By Cassandra Lans Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is receiving some heavyweight endorsements for his run for governor of Wisconsin in the upcoming recall election against Scott Walker. Congresswoman Gwen Moore was in Milwaukee receently and happily gave her support to Barrett. “Tom gives all of us who are so passionately committed to restoring our Wisconsin [...]

By Cassandra Lans On Tuesday, April 10, members of the community in Milwaukee held a Rally and March for Justice for Trayvon and Bo Morrison in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. The deaths of Trayvon Martin in Florida, and Bo Morrison here in West Bend [...]

The City of Milwaukee was presented with a $57,000 check last Thursday to be used to assist property owners in making repairs to broken or damaged sewer lines, according to Alderman Joe Davis, Sr. The check was presented to the city by Brad Carmichael, vice president of business development for Service Line Warranties of America, [...]

Dr. Cornel West, scholar and activist was featured on Tuesday, April 3 at UW-Milwaukee in an event entitled; ‘An Evening with Dr. Cornel West-Democracy in Crisis: From Economic Austerity to Racism’. Dr. West shared his insight on Wisconsin’s struggle against the austerity agenda of the 1%, the Occupy movement, and global struggles against racism and [...]

Milwaukee area youth got the chance to show how much they know about African American History at the 4th Annual SDC Black Knowledge Bowl. Teams of high school age youth gathered at Manpower Group Headquarters for the annual Black History tournament. Young people got the opportunity to show their knowledge in the competition that tested [...]

Youth-led advocacy day is nationally coordinated by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Milwaukee youth last week joined thousands of kids across the country who took part in Kick Butts Day, a nationwide initiative in which kids lead the effort to stop youth tobacco use. “Tobacco companies make smoking look cool in their ads, but that’s nothing [...]

With the Milwaukee Bucks, Larry Sanders is known for his skills in the paint. Off-the-court, Sanders is known for his skills with paint as a deckboard artist and supporter of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee’s art program. On March 8, 2012 Sanders was among several local artists who met with the children and [...]

Thousands of protesters travelled to Madison on Saturday for the anniversary of Governor Scott Walker’s attack on Wisconsin workers by stripping collective bargaining rights. Members of The Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP stood strong a year ago and continue to stand against the governor’s extreme policies that continue to hurt Wisconsin and especially Milwaukee. The [...]

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 [...]

During the month of February, Tanzania Ambassador Mwanaidi Maajan along with her Minister of Information/ Communication, Mindi Kasiga travelled to Wisconsin from Feb. 19-22 to present investment/ trade opportunities in Tanzania to Wisconsin business and government leaders. The Ambassador and Mrs. Kasiga came to Milwaukee for a series of events that took her from MATC [...]