By Cassandra Lans Two weeks ago a proposal from a Milwaukee Public School Board member was made to rein in the powers of the board president by giving more authority to the vice president. MPS … [Read more...]
Supreme Court guts Voting Rights and Affirmative Action
By Gloria Browne-Marshall, Supreme Court Correspondent for The Milwaukee Courier Trayvon Martin’s parents seek justice for a son killed for walking while Black. The Court gutted Voting Rights. … [Read more...]
Juneteenth Day 2013
By Lynda Jones Once again, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Milwaukee was filled with the smells of roasted corn, barbeque meats, vendors, and plenty of information booths on voting, tobacco … [Read more...]
Gwen Moore stands with students in opposition to doubling student loan interest
By Cassandra Lans This week Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) joined Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) students to oppose doubling the subsidized Stafford student loan interest rate from … [Read more...]
Advocates for BadgerCare continue to reach out to Wisconsin Legislators to accept federal funds
By Cassandra Lans At a news conference on Wednesday morning, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, healthcare professionals, and community … [Read more...]
Williams case decision ignites fury from Black community
By Cassandra Lans On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 the U.S. attorney’s office made the decision to not charge three Milwaukee police officers involved with the arrest of Derek Williams who also died … [Read more...]
Experts call federal budget argument against taking BadgerCare dollars false
On a media call this week state and national budget experts, including former chair of the US House Appropriations Committee Congressman Dave Obey, revealed that federal funding for Badger- Care is … [Read more...]
Nationwide movement for a living wage strikes Milwaukee
Fast food workers in Milwaukee walk off the job, call for wage increase, right to a union without retaliation Inspired by recent workplace actions in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit, … [Read more...]
CYD celebrates Charles “Butch” Walton for 25 years of service
After nearly 25 years of distinguised public service, Charles “Butch” Walton has officially retired as Chief Executive Officer of Career Youth Development, Inc., a 43 year-old social service … [Read more...]
Journal Communications offers no apologies on racist rap video excerpts played on talk show
Compiled by Courier Staff Several weeks ago local radio talk show host Charlie Sykes raised more than eyebrows when he decided to play excerpts from a racist video on his show. The video of the … [Read more...]
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