By Lynda L. Jones Some fourteen hours or so following the recall election primary results, where Tom Barrett was the victor, three former candidates for governor met at Barrett’s home. Kathleen Falk, Doug La Follette and Kathleen Vinehout vowed their support and work toward electing Barrett as Wisconsin’s next governor. Mike Tate, Democratic Party of [...]

Financial help is needed to save facility immediately By Lynda L. Jones The Veteran Men and Women Arm Service, Inc. is currently in danger of losing its facility located at 1105-10 N. 26th Street due to a deliquent tax bill of approximately $5,000.00 with the City of Milwaukee. “It has been my life’s work to [...]

Milton Coleman named Inaugural UWM Alumni Fellow By Lynda L. Jones What a way to highlight the celebration of Black History Month as UW-Milwaukee bestowed its Inaugural Alumni Fellow Award to Milwaukee’s own Milton Coleman. Coleman, currently senior editor of the Washington Post came to the city this week to not only accept this honor, [...]

By Lynda Jones This week Milwaukee Inner City Congregatons Allied for Hope (MICAH) organized a press conference to demand that ALL $31.6 million Foreclosure Fraud Settlement dollars be directed to homeowners. Governor Scott Walker and Attorney General JB Hollen have decided to use these dollars to plug up state budget holes instead. Leaders in MICAH [...]

By Lynda L. Jones A quick stop into the grocery store last week turned into more than what one local man was looking for, when he found himself faced with a potentially life versus death scenario at a local Aldi store. While standing in the checkout line, Nazir Al-Mujaahid says that he saw a man [...]

Over 1 million signatures are turned in to force recall against Walker By Lynda Jones, Editor What a way to channel the spirit of the man who dedicated his life in fighting injustices, recall efforts successfully turned in over one million signatures to officially begin the process to recall. Recall activists have surpassed all signature [...]

By Lynda Jones and Wanda Richards-Miller It has been said that reading, writing and math are the keys to education. It has been said that with these keys, the individual will have what it takes to be successful in life. While there may be some truth to this, Constance Clark would beg to differ with [...]

By Lynda L. Jones Last week it was learned that Wisconsin led the nation in job losses in October, and that most of those loses were in the Milwaukee area. Almost 10,000 jobs here lost while the state of Illinois gained some 30,000 jobs, and one of the largest contributors to that job loss impact [...]

First National Monument dedicated in honor of an African American leader By Lynda L. Jones On Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011 millions via media and thousands in person witnessed the historical dedication of the first national monument created in honor of an African American leader. Not only is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. the first African [...]

By Lynda L. Jones On Tuesday, November 8 at 7:30 pm Milwaukee will welcome the extraordinary talented tap dancing artist Savion Glover to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Glover has been away from the Broadway Stage for about a decade, but he has not stopped dancing. He has been breaking new ground for [...]