukee and Madison voters. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett held a press conference on Wednesday afternoon following the vote a Democratic legislators are reacting to the passage of a bill that will end […]

By The Milwaukee Courier  The Running Rebels Community Organization and the Milwaukee Public School system are once again collaborating to advance the opportunities of school-aged youth and adolescents.As an organization that believes every child deserves equal access to opportunities, RRCO formed their intramural basketball teams to capture those who may be ineligible to play due […]

By By Karen Stokes: Article From the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service  Edward Austin is painfully aware of the reality of losing a loved one to gun violence and how making the wrong decision in the summer of 2009 changed his life.Austin, 33, and his cousin, Lavelle Felton, were heading out to a nightclub.Austin’s uncle lent […]

By Natalie Cole, Our Weekly Publisher and CEO The primary and most trustworthy source of news and information to Black Americans has been and continues to rest in the bosom of the Black Press.So why is it that in the year of our Lord 2014—during Black History Month no less—the NAACP needs to be reminded […]