By Cassandra Lans Following the terrible tragedy that left 6 people dead and 3 in critical condition from the hands of an alleged White supremacist, people of diverse backgrounds have united to … [Read more...]
Grassroot efforts can beat out big money from outsiders
By Cassandra Lans Wisconsin is demonstrating that grassroot efforts and working together can beat out big money. Earlier this week financial reports revealed that the Walker Recall Campaign had … [Read more...]
US Congresswoman Moore endorses Barrett for governor
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. … [Read more...]
Barrett re-elected, eyes on Walker recall
By Cassandra Lans Last week the Government Accountability Board (GAB) certified the recall election against Scott Walker, and following that announcement Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced … [Read more...]
Injunction against Voter ID law draws strong reaction
By Cassandra Lans Milwaukee County Supervisor Nikiya Q. Harris joined many community activists to express their feelings regarding the temporary injunction against the recently adopted Voter ID … [Read more...]
Objections grow over use of foreclosure funds
By Cassandra Lans Objections are continuing to grow over the State’s failure to direct all of the federal foreclosure settlement funds to victims who have lost homes, or facing the prospect of … [Read more...]
Occupy Milwaukee and Occupy the Hood Milwaukee march on northside
By Cassandra Lans Since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in the financial district (Wall Street) in New York City, there had not been many African Americans shown in … [Read more...]
Black leaders visit students across the U. S. with Back to School HistoryMakers event
By Cassandra Lans Five hundred African American trailblazers descended upon classrooms in 107 cities and 34 states across the United States including Puerto Rico on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 as … [Read more...]
Weekend events celebrate culture with no incidents
By Cassandra Lans Milwaukee’s African American community demonstrated that celebrated fun and culture can be done without incident. This past weekend several events took place, and there were no … [Read more...]
Youth organize rally against violence
By Cassandra Lans Young people in Milwaukee organized a rally and march on Tuesday evening, July 12 to demonstrate unity against violence in the aftermath of the BP gas station mob looting and … [Read more...]