By Karen Stokes A long line of hundreds of people waited to enter the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee to see First Lady Michelle Obama. The First lady was in Milwaukee to campaign for … [Read more...]
Father Daughter Medical Team Brings Quality Healthcare to the Community
By Karen Stokes For Doctors Vincent and Erika Lubsey, healthcare is a family affair. Father and daughter, Vincent and Erika Lubsey practice and manage the Lubsey Medical Center, 5300 W. Villard … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Voters Clash Over Voter ID law
By Karen Stokes On Tuesday, November 4 when you head to the polls, you’re going to need your photo ID. On September 12, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals dissolved an injunction … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Agency Seeks Parents Who Can Open Their Home and Heart to a Child in Need
By Karen Stokes When you think of a family, most people have images of children living in a loving home with their parents. This is not a reality for the thousands of children in the foster … [Read more...]
President Obama Brings Inspiration to Crowd at LaborFest
By Karen Stokes President Barack Obama celebrated Labor Day with the working people of Milwaukee at Laborfest 2014 at Henry Maier Festival Park. The annual event is to acknowledge the … [Read more...]
The Funeral of Michael Brown Was a Catalyst for Change and Peace
By Karen Stokes “Mike said he was going to shake the world,” said Cal Brown, Michael Brown Jr.’s stepmother during the funeral. And shake the world he did. This week approximately 5,000 … [Read more...]
People across the nation affected by the outcry in Ferguson
By Karen Stokes The tragic events surrounding the Michael Brown Jr. case in Ferguson, Missouri has ignited emotions not only nationally but internationally. Michael Brown, an unarmed … [Read more...]
Not too many surprises in the Wisconsin partisan primary
By Karen Stokes For Sherman Park resident Justine Oates, voting is a family affair. “I learned as a teenager growing up in Alabama that voting was a civil right. African-Americans have fought … [Read more...]
Wisconsin voters are headed to the polls to decide a variety of primary races
By Karen Stokes For Sherman Park resident Justine Oates, voting is a family affair. “I learned as a teenager growing up in Alabama that voting was a civil right. African-Americans have … [Read more...]
Mayor, police chief and community react to recent violence in the city of Milwaukee
By Karen Stokes Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn announced at a press conference July 24, after yet another shooting involving children in the city of Milwaukee, that there … [Read more...]