By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In less than two months, 2019 will be over and it will officially be 2020. In other words, the 2020 presidential election will soon be here. One topic on everyone’s mind is healthcare. Earlier this week, the College of Nursing at Marquette University held a panel titled “Looking to 2020: Healthcare and […]
Gov. Evers, State and Local Officials Announce Open Enrollment Period for Health Insurance
By Dylan Deprey Out of twenty cities, former President Barack Obama visited Milwaukee to celebrate a first-place victory in his Healthy Communities Challenge back in 2016. Milwaukee signed up 38,000 of its neighbors for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA.) Three years later, the numbers have drastically declined across the city and the […]
Rep. David Crowley Is Running for Milwaukee County Executive
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz In 2016, Rep. David Crowley (D-Milwaukee) was elected to the state assembly for District 17. As a local Milwaukeean, Crowley helped create policies that would benefit and uplift Milwaukee. Earlier this week, Crowley announced his decision to run for Milwaukee County Executive. According to The Center Square, there are currently six candidates […]
Gov. Evers Decrees Complete Count Committee for 2020 Census
By Dylan Deprey What’s a TV remote with only one battery? What’s a skateboard with only three wheels? What’s a kitchen without a chef? When critical pieces go unaccounted for, they become un-energized, immobile and unmanageable. With thousands of dollars at stake, Gov. Tony Evers, Lt Gov. Mandela Barnes and other state and local elected […]
Milwaukee Courier Says ‘Nothing Stinks Like Poverty’
Part One A sequence of events stifled new economic opportunity on the city’s north side. On Oct. 8, the Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee unanimously approved the creation of a tax incremental financing (TIF) district and sale of land for Strauss Brands proposal to build a meat processing plant in Century City. On Oct. 15, […]
SWIM Member Organizations Receive Education on Advocacy Techniques at Workshop
By Karen Stokes Advocates and staff from Scaling Wellness in Milwaukee (SWIM) member organizations gathered at St. Joseph Hospital, Monday afternoon for a workshop discussing information and education on advocacy techniques and tactics. SWIM is a coalition of community groups working to address trauma. It was started by Marquette University President Mike Lovell. John Meurer, […]
The Truth About Gentrification: The Panel
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz What does gentrification really mean? This was the first question posed to a group of panelists during the discussion, The Truth About Gentrification, on Wednesday, Oct. 23. A quick Google search defines gentrification as the following, “the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class […]
Gov. Evers Signs Order for Task Force on Climate Change
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Stephanie Salgado, 18, is no stranger to the devastating affects of climate change. In her home country of Honduras, Salgado saw farmers struggle to buy food because of poor crops and beaches overrun with plastic and oil spills. Instead of simply bearing witness, Salgado decided to do something about it and became […]
Gallery Night In Milwaukee
A gallery night will be held at King Drive Commons Gallery and Studio of African Diaspora Culture on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday Oct. 26, 2019 from noon to 2 p.m., located at 2767 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The community is invited to join us […]
Meccah Maloh’s Mission: Master the Pad
By Dylan Deprey All Meccah Maloh needs is his Akai MPC Live and a wireless speaker to make beats. As he sits on his porch taking in the fall weather, his hands move at lighting speeds scrolling through sounds. He assigns samples, snares and hi-hats to one-of-the-twelve illuminating pads. A booming bass blasts through the […]
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