By Arielle Vaccaro This past Monday, just before dusk, a group of community members stood in Clark Street School’s crowded playground. Attendees of all ages stood shoulder to shoulder. Some held a pink balloon in one hand. Although balloons may usually symbolize a celebration to these Milwaukee residents, this time, they meant something far more [...]

The Gilbert Brown Foundation and the AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers have teamed up once again. The free football camp for Milwaukee youth at North Division High School was held Tuesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 10. This was the ninth year that Gilbert Brown is offered the All-Pro Football Camp in Wisconsin. “Through the All-Pro Football [...]

By Jesse Jackson This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of my 1984 campaign for the presidency. Last Saturday at the kickoff of the annual Rainbow Push Convention, Rep. Maxine Waters led a panel exploring the effects of that campaign — registering over a million new voters, helping Democrats take back the Senate in 1986, lifting [...]

Every year, Milwaukee communities commemorate Juneteenth Day, the date federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to announce the end of the Civil War and enforce the end of slavery. Last week marked Milwaukee’s 43rd annual Juneteenth Day celebration. Community members celebrated with a parade and festival on the city’s North Side, where they [...]

Now in its 29th year, the annual Black & White Ball proved to be a huge financial success, raising nearly $307,000 in net proceeds to support the work and the programs of the Milwaukee Urban League. The ball is the organization’s signature fundraiser, having generated more than $4.8 million over nearly three decades. The Milwaukee [...]

Chief Edward A. Flynn held Roll Call outside North Division High School Thursday morning, as part of Operation School’s Out. A show of strength to the community that they are here for them. Chief Flynn gathered members of the bicycle unit and foot patrol officers together to remind them of the critical roll they have [...]

By Hon. GWEN MOORE House of Representatives Wisconsin Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate and honor a mother, volunteer and veteran, Anna Mae Wilson Robertson. Mrs. Robertson, a long-time resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will celebrate her 90th birthday with family and friends in 2014. Annie Mae Wilson married John Robertson, who passed away in 1982, [...]

Letter to the Editor CNN // Donna Brazile Editor’s note: Donna Brazile, a CNN contributor and a Democratic strategist, is vice chairwoman for voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee. She is a nationally syndicated columnist, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and author of “Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in America.” [...]

Milwaukee Police are investigating the shooting of an 11-year-old girl that happened on the playground of Clarke Street School located at 28th and Clarke Streets shortly before 7 p.m. on May 21. Preliminary information suggests that two individuals were shooting at each other when the child was caught in the crossfire and shot. The child [...]

JONES-REYES, LYNDA L., age 52, of Milwaukee, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Mrs. Jones-Reyes was the oldest daughter of Jerrel and Earnestine Jones. A native of Milwaukee, Mrs. Jones-Reyes was a graduate of the University School of Milwaukee. She also participated in the Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism’s summer program during high [...]