By Dylan Deprey As the second half of June rolled around, local area hospitals saw a spike in severe bleeding cases. From never-ending bloody noses, to extremely heavy menstrual cycles, these were the same type of cases Chicago-area hospitals had been seeing since early March. In Chicago, the cause was Synthetic Cannabinoids tainted with Brodifacoum, […]
Milwaukee Buck’s Player Sterling Brown Files Suit Against Milwaukee Officers and City
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Last month body camera videos depicting the incident involving Milwaukee Buck’s player Sterling Brown and officers from the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) were released. This past Tuesday, Brown filed a federal civil rights suit against the MPD and the city of Milwaukee. Back in Jan., Brown was approached in a Walgreen’s parking […]
Sen. Kamala Harris Supports Baldwin’s Re-Election
By Mrinal Gokhale California Sen. Kamala Harris visited Milwaukee to support Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s possible re-election at a rally in the Italian Community Center Ballroom in Downtown Milwaukee. Harris, who has served as California Senator since 2017, is the only African-American female in Senate. There have been rumors that Harris is possibly running for president, […]
Andy Gronik Wins Fight Against Gov. Scott Walker’s Attack on Milwaukee’s Black Community
By Urban Media News It appears there is no level too low for Wisconsin Republicans to reach to win elections. We know that all too well in Milwaukee, where Gov. Scott Walker’s election machine has relentlessly attacked our community through some of the most restrictive voter suppression laws in the county. Walker’s machine was up […]
Wisconsin Residents Raise Awareness of Gun Violence
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Last week, people around the nation donned orange to raise awareness of gun violence. The Wear Orange campaign began several years ago after the death of Hadiya Pendleton, who at 15-years-old was shot and killed in Chicago. Pendleton’s tragic death has become the face of a movement that hopes to change gun […]
More MPD Footage Shown From Sterling Brown Arrest
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Earlier this week, new footage from four body cameras worn during the incident involving NBA player Sterling Brown and police was leaked. The videos were obtained and released by Brown’s lawyer. Last month, Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) released the footage from the body camera of the initial officer involved in the incident […]
National Eat at a Black Coffee Shop Day
By National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) After the recent Starbucks incident involving the arrest of two Black men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, most Black people had one of two responses: either boycott Starbucks or open our own coffee shops. National Eat at a Black Coffee Shop Day combines the best of these ideas. On Tuesday, May […]
Marquette University Launches Investigation into a Racist Snapchat
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Earlier this week, a racially charged image circulated around Marquette University’s campus. The picture was a screenshot of a Snapchat photo that featured four males, two of them holding plastic toy guns and one holding a black baby doll. With the word, “Chuuch” typed across the gun in the forefront, the Snapchat […]
Vel Phillips, Influential Trailblazer and Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 94
By Evan Casey and Karen Stokes Velvalea “Vel” Phillips, a Milwaukee legend, an advocate for civil rights who displayed courage under great pressure, died Tuesday. She was 94. Civil rights activist Vel Phillips was the first woman to sit on the Milwaukee Common Council. She was the first woman to serve as a judge in […]
March for Our Lives Milwaukee: The Youth are in Power
By Nyesha Stone It’s 2018 and America’s youth is showing the world how to use their voices in an impactful way. After the Parkland, FL shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, that killed 17 students and staff, students said enough is enough and decided to fight back. March for Our Lives is a nationwide […]
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