By Mrinal Gokhale Yasmine Outlaw is a 21- year-old college student who worked at Beans and Barley, a Milwaukee restaurant, as a busser this past summer. After having patronized the small local … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County Board Passes Measure Calling for Creation of an Office on African Americans Affairs
Resolution by Supervisor Khalif Rainey Seeks to Identify and Address Issues in the African American Community The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by … [Read more...]
860 WNOV Exclusive: County Executive Chris Abele Reflects on Term, Sets Sights on Future
By Ariele Vaccaro Chris Abele’s explanation for joining the 2011 race for Milwaukee County Executive is simple. “I love my city,” said the now County Executive of five years. As Abele … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Fire Chief Rohlfing To Chair Salvation Army Red Kettle Christmas Campaign
Wauwatosa, WI (November, 2015) “It’s a privilege to have Milwaukee Fire Department Chief Mark Rohlfing serve as the honorary chair for our Red Kettle Christmas Campaign. His commitment to the … [Read more...]
The Atlantic Journalist Addresses Police Brutality at Lawrence University
By Rick Peterson APPLETON, WIS. — The destruction of the black body in the United States is “tradition, it’s heritage,” award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates told a standing-room only crowd at … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Family Rallies Community, Sparks Autism Awareness
By Karen Stokes On Friday, Oct. 23, a group of concerned citizens gathered at the Save-A-Lot grocery store, 6201 N Teutonia Ave, to support the family of a 13-year-old boy with autism, Deontay … [Read more...]
Nordstrom Joins New Retailers at Mayfair Collection with Grand Opening
By Ariele Vaccaro Although Mayfair Mall seemed quiet from the outside last Friday, it’s interior boomed with the voices of hundreds who came to watch the opening of a new Nordstrom retail … [Read more...]
Lawmakers Come Together to Establish New Offices of African-American Affairs
By Ariele Vaccaro Just days after the release of a report that points out Wisconsin as having the largest high school graduation rate gap between Black and white students, three lawmakers … [Read more...]
Black Women Leaders Outraged By Police Violence Against S.C. Student
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) Leading Black women across the nation are expressing outrage this week over the videotaped violent incident showing a White police officer in … [Read more...]
Peace Garden Project MKE: More Than a Replacement for Curbside Memorials
By Dylan Deprey The number of names inked into the stack of loose-leaf paper in Camille Mays folder has grown steadily over the last week. Thirty families have requested that a deceased loved … [Read more...]
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